शालिवाहन m. (
-नः) A sovereign of India, whose capital was Pratish- thāna in the Dakshin, and institutor of the era now called Śaka, beginning 76 or 78 years after CHRIST.
E. शालि from
शाल the ŚĀL tree, or a proper name, that of a Yaksha transformed to a lion, on which the prince rode when an infant, and
वाहन vehicle.