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337:. According to his account, the king (despite his treasurer's objections) ordered that 500,000 gold coins be distributed to the poor and gave a man 100,000 gold coins to putt him back on track during a wild boar hunt. Around the same time, a Buddhist monk named Manoratha paid a barber 100,000 gold coins for shaving his head. Vikramaditya, who prided himself on his generosity, was embarrassed and arranged a debate between Manoratha and 100 non-Buddhist scholars. After Manoratha defeated 99 of the scholars, the king and other non-Buddhists shouted him down and humiliated him at the beginning of the last debate. Before his death, Manoratha wrote to his disciple Vasubandhu about the futility of debating biased, ignorant people. Shortly after Vikramaditya's death, Vasubandhu asked his successor, Baladitya, to organise another debate to avenge his mentor's humiliation. In this debate, Vasubandhu defeated 100 non-Buddhist scholars. 1088: 737:(a type of female spirit of the clouds and waters in Hinduism and Buddhist culture) who were turned into stone by a curse. When Bhoja tries to ascend the throne, one apsara comes to life and tells him to ascend the throne only if he is as magnanimous as Vikramaditya (as revealed by her tale). This leads to 32 attempts by Bhoja to ascend the throne, with 32 tales of Vikramaditya's virtue; after each, Bhoja acknowledges his inferiority. Pleased with his humility, the statues finally let him ascend the throne. 185: 480:. Shiva then ordered his attendant, Malyavat, to be born in Ujjain as the prince of the Avanti kingdom and kill the mlechchhas. The deity appeared to the Avanti king Mahendraditya in a dream, telling him that a son would be born to his queen Saumyadarshana. He asked the king to name the child Vikramaditya, and told him that the prince would be known as "Vishamashila" because of his hostility to enemies. Malyavat was born as Vikramaditya; when the prince grew up, Mahendraditya 1631: 1562:. The early Jain works do not mention Vikramaditya and the navaratnas have no historical basis as the nine scholars do not appear to have been contemporary figures. Legends surrounding Vikramaditya are contradictory, border on the fantastic and are inconsistent with historical facts; no epigraphic, numismatic or literary evidence suggests the existence of a king with the name (or title) of Vikramaditya around the first century BCE. Although the 1748:. However, according to D. C. Sircar, the epithet means "one whose gait is as beautiful as that of a choice elephant" and is unrelated to Vikramaditya. Most other Vikramaditya legends note the king's capital as Ujjain (or, less commonly, Pataliputra), but the Satavahanas never had their capital at these cities. Vikramaditya was also described as an adversary of the Pratishthana-based king Satavahana (or Shalivahana) in a number of legends. 388: 2058:, who established the 78 CE era. Both legends are historically inaccurate. There is a difference of 135 years between the beginning of the two eras, and Vikramaditya and Shalivahana could not have lived simultaneously. The association of the era beginning in 57 BCE with Vikramaditya is not found in any source before the ninth century. Earlier sources call this era by several names, including "Kṛṭa", "the era of the 47: 2794: 1440:), but his lifetime is uncertain. Amarasimha cannot be dated with certainty either, but his lexicon uses works by Dhanavantari and Kalidasa; therefore, he cannot be dated to the first century BCE (Vikramaditya is said to have established an era in 57 BCE). Little is known about Shanku, Vetalabhatta, Kshapanaka and Ghatakarpara. Some Jain writers identify 2192:
dates 493 and 529 it has been established that the era which commenced in 57 B.C. was founded by the Malavas and dates from the time of the foundation of the Malava republic. The identification of the legendary king Vikramaditya of Ujjaini has been discussed at length by various scholars for a long time.
