Talk:Samvat (calendars)

Samvat is a common term using in the context of Indian history. Conversion from a samvat (there are several, and often with different computation methods) to common era can result in an error of one year (perhaps more). Thus a separate page on the term samvat is needed to address different samvats and variation in computation.

There is a significant history (and controversy) behind Vikram and Shaka Samvats, that needs to be added to the samvat page sometime. The Sikhs have adapted a new samvat recently, after considerable disagreement for a long time.

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Please, Malaiya, wherefore do you get this idea that "Samvat" is a term that refers to various Indian *calendars* in use? You give the reader a totally wrong concept of what Samvat is. Please refer to page viii of the Rashtriya Panchang (at least in my Sanskrit edition it is page viii) -- there are only two samvat-s mentioned there -- vikramasamvat and shakasamvat. The other items mentioned there are potential candidates for other samvats - Jaina, Bauddha etc. You are unduly including stuff here which must appear only in the Hindu calendar article. I spent lots of time fixing the links between the Bikram Sambat etc etc etc articles -- see Talk:Hindu_calendar -- I will have to revert the Samvat article to my edit. User:Jamadagni 2006-01-22 23:11 UTC+0530

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On a detailed discussion on various samvats, please see "Rai Bahadur Pandit Gaurishankar Hirachand Ojha,“ The Paleography of India” Manshuram Manoharlal publishers, 1918, Reprinted in 1993.--Malaiya 05:13, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

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Well apparently Shri Ojha (and you following him) have a different idea of what the correct meaning of the word Samvat is. Since Wikipedia must be neutral to all views about a topic, I have created a disambiguation page and link from there to both your and my interpretations.

Jamadagni 2006-02-14 20:18 UTC+0530