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

THE GUPTA INSCRIPTIONS; APPENDIX IV. 181
H.—Dr. Bhagwanlal Indraji's inscription No. 10; Ind. Ant. Vol. IX. p. 173 f.—The
charter is issued from Kailâsakûṭabhavana (line 6). The inscription is one of the illus-
trious Jishṇugupta (l. 7). The details are much mutilated; but the subject is a tilamaka
or 'water-course,' which had been constructed by the Mahâsâmanta, the illustrious¹......
dêva. The name of the Dûtaka, and the date, have peeled off and are lost.—Lines 3 and
4 of this inscription again mention Mânagṛiha, and, in connection with it, the Bhaṭṭâra-
ka and Mahârâja, the illustrious Dhruvadeva, the banner of the Lichchhavikula. Be-
tween mânagṛiha and dita-chitta in line 4, there are four (or perhaps five) aksharas
which are much damaged, and are quite uncertain even in the rubbing; but the ha (not
hâ) is distinct enough; and this, and the whole construction, shews that we have here,—
not Mânagṛihât, the formal ablative of issue,—but the base Mânagṛiha, as the first mem-
ber of a compound, ending with santati, that qualifies śrî-Dhruvadêva, and means some-
thing like "who belonged to a lineage which had its thoughts [gladdened by residing] at
Mânagṛiha." As regards the connection between Dhruvadêva and Jishṇugupta,—in line
5, after śrî-Dhruvadêva, Dr. Bhagwanlal Indraji read purassaré sakala, and interpreted
the passage as shewing that Jishṇugupta acknowledged Dhruvadêva as his lord paramount.
The interpretation is possibly correct; though the text may equally well mean nothing
more than a courteous reference by Jishṇugupta to one whose position was equal to his
own. But, from the rubbing, the proper reading is certainly purassara-sakala, in compo-
sition. The whole passage, in fact, from Mânagṛiha, line 4, down to mânasa, lines 5-6, is
one continuous compound, meaning, in the latter part, that Jishṇugupta's mind had been
brought into a state of contentment by devising the means of freeing from calamity all the
people headed by Dhruvadêva, &c. And the expression Dhruvadêva-purassara-sakala-
jana is analogous in its purport to the sa-nṛipatêr=jjagatô (hitâya), "(for the welfare) of
the world (i.e. of all the people), together with the king," of line 2 of inscription M. below.
I.—Dr. Bhagwanlal Indraji's inscription No. 11; Ind. Ant. Vol. IX. p. 174.—This is
not a formal charter, issued from any specified place. It simply records certain grants
made in the augmenting victorious reign of the illustrious Jishṇugupta (line 9). The
era-date, if any was recorded, is lost with lines 27 ff.
J.—Mr. Bendall's inscription No. 3; Journey in Nêpâl, page 77 ff. and Plate x.—
The charter is issued from Kailâsakûṭabhavana (line 1). The king's name is lost,
somewhere in lines 2 to 7. The inscription provides for the worship of the god Vajrêśvara
(l. 17), and other religious matters. The Dûtaka (l. 28) is the Bhaṭṭâraka, the Yuvarâja
Skandadêva. The date (l. 29) is (Harsha)-Saṁvat 82, Bhâdrapada śukla-divâ.......;
which has its equivalent in the month of August, A.D. 687.

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¹ In the original rubbing, śrî is very distinct at the beginning of line 14. Two aksharas are
illegible between it and dêvêna.