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at the courtesan's house. If a limb of one of these miraculous statues was broken off and gifted to someone, the golden limb would grow back. Mourning the loss of her lover, the courtesan turned to charity; known for her gifts of gold, she soon surpassed Narasimha in fame. Vikramaditya later returned
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The assumption of the title Vikramaditya37 by Chandragupta II, has been responsible for confusing his name with the legendary founder of the Vikrama samvat of B.C. 58 in spite of the fact that ever since the discovery, in 1884, of the Mandasor stone inscription of the Guild of silk-weavers bearing
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to find the child; the vetala traced Satavahana in Pratishthana, and Vikramaditya led an army there. With Nāga magic, Satavahana converted his clay figures of horses, elephants and soldiers into a real army. He defeated Vikramaditya (who fled to Ujjain), began his own era, and became a Jain. There
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Since there was a difference of over 130 years between the Vikramaditya era and the Shaka era, Al-Biruni concluded that their founders were two kings with the same name. The Vikramaditya era named after the first, and the Shaka era was associated with the defeat of the Shaka ruler by the second
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inscription alludes to Vikramaditya ruling from Ujjain, and several Gutta kings were named Vikramaditya. According to Vasundhara Filliozat, the Guttas confused Vikramaditya with Chandragupta II; however, D. C. Sircar sees this as further proof that Vikramaditya was based on Chandragupta II.
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There is no historical evidence indicating that the nine scholars were contemporary figures or proteges of the same king. Vararuchi is believed to have lived around the third or fourth century CE. Although Kalidasa's lifetime is debated, most historians place him around the fifth century;
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and besieged Pratishthana; he was defeated and forced to retreat. He then entered Pratishthana in disguise and won over a courtesan. Vikramaditya was her lover for some time before secretly returning to Pataliputra. Before his return, he left five golden statues which he had received from
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The first legend mentions Vikramaditya's rivalry with the king of Pratishthana. In this version, that king is named Narasimha (not Shalivahana) and Vikramaditya's capital is Pataliputra (not Ujjain). According to the legend, Vikramaditya was an adversary of Narasimha who invaded
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are several variations of this legend: Vikramaditya is killed by Satavahana's arrow in battle; he marries Satavahana's daughter and they have a son (known as Vikramasena or Vikrama-charitra), or Satavahana is the son of Manorama, wife of a bodyguard of the king of Pratishthana.
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contain genealogies of significant Indian kings, they do not mention a Vikramaditya ruling from Ujjain or Pataliputra before the Gupta era. There is little possibility of an historically-unattested, powerful emperor ruling from Ujjain around the first century BCE among the
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mentions that Harsha Vikramaditya of Ujjayini defeated the Shakas. According to the chronicle Vikramaditya appointed his friend, the poet Matrigupta, ruler of Kashmir. After Vikramaditya's death, Matrigupta abdicated the throne in favour of Pravarasena. According to
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The same Jyothirvidabharana also mentions that Kalidasa, along with the other Navarathnas mentioned above, claimed to have worked in the court of Vikramaditya, the one who defeated the Roman Emperor and dragged him in the streets of Ujjayini.
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In most of the legends Vikramaditya had his capital at Ujjain, although some mention him as king of Pataliputra (the Gupta capital). According to D. C. Sircar, Chandragupta II may have defeated the Shaka invaders of Ujjain and made his son,
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Vikramadhitya was often associated with the Poet Barthrhari, as the latter being the elder brother of the former; relinquishing the throne to his younger brother after finding his wife had an affair with a military officer of his court.
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language. Its existence (and its mention of Vikramaditya) is confirmed only by adaptations in surviving works dating to the sixth century and later and testimonials by contemporary poets. Since there is no surviving copy of
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who renamed the era Vikrama Samvat. The earliest mention of the Shaka era as the Shalivahana era occurs in the 13th century, and may have been an attempt to remove the era's foreign association.
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from the Almanṣūra city; according to another, he was a non-Hindu who came from the west. In 78 CE, the Hindu king Vikramaditya defeated him and killed him in the Karur region, located between
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told him that he should free a cow and calf; Ayodhya would be where milk began to flow from the cow's udder. Following this advice, Vikramaditya found the site of ancient Ayodhya.
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According to several later legends—particularly Jain legends—Vikramaditya established the 57 BCE era after he defeated the Shakas and was defeated in turn by
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The author and date of the original work are unknown. Since the story mentions Bhoja (who died in 1055), it must have been composed after the 11th century. Five
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later adopted the title of Vikramaditya after defeating the Shakas. Proponents of this theory say that Vikramaditya is mentioned in works dating to before the
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converted Vikramaditya to Jainism. He is said to have told Vikramaditya that 1,199 years after him, there would be another great king like him (Kumarapala).
