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'बाणवेदनवचंद्रवजिता १९४५ स्तेपि शूद्र शूद्रकसमा प्रकीर्तिताः ।
म्य विक्रम समा भवन्ति वै नागनंद वियदिन्दु वर्जिता : १०९८ ।। '
"That the era of Shūdra Shudrak starts after 1945 years of Kali age, and the Vikram era starts in his 1098 th year".
This Shūdra Shūdrak is the same "Rayo Simuk Satvāhano" whose reliefs are engraved at Nanaghat caves and he is the same King Sindhuk described in Purāṇas together with his eight brothers, and during his reign Jainism flourished as well.
(3) The third Shak King is mentioned to be born after 7995 years and 5 months, but Dhavalāṭīkā (45/132) does not mention the commencement of the period after Mahavira's death. In fact, this calculation starts from the death of Lord Rṣabha instead of Mahāvira's death. As already mentioned, there is a gap of 5800 years between the deaths of Lord Rṣabhi and Lord Mahāvīra. Thus it becomes 7503 years with the addition of 1703 years B.V.E., i.e., including the gap of 800 years 1703 B. V.E. After that the Shak King was born in fifth month and 492th year of Vikram era whose death occurred in 526 V.E. according to Darshan Pāhuda (gāthā 24-28):
'पंच सए छब्बीसे विक्कम रायस्स मरणपत्तस्स ।
दक्खिण महुरा जादो द्राविडसंघो महामोहो ।' २८
Dhavală-țīkā also calls this Vikram Rāyā as Shak King in the following man ner :
"भट्ठारएण टीका लिहिएसा वीरसेणेण
तीसह सतसए विक्कमरायं किएसु सगणामे । वासे सुते रसीए भाणु विलग्गे धवलपक्खे || "
The Omniscient Period:
Nemichandra, the author of Triloksára, comes to the conclusion that the Omniscience period is 65, 536 (pannaṭṭhi pañcha saya chhattisă) which is the last score in Sarvadhārā counting. It is the square figure of number 256. It becomes very important figure in chronology if we take it as the figure of months. The author of Trilokasara recognises the birth of Vikram King after 605 years 5 months of Mahāvīra's death, and thereafter he mentions the birth of Kalki King 394 years 7 months later:
"पणछस्स वस्सं पणमासजुदं गमिय वीर णिव्वुइदो ।
सगराजो जो कक्की चदुण वतिय महिय सगमासं ॥ "
Thus if we affix and suffix the Omniscience period of 65,536months, or 5461 years 4 months to the above one thousand years
