गुप्त अभिलेख संग्रह (जे. एफ. फ्लीट - गुप्त सम्राटों एवं परवर्ती नरेशों के ऐतिहासिक पाषाण व ताम्रलेख)

THE GUPTA INSCRIPTIONS; APPENDIX I. 139

apparently, as a current year. The Gwâlior almanac, however, which I have quoted
above, has — gata-Kaliḥ 4987, śêsha-Kaliḥ 427013 ...........; tan-madhyê gata-
Śakaḥ 1808, śêsha-Śakaḥ 16192 .......... Svasti; śrî-Vikramârka-râjya-samayâd
atît saṁvat¹ 1943, Śaka-gata-varshêshu 1808, chandra-mânêna Vyaya-nâma-saṁvat-
sarê; Bârhaspatya-mânêna, Śakê 1807 Âśvina-kṛishṇa-7 Śukrê sûry-ôdayâd gata-ghaṭî-
shu 47 palêshu 24 tad-avadhi, Śakê 1808 Âśvina-kṛishṇa-14 Bhaumê ghaṭî[shu*]
46 palê[shu*] 3 tâvat-paryantaṁ, Vilambi-saṁvatsar-ôllêkhaḥ vidhêyaḥ, tad-agrê Vikâri-
saṁvatsar-ôllêkhaḥ kâryaḥ; Chaitr-âdau râjâ chandraḥ,— “the expired (portion of the)
Kali (age) (is) 4987 (years), (and) the remainder of the Kali (age) is 427013 (years)
..........; in it, the expired (portion of the) Śaka (era) (is) 1808 (years); and
the remainder of the Śaka (era) (is) 16192 (years) .......... Hail! In the
year 1943 expired from the time of the reign of the glorious Vikramârka, (and) in the
expired Śaka year 1808, (and), by the lunar reckoning, in the (current) saṁvatsara
named Vyaya,²—by the reckoning of Jupiter, the Vilambin saṁvatsara is to be used in
writings from the expiration of 47 ghaṭîs, 24 palas, from sunrise on Friday, the seventh
lunar day of the dark fortnight of Âśvina, in Śaka 1807, up to (the expiration of) 46
ghaṭîs, 3 palas, (from sunrise) on Tuesday, the fourteenth lunar day of the dark fortnight
of Âśvina, in Śaka 1808; after that, the Vikârin saṁvatsara is to be used in writings,—at
the beginning of Chaitra, the king (is) the Moon.” Passages of a similar kind with those
quoted above, occur at the end of each almanac, in connection with the Saṁkrântis.
In the same passages for the sâyana year, Śaka-Saṁvat 1808, the Sâyana-Pañchâṅg
does not confine itself to any indefinite expression, but explicitly quotes the Śaka year as
a current year; thus — Kaliyugasya saṁdhyâyâ âditaḥ, Śâlivâhana-Śak-ârambhakâla-
paryantaṁ, Nand-âdr-indu-guṇa-(3179)-mitâni saura-varshâṇy=atîtâni; pravartamâna-
Śâlivâhana-Śak-âbdaḥ ashṭ-ôttar-âshṭâdaśa-(1808)-mitaḥ; amuṁ saṁvatsaraṁ Narma-
dâyâ dakshiṇa-bhâgê Vyaya-nâmnâ vyavaharanti, uttara-bhâgê cha Vilambi-nâmnâ;
ath=âsmin varshê râjâ Śaniḥ,—“from the commencement of the _saṁdhyâ_³ of the
Kaliyuga, up to the time of the commencement of the Śâlivâhana-Śaka, there expired
solar years which are measured by the (nine) Nandas, the (seven) mountains, the (one)
moon, and the (three) qualities, (3179); (and) the current year of the Śâlivâhana-Śaka
is measured by eighteen hundred, increased by eight, (1808); on the south side of the

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¹ i.e. atîtê saṁvatsarê, or atîtêshu saṁvatsarêshu.
² The context is “at the beginning of Chaitra, the king (is) the moon,” a little further on. The
intervening matter is by way of a parenthesis.
³ saṁdhyâ, which is usually translatable by ‘morning or evening twilight,’ means, as applied to
any of the four ages, a long period that runs at the commencement of each, before the full develop-
ment of the age itself. The saṁdhyâ of the Kali age is one hundred divine years, equivalent to
36,000 years of men; so that we are still only in this period. The age itself will run for 360,000
years of men. And it will end with a saṁdhyâṁśa of 36,000 years of men. These figures make up
the total of 432,000 years in the age.
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