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Vira Nirvana Samvat, the Glossary

The Vira Nirvana Samvat (era) is a calendar era beginning on 7 October 527 BCE.^[1]

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Lunisolar calendars
Time in India

American Oriental Society

The American Oriental Society is a learned society that encourages basic research in the languages and literatures of the Near East and Asia.

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Calendar era

A calendar era is the period of time elapsed since one epoch of a calendar and, if it exists, before the next one. Vira Nirvana Samvat and calendar era are calendar eras.

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Gregorian calendar

The Gregorian calendar is the calendar used in most parts of the world.

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Harivaṃśapurāṇa

was composed by Acharya Jinasena in 783 AD.

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India

India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.

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The Indian national calendar, called the Shaka calendar or Śaka calendar, is a solar calendar that is used alongside the Gregorian calendar by The Gazette of India, in news broadcasts by All India Radio, and in calendars and official communications issued by the Government of India. Vira Nirvana Samvat and Indian national calendar are time in India.

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Jainism

Jainism, also known as Jain Dharma, is an Indian religion.

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Jinasena

Jinasena (c. 9th century CE) was a monk and scholar in the Digambara tradition of Jainism.

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Lunisolar calendar

A lunisolar calendar is a calendar in many cultures, incorporating lunar calendars and solar calendars. Vira Nirvana Samvat and lunisolar calendar are lunisolar calendars.

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Mahavira

Mahavira (Devanagari: महावीर), also known as Vardhamana (Devanagari: वर्धमान), the 24th Tirthankara (Supreme Teacher) of Jainism.

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Moon

The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite.

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Motilal Banarsidass

Motilal Banarsidass Publishing House (MLBD) is an Indian academic publishing house, founded in Delhi, India in 1903.

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Nirvana

Nirvana (निर्वाण nirvāṇa; Pali: nibbāna; Prakrit: ṇivvāṇa; literally, "blown out", as in an oil lampRichard Gombrich, Theravada Buddhism: A Social History from Ancient Benāres to Modern Colombo. Routledge) is a concept in Indian religions (Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, and Sikhism), the extinguishing of the passions which is the ultimate state of soteriological release and the liberation from duḥkha ('suffering') and saṃsāra, the cycle of birth and rebirth. Vira Nirvana Samvat and Nirvana are Jain philosophical concepts.

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Panchangam

A panchāngam (पञ्चाङ्गम्) is a Hindu calendar and almanac, which follows traditional units of Hindu timekeeping, and presents important dates and their calculations in a tabulated form.

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Routledge

Routledge is a British multinational publisher.

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Shaka era

The Shaka era (IAST: Śaka, Śāka) is a historical Hindu calendar era (year numbering), the epoch (its year zero) of which corresponds to Julian year 78. Vira Nirvana Samvat and Shaka era are calendar eras.

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Solar calendar

A solar calendar is a calendar whose dates indicate the season or almost equivalently the apparent position of the Sun relative to the stars.

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Sun

The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System.

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Tiloya Panatti

Tiloya Panatti or Trilokaprajnapati is one of the earlier Prakrit texts on Jain cosmology composed by Acharya Yativrshabha.

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Tirthankara

In Jainism, a Tirthankara is a saviour and supreme spiritual teacher of the dharma (righteous path).

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Tropical year

A tropical year or solar year (or tropical period) is the time that the Sun takes to return to the same position in the sky – as viewed from the Earth or another celestial body of the Solar System – thus completing a full cycle of astronomical seasons.

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Vikram Samvat

Vikram Samvat (ISO: Vikrama Saṁvata; abbreviated VS), also known as the Vikrami calendar is a Hindu calendar historically used in the Indian subcontinent and still used in several states. Vira Nirvana Samvat and Vikram Samvat are calendar eras, lunisolar calendars and time in India.

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Yativṛṣabha

Yativṛṣabha (Yativrishabha), also known as Jadivasaha, was a mathematician and Jain monk.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vira_Nirvana_Samvat

Also known as Jain calendar.