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and others, the exploits of these kings contributed to the Vikramaditya legends. Distinctions among them were lost over time, and the legendary
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Other Jain texts contain variations of a legend about Vikramaditya's defeat at the hands of the king of Pratishthana, known as Satavahana or
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was named in honour of Vikramaditya. On 22 December 2016, a commemorative postage stamp honouring Samrat Vikramadittya was released by
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Jain tradition originally had four Simhasana-related stories and four vetala-related puzzle stories. Later Jain authors adopted the 32
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to the courtesan's house, where Narasimha met and befriended him. Vikramaditya married the courtesan and brought her to Pataliputra.
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to Vikramaditya. They ultimately defeat Shalivahana in the year 1443 (of an uncertain calendar era, possibly from the beginning of
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and converted the queen to Buddhism after the king's death. According to Subandhu, Vikramaditya was a glorious memory of his time.
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contains similar legends, with some variations; Vikramaditya's general Vikramashakti defeated a number of mlechchhas, including
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scholar Vindhyavasa for defeating Vasubandhu's Buddhist teacher (Buddhamitra) in a philosophical debate. Vasubandhu then wrote
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pillar inscription, it is believed that Chandragupta II adopted the title Vikramaditya. The Khambat and Sangli plates of the
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to Malwa around the first century BCE, and were defeated by Vikramaditya. The Krita era, which later came to be known as
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but is unconnected with the individual tales except for hearing them from the vetala. Although the frame story of the
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is a series of verse tales in which the emperor appears as a wise parrot; a similar series is found in the Jain text,
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were the only notable ancient dynasty who ruled from Pratishthana. According to a Satavahana inscription, their king
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faiths, Shiva sent Vikramaditya to earth and established a throne decorated with 32 designs for him (a reference to
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discovers the ancient throne of Vikramaditya after several centuries. The throne has 32 statues, who are actually
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and the castle of Loni. The astronomers and other people started using this date as the beginning of a new era.
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Varahamihira is known to have lived in the sixth century. Dhanavantari was the author of a medical glossary (a
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rite (cutting the body in nine places) to please the gods. He offers to cut his body in eight places (for the
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use the epithet "Sahasanka", which has also been applied to Vikramaditya, for Chandragupta II. According to
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legend Vikramaditya has 32 marks on his body, a characteristic of universal emperors. A Brahmin in need of
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A Shaka ruler invaded north-western India and oppressed the Hindus. According to one source, he was a
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PM Narendra Modi dedicates largest warship INS Vikramaditya to the nation, pitches for self-reliance
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Kalidasa is the only figure whose association with Vikramaditya is mentioned in works earlier than
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places his victory at Ujjain in 57 BCE, and hints that his four successors ruled from 3 to 78 CE.
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The earliest uncontested mentions of Vikramaditya appear in sixth-century works: the biography of
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Few references to Vikramaditya exist in Jain literature before the mid-12th century, although
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Examination and Analysis of the Mackenzie Manuscripts Deposited in the Madras College Library
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A number of Gupta Empire kings adopted the title of Vikramaditya or its equivalent, such as
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describes Vikramaditya as a son of Mahendraditya of Ujjain. According to D.C. Sircar,
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is set long after Vikramaditya's death, those tales describe his life and deeds.
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and the modern vernacular versions, identify the king as Vikramaditya of Ujjain.
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tells him that it can be obtained if the emperor offers his head to the goddess
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widow who lived in the home of a potter. His name, Satavahana, was derived from
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believe that the name of the era changed to Vikrama Samvat during the reign of
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Anatomy of a Confrontation: Ayodhya and the Rise of Communal Politics in India
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comic-book series. Indian films on king Vikramaditya include G. V. Sane's
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recension of the 25 vetala stories, the king is mentioned as the ruler of
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similarly confuses the two kings, and mentions that Harsha, the author of
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also means "sun"). Some legends describe him as a liberator of India from
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In another Tamil legend, Vikramaditya offers to perform a variant of the
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legends). After hearing the vetala's stories, Vikramaditya performed an
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believed that the Vikramaditya legends were based on the sixth-century
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Mapping the Nation: An Anthology of Indian Poetry in English, 18701920
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written between the first century BCE and the third century CE in the
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Although Vikramaditya is mentioned in a few works dated to before the
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Simhāsana Dvātriṃśikā: Thirty-Two Tales of the Throne of Vikramaditya
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names Vikramaditya as one of four learned kings; the other three are
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who tells a puzzling tale which ends with a question. In addition to
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king. He defeats Vikramaditya, and begins persecuting worshipers of
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Vikrama's adventures : or, The thirty-two tales of the throne
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defeated the Shakas. One of Gautamiputra Satakarni's epithets was
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are "enormously inflated and deformed" recensions of the original
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is generally identified with a Gupta king, such as Skandagupta or
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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
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is a story of separated lovers who are reunited by Vikramaditya.
