King · Folk · West India · Pratishthana (Paithan), Maharashtra

Shalivahana

Also called: Shalivahan, Salivahana, Satavahana, Hala

The legendary king of Pratishthana, a potter's boy born of a serpent king and a Brahmin woman, who woke an army of clay with nectar, defeated Vikramaditya of Ujjain (or the Shakas) and began the Shalivahana Shaka era of 78 CE; Maharashtra tells the gudi as the flag raised for his return. Historians take the name as a form of Satavahana, the dynasty that ruled from Pratishthana.

Sources: Shalivahana, Wikipedia; Vikramaditya, Wikipedia (the Shalivahana legends and the Kalakacharya-katha); A. N. Upadhye, Lilavai (Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, 1966), introduction pp. 45 to 48: the Satavahana legends in the Jain prabandhas; Shaka era, Wikipedia · see Shalivahana's web

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Shalivahana celebrated at

Gudi Padwa (Festival) Folk · The army of clay (Shalivahana of Pratishthana)
The gudi is told as the flag Paithan raised for his return; the Shalivahana Shaka begins this day.

Shalivahana child of

Shesha (Vahana / animal) Jain · The army of clay (Shalivahana of Pratishthana)
Father of the boy by a Brahmin widow in the Jain prabandhas; gives the nectar that wakes the clay army.

Shalivahana dwells at

Pratishthana (Paithan) (Place) · The army of clay (Shalivahana of Pratishthana)
Rules from Pratishthana after his victory.

Shalivahana rival of

Vikramaditya of Ujjain (King) · The army of clay (Shalivahana of Pratishthana)
Beats his army with the soldiers of clay.

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The army of clay (Shalivahana of Pratishthana)
Legend · as the potter's boy who becomes king · 2 tellings

Cited

Shalivahana, Wikipedia Encyclopedia
Vikramaditya, Wikipedia (the Shalivahana legends and the Kalakacharya-katha) Encyclopedia
A. N. Upadhye, Lilavai (Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, 1966), introduction pp. 45 to 48: the Satavahana legends in the Jain prabandhas Scholarly
Shaka era, Wikipedia Encyclopedia