श शकट

शक

शक 1 N. of a king (especially applied to Śālivāhana; but scholars do not seem to have yet agreed as to the precise meaning and scope of the word).
2 An epoch, era (the term is especially applied to the era of Śālivāhana which commences 78 years after the Christian era).
−काः (m. pl.)
1 N. of a country.
2 N. of a particular tribe or race of people (mentioned in Ms. 10. 44 along with the Pauṇḍrakas, &c.; see Mu. 5. 11 also.).
−Comp.
−अंतकः, −अरिः epithets of king Vikramāditya who is said to have exterminated the Śakas.
−अब्दः a year of the Śaka era. −कर्तृ, −कृत् m. the founder of an era.

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शक N. of a tribe inhabiting the countries on the north-western frontier of India, the Sacæ of the classical writers, and generally identified with the Scythians.

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