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Depiction of Vikramaditya in his royal court in the calligraphic
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work. According to the legend, Satavahana was the child of the
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Depiction of King Vikramaditya in Thunot Duvotenay's 1843 atlas
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Images, Miracles, and Authority in Asian Religious Traditions
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Seven Works of Vasubandhu, the Buddhist Psychological Doctor
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Essays: Analytical, Critical and Philological by H.H. Wilson
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and other demons. His general, Vikramashakti, conquered the
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Malwa Through the Ages, from the Earliest Times to 1305 A.D
1712:(r. 415–455 CE) adopted the title Mahendraditya. His son, 1475:). However, the historicity of these reports is doubtful. 815:
are described as Pramara's descendants and members of the
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Writing the Mughal World: Studies on Culture and Politics
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means "sun"). He is also known as Vikrama, Bikramjit and
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The Katha Sarit Sagara; or Ocean of the Streams of Story
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The Katha Sarit Sagara; or Ocean of the Streams of Story
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hanging from a tree, with Vikramaditya in the background
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The Vikramaditya of Ayodhya legend is identified as
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433:'s recensions, the king is named Trivikramasena; in 3852: 3825: 3790: 3769: 2832: 2830: 2828: 1326:, mentioned in Buddhist sources. The Gupta emperor 879:There were 18 kingdoms in Vikramaditya's empire of 852:) in the north, Kapila in the east and Setubandha ( 39: 2963: 2919: 512:; Vikramashakti also made the northern kingdom of 3049:. University of Chicago Press. pp. 436–437. 2846:. University of Chicago Press. pp. 282–287. 2653:. University of Chicago Press. pp. 254–275. 421:, the collection appears in three other Sanskrit 87:. Many describe him as ruler with his capital at 3577:Indian Kāvya Literature: The art of storytelling 2367:Śivadāsa: The Five-and-Twenty Tales of the Genie 1432:"absolutely worthless for historical purposes". 632:According to Ananta's 12th-century heroic poem, 2730:. Columbia University Press. pp. 414–419. 2074:, who had adopted the title of "Vikramaditya" ( 2036: 1618:was similarly based on the exploits of several 3120: 3118: 2314:Si-Yu-Ki Buddhist Records of the Western World 2286: 1610:'s "Parakramanka". According to D. C. Sircar, 1147:, the Vikramaditya in this legend refers to a 3745: 2970:. Inner Traditions / Bear & Co. pp.  2897:Rao Saheb Vishvanath Narayan Mandlik (1875). 2724:Alam, Muzaffar; Subrahmanyam, Sanjay (2011). 2590: 2588: 2586: 2584: 1424:written after Kalidasa's death. According to 103:" was also a common title adopted by several 8: 3597:Ancient Malwa And The Vikramaditya Tradition 3392: 3380: 3368: 3329: 3317: 3305: 3293: 3278: 3266: 3214: 2997: 2881: 2869: 2624: 2521: 2465: 2424: 2412: 2352: 2340: 2298: 2247: 2230: 2218: 2203: 909:and other sages recited the Puranas and the 3505: 3503: 3428:. Educational Resources Center. p. 78. 