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

6 CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM, VOL. III.
made the point quite clear. As it is, we must look for the clue in the identification of the
Kôta family, tribe, or dynasty, which is mentioned in the same verse But, for this
name, I have not as yet succeeded in obtaining any other reference.
TEXT.¹
1 [Yah²] kulyaiḥ svai . . . . . . . . âtasa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2 ya(?)sya(?) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [॥*] [1]
3 Pu(?)ṁv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
tra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4 sphâ(?)ra-dva(?) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . kshaḥ sphuṭ-
ôddhva[rṁ]sita . . . . . . . . . . pravitata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [॥*] [2]
5 Yasya³ prajñ-ânushaṅg-ôchita-sukha-manasaḥ śâstra-tattv-ârttha-bharttuḥ [— —]
stabdh-ô[‿ ‿ ‿ ‿]ni[‿ ‿ ‿ ‿ —]n-ôchchhri[— — ‿ — —]
6 [sa]t-kâvya-śrî-virôdhân=budha-guṇita-guṇ-âjñ-âhatân=êva kṛitvâ v[i]dval-lôkê
vi[— —]sphuṭa-bahu-kavitâ-kîrtti-râjyaṁ bhunakti [॥*] 3
7 [Â]ryyô⁴ h-îty=upaguhya bhâva-piśunair-utkarṇṇitai rômabhiḥ sabhyêsh=
ûchchhavasitêshu tulyakulaja-mlân-ânan-ôdvîkshi[ta]ḥ
8 sn[ê]ha-vyâluḷitêna bâshpa-guruṇâ tattv-êkshiṇâ chakshushâ yaḥ pitr=
âbhihitô ni[r]îksh[y]a nikhilâṁ pâhy=êva]m=[u]rv[v]îm-iti [॥*] 4
9 [Dṛi]shṭvâ⁵ karmmâṇy=anêkâny=amanuja-sadṛiśâny=adbhut-ôdbhinna-harshâ
bh[â*]vair=âsvâdaya[— ‿ ‿ ‿ ‿ ‿ ‿ — — ‿ — — ‿ ‿] [kê]chit
10 vîryy-ôttaptâś=cha kêchich=chharaṇam=upagatâ yasya vṛittê praṇâmê=
py=art[t]ê(?)[— ‿ ‿ ‿ — — ‿ ‿ ‿ ‿ ‿ ‿ ‿ — — ‿] [॥*] [5]
11 Saṁgrâmêshu⁶ sva-bhuja-vijitâ nityam=uchch-âpakârâḥ śvaḥ-śvô mâna-
pra[‿ ‿ ‿ ‿ — — ‿ — ‿ ‿ ‿ — —]
12 tôsh-ôttuṅgaiḥ sphuṭa-bahu-rasa-snêha-phullair=mmanôbhiḥ paśchâttâpaṁ
va[‿ ‿ ‿ ‿ ‿ — —]ma[ṁ(?)] sy[â]d=vasa(?)nta[m(?)] [॥*] [6]
13 Udvêl’-ôdita-bâhu-vîryya-rabhasâd=êkêna yêna kshaṇâd=unmûly=Âchyuta-
Nâgasêna-g[‿ ‿ — — — — ‿ ‿ —]
14 daṇḍair=grâhayat=aiva Kôta-kula-jaṁ Pushp-âhvayê krîḍatâ sûryyê
nê[‿ ‿ ‿ — ‿ —]taṭa[‿ — — — ‿ ‿ ‿ ‿ —] [॥*] [7]
15 Dharmma⁷-prâchîra-bandhaḥ śaśi-kara-śuchayaḥ kîrttayaḥ sa-pratânâ vaidu-
shyaṁ tattva-bhêdi praśama[‿ ‿ ‿]uku[—]y k[‿]mu(?)t[—‿]t-ârttham(?)
16 addhyêyaḥ sûkta-mârggaḥ kavi-mati-vibhav-ôtsâraṇaṁ ch=âpi kâvyaṁ kô nu
syâd=yô=sya na syâd=guṇa-mat:-v[i]dushâṁ dhyâna-pâtram ya êkaḥ [॥*] 8
17 Tasya vividha-samara-śat-âvataraṇa-dakshasya sva-bhuja-bala-parâkkram-aika-
bandhôḥ parakkrâm-âṅkasya paraśu-śara-śaṅku-śakti-prâs-âsi-tômara-
¹ From the original column.
² The first four lines, containing the first two verses, are almost entirely destroyed; and the few
letters that remain of them do not suffice to shew what the metres were.
³ Metre, Sragdharâ. ⁴ Metre, Śârdûlavikrîḍita.
⁵ Metre, Sragdharâ. ⁶ Metre, Mandâkrântâ.
⁷ Metre, Śârdûlavikrîḍita. ⁸ Metre, Sragdharâ.