vikramāditya | विक्रमादित्य | vikramAditya
vi-kra˚māditya | वि-क्र˚मादित्य | m. See below
vikramāditya | विक्रमादित्य | m. ‘valour-sun’, N. of a celebrated Hindū king (of Ujjayinī and supposed founder of the [Mālava-] Vikrama era [cf. saṃvat | संवत् |], which begins 58 B.C. [but subtract 57-56 from an expired year of the V˚ era to convert it into A.D.]; he is said to have driven out the Śakas and to have reigned over almost the whole of Northern India; he is represented as a great patron of literature; nine celebrated men are said to have flourished at his court [see nava-ratna | नव-रत्न |], and innumerable legends are related of him all teeming with exaggerations; according to some he fell in a battle with his rival Śāli-vāhana, king of the south country or Deccan, and the legendary date given for his death is Kali-yuga 3044 [which really is the epoch-year of the Vikrama era]; there are, however, other kings called Vikramāditya, and the name has been applied to king Bhoja and even to Śāli-vāhana), Inscr.; Kathās.; Vet. &c.
of a poet, Cat. (-koṣa | -कोष | m. N. of a dictionary; -caritra | -चरित्र | n. N. of a poem = vikrama-c˚ | विक्रम-च्˚ |; -rāja | -राज | m. N. of a king)
vikramāditya | विक्रमादित्य | m. ‘valour-sun’, N. of a celebrated Hindū king (of Ujjayinī and supposed founder of the [Mālava-] Vikrama era [cf. saṃvat | संवत् |], which begins 58 B.C. [but subtract 57-56 from an expired year of the V˚ era to convert it into A.D.]; he is said to have driven out the Śakas and to have reigned over almost the whole of Northern India; he is represented as a great patron of literature; nine celebrated men are said to have flourished at his court [see nava-ratna | नव-रत्न |], and innumerable legends are related of him all teeming with exaggerations; according to some he fell in a battle with his rival Śāli-vāhana, king of the south country or Deccan, and the legendary date given for his death is Kali-yuga 3044 [which really is the epoch-year of the Vikrama era]; there are, however, other kings called Vikramāditya, and the name has been applied to king Bhoja and even to Śāli-vāhana), Inscr.; Kathās.; Vet. &c.
of a poet, Cat. (-koṣa | -कोष | m. N. of a dictionary; -caritra | -चरित्र | n. N. of a poem = vikrama-c˚ | विक्रम-च्˚ |; -rāja | -राज | m. N. of a king)