3235: 3233: 3231: 3229: 3227: 3225: 3223: 3046:Rethinking India's Oral and Classical Epics 2909:(XXIX). Asiatic Society of Bombay: 127–132. 2892: 2890: 2843:Rethinking India's Oral and Classical Epics 2650:Rethinking India's Oral and Classical Epics 2484: 2482: 2480: 2478: 2476: 2474: 2399:. Works. Vol. 2. Trübner. p. 153. 1806:Several Vikramaditya stories appear in the 1158:. This theme is found in Jina-Prabhasuri's 893:and convened an assembly of sages from the 868:celebrated his success (a reference to the 247:), a collection of poems attributed to the 3752: 3738: 3730: 3183: 3181: 3179: 3177: 3175: 3090: 3088: 3086: 2930: 2928: 2703:. University of Chicago Press. p. 6. 2639: 2637: 2635: 2633: 1702:) by a number of scholars. Book 18 of the 45: 36: 3680:, International Academy of Indian Culture 3546:. Motilal Banarsidass. pp. 174–175. 3345:The Temple of Muktēśvara at Cauḍadānapura 3246:. Motilal Banarsidass. pp. 156–165. 2899:"Salivahana and the Salivahana Saptasati" 2676:"द्वात्रींशत्पुत्तलिका: Sinhasan Battisi" 2172:. Motilal Banarsidass Publ. p. 174. 2062:", or "Samvat" ("Era"). Scholars such as 1322:, present-day Ayodhya was originally the 508:in the west, and the country east of the 333:) identifies Vikramaditya as the king of 264:Anekago-shatasahasra-hiranya-kotipradasya 153:invaders; the invaders are identified as 3485:Postage Stamps 2016, Government of India 3194:. Motilal Banarsidass. pp. 94–111. 3191:History of Classical Sanskrit Literature 2903:Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bombay 2780:Indian Eras by Kota Venkatachelam (1956) 2113:. Concept Publishing Company. p. 15 2078:). Alternative theories also exist, and 1340:'s fourth–fifth century CE biography of 1019:appears frequently. After the Jain king 131:Vikramaditya means "the sun of valour" ( 2099: 676:The Story of Umbrellas With Five Sticks 520:of Vikramaditya. Virasena, the king of 3455:Priyanka Bhadani (12 September 2014). 3101:. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 24–25. 2132:Reddy, Sheshalatha (15 October 2013). 1348:. Although the Gupta kings ruled from 1139:abducted the sister of Kalaka (a Jain 686:, also contains Vikramaditya stories. 391:Contemporary artist's impression of a 157:in most, and the king is known by the 105:monarchs in ancient and medieval India 3131:. Motilal Banarsidass. pp. 8–9. 2492:; Narayan Raghunath Navlekar (1969). 1978:is playing the role of Vikramaditya. 1852:(1957), Chandrasekhara Rao Jampana's 1776:. Although Yashodharman defeated the 1108:legends, associate Vikramaditya with 828:, when the world was degraded by non- 7: 3543:Rise and Fall of the Imperial Guptas 3158:. Motilal Banarsidass. p. 247. 3155:Rise and Fall of the Imperial Guptas 3095:Sarvepalli Gopal (15 October 1993). 2540:. Motilal Banarsidass. p. 377. 2263:Rise and Fall of the Imperial Guptas 2169:Rise and Fall of the Imperial Guptas 2075: 2014:beginning in 57 BCE (now called the 1820:(1924), Harshadrai Sakerlal Mehta's 744:recensions of the Sanskrit version, 3408:Malavikagnimitram: A Critical Study 2266:. Motilal Banarsidass. p. 39. 571:, on which these books are based). 