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Who was
Vikramaaditya
King Vikramaaditya of Ujjain has been an extremely popular name in Indian
fictions. Thousands of tales related to him are widely popular in
different Indian languages. Various sagas of his Nav Ratn are also
in vogue. However, what astonishes is that except the stories related
to this world-renowned king, no other evidence has been found to back his
existence. For foreign historians, he is no more than an imaginary king.
There has been no evidence found which could prove the existence of the
King Vikramaaditya, in spite of his many stories popular around. Even a
calendar is also in use on his name "Vikram Samvat". Samvat means year.
Ujjain or Ujjayinee is considered his capital. Indian historians have been trying hard to prove him a great and
historical man of Indian history and to prove their point. They have done a
lot of archaeological research also, but unfortunately, all went in vain.
Ujjain
is located on the Line of Cancer, where the Sun comes northward from the
Line of Equator and again goes
southward to the Line of Capricorn through the Line of Equator. Here is a
famous temple of Mahakaal situated on the banks of Narmadaa River in Ujjain. This is the
only Mahakaal temple present in India at present. Due to this unique distinctive
temple, an obvious question comes in mind that who is this God called "Mahaakaal",
whose only one temple is found throughout India. Generally, Mahaakaal is
considered synonym for Lord Shiv.
It has been like a tradition in our
country to devotedly accept the evidences produced by our holy Granths
(books).
Following this tradition, Mahaakaal (the Great Time) was considered as a
God. Thus, a Mahaakaal temple was founded at Ujjain. But, why at Ujjain
only? When the same longitude passes through such a vast area of the
country, then why only Ujjain was given this privilege?
The reason is very simple - Ujjain is located on the Line of Cancer, where
the Sun comes northward and again returns the southward up to the Line of Capricorn.
So, due to being located on the Line of Cancer, Indian Astrology scholars
accepted Ujjain as the appropriate place for the place of Mahaakaal.
The
word Vikramaaditya has two parts - Vikram and Aaditya. In general terms,
Vikram stands for "courage", while Aaditya stands for "Sun". Thus Vikramaditya means the
bravery of the Sun. However, "Kram" is inherent in the
word Vikram, which means movements. The word "Sankram", which is well-known
regarding the speed of the Sun, has been formed from this word. And the Sun's
Sankram, Sankraman and Sanskriti, all being formed from "Kram", are no unfamiliar words for the modern
astrologers.
Then Who
Was Vikramaaditya?
Having done a thorough study of these words, Vikramaaditya, Mahaakaal and
Ujjayinee; we come to the conclusion that in reality there was no kind
named Vikramaaditya. It was an imaginary name of the southward Sun. He was
just given a King's status. Since the King was considered a very kind King, he had
to have a capital of his kingdom. As a result, Ujjayinee or Ujjainee or
Ujjain was
made his capital. Because it was his capital, the standard time of that
place was
accepted as the standard time for the whole country, and this is why it is
called the Mahaakaal (which rules over the whole world).
After all these discussions, the concept of Nav
Ratn
is also quite clear - they stand for the nine planets. Moving ahead to a
definite place and then returning back to the original position is called
the Sinh Vikraant. Lions tend to roam around in the jungle in search of
food then they return back to their hideout.
From lion's nature, the words "Sinh Vikraant" and "Sinh Vikraman" have
surfaced. The Sun is called "Sinh Vikramee" for the reason that it travels
up to the Line of Cancer in the North, then returns southward. And
this is where the Sun Sign Sinh (Leo) comes from. After staying in the Kark
Sign (cancer) for 31 days, the Sun reaches the Sinh Sign (Leo)
on the 32nd day. And this process is known as the Sinhaasan Batteesee. Sin
is known to be the owner of Singh house. After reaching the Kark Sign
(cancer) it returns to its own Sign and stays there. Sun's eastward and
southward movements have been elaborated in the following paragraphs.
After Sinh Sign, the Sun enters Kanyaa Sign (Virgo). Probably, the ancient
Indian Sun Sign classification was based on the earth and not the sky.
At every location of earth where sunrays fell straight, the sun sign was
special. The term Raashi (Sign) has, most probably, the root in the word Rashmi's
original form "Rasasiyaan" which is a re-Sanskritized form of "Rassee". (Central
Chronicle)
[taken from
Nepal's Astrological Magazine]
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