[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c7.1787 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.1787 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.1787 - **Language:** English ### [c7.1787](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1787) (3) First Century B.C. The traditional belief is that Kālidāsa was a member in the assembly of poets and scholars of the court of emperor Vikramāditya, who started the Vikrama era in B.C. 56. - [Previous: c7.1786](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1786) - [Next: c7.1788](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1788) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1787](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1787) · Pramāṇa