266:—found in Gupta inscriptions about 3892:People whose existence is disputed 3422:Sharada Nāyak; Mala Singh (1973). 3411:. Motilal Banarsidass. p. 12. 3079:. Asiatic Society. pp. 49–55. 768:are structurally opposite. In the 115:era in 57 BCE after defeating the 27:Legendary emperor of Ujjain, India 25: 3444:. Screen World Publication. 1988. 1798:Baital Pachisi § Other media 1746:vara-varana-vikrama-charu-vikrama 407:legends, popularly known as the 2452:. Chas J. Sawyer. pp. 1–30. 1958:during the late 1980s. In 2014, 1802:Vetala § In popular culture 1538:Critics of this theory say that 1416:However, many scholars consider 1376:) were at Vikramaditya's court: 1336:. The Vikramaditya mentioned in 1083:Shalivahana-Vikramaditya rivalry 3573:"XLVI: The Vikramaditya Legend" 2938:Jainism and Indian Civilization 2369:. Penguin Books. p. xvii. 2006:Association with Vikrama Samvat 1697: 1542:shows clear signs of Gupta-era 1503:king. The Shakas advanced from 1025: 995:Pancha-Danda-Chhattra-Prabandha 257: 3815:Vikram Betaal Ki Rahasya Gatha 3496:A new face to Indian mythology 3016:. Westview Press. p. 78. 2567:. Sahitya Akademi. p. 4. 2495:Kalidasa: Date, Life And Works 2448:. Vol. IX. Translated by 1968:Vikram Betaal Ki Rahasya Gatha 876:clans such as the Paramaras). 758:(prime minister) Pandit Braj. 614:); Madhusudana's 17th-century 429:. In Kshemendra, Somadeva and 235:, may contain interpolations. 123:" after the ninth century CE. 1: 3342:Vasundhara Filliozat (1995). 2941:. Discovery. pp. 72–74. 2561:Viśvanātha Devaśarmā (1999). 2138:. Anthem Press. p. 201. 2110:Kālidāsa: His Art and Culture 1944:Kahaniya Vikram aur Betaal Ki 1700: 455 – 467 CE 1584: 860:clan, and Bhogavati from the 684:Madhavanala-Kamakandala-Katha 660:Mādhavānala Kāmakandalā Kathā 624:, had his capital at Ujjain. 604: 341:10th- to 12th-century legends 323: 32:Vikramaditya (disambiguation) 3188:M. Srinivasachariar (1974). 3125:Stefan Anacker, ed. (1984). 2697:White, David Gordon (2010). 2600:History of Indian Literature 2537:History of Indian Literature 1816:(1921), Nanubhai B. Desai's 670:. The 15th-century—or later— 563:, Malyavat is later born as 437:, his capital is located at 360:and Somadeva's 11th-century 3644:Lord Mahāvīra and His Times 3641:Kailash Chand Jain (1991). 3240:Kailash Chand Jain (1972). 2758:. Penguin. p. x-xiii. 2010:After the ninth century, a 1938:in the 1980s, was based on 1372:, nine noted scholars (the 1263:(also known as Bhoja) is a 1124:and Shalivahana supporting 1104:Many legends, particularly 848:in the west, Badaristhana ( 672:Pañcadaṇḍachattra Prabandha 460:. According to the legend, 260: 20 – 24 CE 171: 70: 3918: 3694:, Harvard University Press 2498:. Popular. pp. 8–29. 1950:in 2009. An adaptation of 1848:(1950), Dhirubhai Desai's 1795: 864:clan. All the gods except 176:; "enemy of the Shakas"). 29: 3887:Memorials to Vikramaditya 3010:Richard H. Davis (1998). 2811:10.1017/S0035869X00133957 2793:Roşu, Arion (July 1977). 2534:Moriz Winternitz (1985). 2442:"Book XVIII: Vishamasila" 2166:Agrawal, Ashvini (1989). 1654:. Based on coins and the 1638:Some scholars, including 1634:Chandragupta II on a coin 1303:According to a legend in 889:, Vikramaditya came from 754:, its author was Bhoja's 650:'s 12th– to 14th-century 443:Vetala-Vikramaditya-Katha 44: 3600:. Munshiram Manoharlal. 