History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c82.659

v6.c82.659

¹⁰⁰⁴ सप्ताश्विवेदसंख्यं शककालमपास्य चैत्रशुक्लादौ । अर्धास्तमिते भानौ यवनपुरे सौमदिवसाद्ये ॥ पञ्चसिद्धान्तिका 1 8, which means 'deducting śaka year 427 (from the śaka year for which ahargaṇa is required) at the beginning of the bright half of caitra when the sun has half set in Yavanapura at the beginning of Monday.' Since Varāha employs in his several works the words शककाल, शकेन्द्रकाल and शकनृपकाल as synonyms it cannot be gainsaid that to him at least Śakakāla has something to do with śaka kings One regrets that (*Continued from last page*) since independence some Indian scholars are bent upon not admitting patent facts of history and put forward novel theories The verse 'आसन्.. राज्ञश्च' in note 746 does not stand by itself and has to to be taken along with the other verses in the same work (as in Br. S VIII. 20-21) and शकेन्द्रकाल in पञ्चसिद्धान्तिका (vide note 1008); the verse 'आसन् &c.' says that śaka years when added to by 2526 (or 2566) represent the time of Yudhisthira The suggestion made by some that śakakāla simply means method of reckoning cannot be accepted in view of the words Śakendrakāla or Śakabhūpakāla One may raise a dispute as to whether the śaka era was *founded* by a śaka king or whether it was *founded by an Indian king who defeated the Śakas* But the central fact remains that śaka-kāla has something to do with the Śakas and a Śaka king.