མཐར་འགྲོ་ཞོན་

མཐར་འགྲོ་ཞོན། (Wyl. mthar 'gro zhon ) Pron.: tar dro shyön

• Skt. शालिवाहनः, śālivāhana, Pron.: shalivahana. From Sanskrit: N. of a celebrated sovereign of India (said to be so called either from having ridden on a Yaksha called Śāli, or from Śalī for Śāla, the Śāl tree, Śāli-vāhana being represented as borne on a cross made of that or other wood | he was the enemy of Vikramāditya and institutor of the era now called Śaka | his capital was Pratishṭhāna on the Godāvarī [Mahavyutpatti] [Sanskrit] MVP MW