3540:Ashvini Agrawal (1989). 3152:Ashvini Agrawal (1989). 2966:A Brief History of India 2260:Ashvini Agrawal (1989). 1870:Chakravarty Vikramaditya 1612:Hem Chandra Raychaudhuri 1469:Auchitya-Vichara-Charcha 1459:(10th century), Bhoja's 1135:, Vikramaditya's father 3877:Legendary Indian people 3579:. Motilal Banarsidass. 3405:M. D. Paradkar (1970). 2962:Alain Daniélou (2003). 2920:Kailash Chand Jain 1991 1511:, marked this victory. 504:in the central region; 194:Beohar Rammanohar Sinha 3791:Television adaptations 3674:Bawden, C. R. (1960), 2490:Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi 2365:Rajan Chandra (1995). 2048: 2000:Vikramaditya Veergatha 1742:Gautamiputra Satakarni 1635: 1598:(180 BCE–10 CE). 1579:(230 BCE–220 CE), the 1133:Kalakacharya-Kathanaka 1101: 948:Kumara-Pala-Pratibodha 396: 366:, both adaptations of 196: 3762:Vetala Panchavimshati 3594:D. C. Sircar (1969). 3571:A. K. Warder (1992). 2082:believed that it was 1966:. Currently a series 1940:Vetala Panchavimshati 1633: 1257:three Tamil dynasties 1090: 1049:Vetala Panchavimshati 1043:Simhasana Dvatrimsika 1010:(lists of head monks) 838:Vetala Panchavimshati 834:Simhasana Dvatrimsika 766:Simhasana Dvatrimsika 762:Vetala Panchavimshati 746:Simhasana-dvatrimsika 717:Simhasana Dvatrimsika 711:Simhasana Dvatrimsika 410:Vetala Panchavimshati 405:vetala panchavimshati 390: 190:Constitution of India 187: 78:Vetala Panchavimshati 3858:List of Vetala Tales 3071:William Cooke Taylor 2311:Samuel Beal (1906). 1974:where popular actor 1934:, which appeared on 1880:(1965), G. Suryam's 1814:Vikram Satvapariksha 971:Vividha-Tirtha-Kalpa 962:Prabandha-Chintamani 751:Khulasat-ut-Tawarikh 729:, the Paramara king 719:(popularly known as 656:Shalivahana-Charitra 427:List of Vetala Tales 99:in a few stories). 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In this legend, 1102: 1098:Kalakacharya Katha 993:Ramachandrasuri's 954:Kalakacharya-Katha 940:Prabhavaka Charita 668:Pārśvanāthacaritra 557:Brihatkathamanjari 533:Brihatkathamanjari 397: 358:Brihatkathamanjari 305:Paramartha Saptati 232:Katha-Sarit-Sagara 197: 192:, illustration by 3864: 3863: 3799:Vikram Aur Betaal 3658:978-81-208-0805-8 3586:978-81-208-0615-3 3553:978-81-208-0592-7 3526:978-1-136-38385-4 3393:D. C. Sircar 1969 3381:D. C. Sircar 1969 3369:D. C. Sircar 1969 3355:978-81-7017-327-4 3330:D. C. Sircar 1969 3318:D. C. Sircar 1969 3306:D. C. Sircar 1969 3294:D. C. Sircar 1969 3279:D. C. Sircar 1969 3267:D. C. Sircar 1969 3253:978-81-208-0824-9 3215:D. C. Sircar 1969 3165:978-81-208-0592-7 3138:978-81-208-0203-2 3108:978-1-85649-050-4 3023:978-0-8133-3463-9 2998:D. C. Sircar 1969 2981:978-1-59477-794-3 2948:978-81-7141-796-4 2882:D. C. Sircar 1969 2870:D. C. Sircar 1969 2782:. pp. 63–70. 2765:978-0-140-45517-5 2737:978-0-231-52790-3 2710:978-0-226-89515-4 2625:D. C. 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H. 3697: 3693: 3692: 3687: 3683: 3679: 3678: 3672: 3671: 3667: 3660: 3654: 3650: 3646: 3645: 3639: 3635: 3631: 3627: 3626: 3621: 3617: 3613: 3609: 3603: 3599: 3598: 3592: 3588: 3582: 3578: 3574: 3569: 3568: 3563: 3555: 3549: 3545: 3544: 3536: 3533: 3528: 3522: 3518: 3517: 3512: 3506: 3504: 3500: 3497: 3492: 3489: 3486: 3481: 3478: 3475: 3470: 3467: 3462: 3458: 3451: 3448: 3443: 3442: 3435: 3432: 3427: 3426: 3418: 3415: 3410: 3409: 3401: 3398: 3394: 3389: 3386: 3382: 3377: 3374: 3370: 3365: 3362: 3357: 3351: 3347: 3346: 3338: 3335: 3331: 3326: 3323: 3319: 3314: 3311: 3307: 3302: 3299: 3295: 3290: 3288: 3284: 3280: 3275: 3272: 3268: 3263: 3260: 3255: 3249: 3245: 3244: 3236: 3234: 3232: 3230: 3228: 3226: 3224: 3220: 3216: 3211: 3208: 3203: 3201:9788120802841 3197: 3193: 3192: 3184: 3182: 3180: 3178: 3176: 3172: 3167: 3161: 3157: 3156: 3148: 3145: 3140: 3134: 3130: 3129: 3121: 3119: 3115: 3110: 3104: 3100: 3099: 3091: 3089: 3087: 3083: 3078: 3077: 3072: 3066: 3063: 3058: 3056:9780226340555 3052: 3048: 3047: 3042: 3036: 3034: 3030: 3025: 3019: 3015: 3014: 3006: 3003: 2999: 2994: 2992: 2988: 2983: 2977: 2973: 2968: 2967: 2958: 2955: 2950: 2944: 2940: 2939: 2931: 2929: 2925: 2922:, p. 85. 2921: 2916: 2913: 2908: 2904: 2900: 2893: 2891: 2887: 2883: 2878: 2875: 2871: 2866: 2864: 2860: 2855: 2853:9780226340555 2849: 2845: 2844: 2839: 2833: 2831: 2829: 2825: 2820: 2816: 2812: 2808: 2804: 2800: 2796: 2789: 2786: 2781: 2775: 2772: 2767: 2761: 2757: 2753: 2747: 2744: 2739: 2733: 2729: 2728: 2720: 2717: 2712: 2706: 2702: 2701: 2693: 2690: 2677: 2670: 2667: 2662: 2660:9780226340555 2656: 2652: 2651: 2646: 2640: 2638: 2636: 2634: 2630: 2626: 2621: 2619: 2615: 2611: 2605: 2601: 2597: 2591: 2589: 2587: 2585: 2581: 2576: 2574:9788126006977 2570: 2566: 2565: 2557: 2554: 2549: 2547:9788120800564 2543: 2539: 2538: 2530: 2527: 2523: 2518: 2516: 2512: 2507: 2501: 2497: 2496: 2491: 2485: 2483: 2481: 2479: 2477: 2475: 2471: 2467: 2462: 2460: 2456: 2451: 2447: 2443: 2439: 2433: 2430: 2426: 2421: 2418: 2414: 2409: 2407: 2403: 2398: 2397: 2392: 2391:Reinhold Rost 2386: 2383: 2378: 2372: 2368: 2361: 2358: 2354: 2349: 2346: 2342: 2337: 2335: 2331: 2326: 2320: 2316: 2315: 2307: 2304: 2300: 2295: 2292: 2288: 2283: 2280: 2275: 2269: 2265: 2264: 2256: 2253: 2249: 2244: 2242: 2240: 2236: 2232: 2227: 2224: 2220: 2215: 2213: 2209: 2205: 2200: 2197: 2193: 2181: 2175: 2171: 2170: 2162: 2159: 2147: 2141: 2137: 2136: 2128: 2125: 2112: 2111: 2103: 2100: 2094: 2089: 2087: 2085: 2081: 2077: 2073: 2069: 2065: 2061: 2057: 2052: 2047: 2045: 2041: 2035: 2033: 2029: 2025: 2021: 2017: 2013: 2005: 2003: 2001: 1997: 1993: 1992: 1987: 1984: 1979: 1977: 1973: 1969: 1965: 1962:was aired on 1961: 1957: 1954:was aired on 1953: 1949: 1945: 1941: 1937: 1933: 1932: 1927: 1925: 1921: 1917: 1916: 1911: 1907: 1903: 1899: 1895: 1894: 1889: 1885: 1884: 1879: 1875: 1871: 1867: 1866: 1861: 1857: 1856: 1851: 1847: 1846: 1841: 1837: 1836: 1831: 1827: 1823: 1819: 1815: 1811: 1810: 1803: 1799: 1791: 1789: 1787: 1783: 1779: 1775: 1774: 1773:Rajatarangini 1769: 1765: 1761: 1757: 1753: 1749: 1747: 1743: 1739: 1735: 1731: 1727: 1719: 1717: 1715: 1711: 1710:Kumaragupta I 1707: 1706: 1694: 1686: 1684: 1681: 1677: 1671: 1669: 1665: 1661: 1657: 1653: 1649: 1645: 1644:V. 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Index

Vikramāditya
Vikramaditya (disambiguation)

IAST
Vetala Panchavimshati
Singhasan Battisi
Ujjain
Pataliputra
Pratishthana
monarchs in ancient and medieval India
Chandragupta II
Vikrama Samvat
Shakas
mlechchha
Shakas
epithet
IAST

Constitution of India
Beohar Rammanohar Sinha
Gupta period
interpolations
Brihatkatha
epic
unattested
Paisaci
Katha-Sarit-Sagara
Gaha Sattasai
Satavahana
Hāla

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