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

8 CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM, VOL. III.
22 Samataṭa-Dāvâka-Kâmarûpa-Nêpâla-Karttṛipur-âdi-pratyanta-nṛipatibhir
Mmâlav-Ârjunâyana-Yaudhêya-Mādrak-Âbhîra-Prârjuna-Sanakâ-
nîka¹-Kâka-Kharaparik-âdibhiś-cha sarvvakaradân-ājñākaraṇa-praṇāmâ-
gamana-
23 paritôshita-prachaṇḍa-śāsanasya anêka-bhrashṭa-rājyôtsanna-râjavaṁśa-pratishṭhâ-
pan-ôdbhūta-nikhila-bh[uva]na-vicha[ra]ṇa-śānta-yaśasaḥ Daivaputra-Shāhi-
Shāhānushāhi-Śaka-Muruṇḍaiḥ Saimhalak-âdibhiś=cha
24 sarvva-dvîpa-vâsibhir-âtmanivêdana-kanyôpâyanadâna-garutmadaṅka-svavishayabhu-
kti-śāsana[y]âchan-âdy-upâya-sêvâ-kṛita-bâhu-vîryya-prasara-dharaṇi-bandhasya
pri(pṛi)thivyâm=a-pratirathasya
25 sucharita-śat-âlaṅkṛit-ânêka-guṇa-gaṇ-ôtsiktibhiś-charaṇa-tala-pramṛishṭ-ânya-nara-
pati-kîrttēḥ sâddhv-asâdh-ûdaya-pralaya-hêtu-purushasy-â-chintyasya bhakty-
avanati-mâtra-grâhya-mṛidu-hṛidayasy-ânukampâvatô-nêka-gô-śata-sahasra-pra-
dâyinaḥ²
26 kṛipaṇa-dîn-ânâth-âtura-jan-ôddharaṇa-sa(ma)ntradîksh-âdy-upagata-manasaḥ sa-
middhasya vigrahavatô lôk-ânugrahasya Dhanada-Varuṇ-Êndr-Ântaka-
samasya sva-bhuja-bala-vijit-ânêka-narapati-vibhava-pratyarppaṇâ-nitya-vyâpṛit-
âyuktapurushasya
27 niśita-vidagdha-mati-gândharvva-lalitair=vrîḍita-tridaśapatiguru-Tumburu-Nârad-
âdêr=vvidvaj-jan-ôpajîvy-ânêka-kâvya-kkriyâbhiḥ pratishṭhita-kavirâja-śabdasya
suchira-stôtavy-ânêk-âdbhut-ôdâra-charitasya
28 lôka-samaya-kkriy-ânuvidhâna-mâtra-mânushasya lôka-dhâmnô dêvasya mahâ-
râja-śrî-Gupta³-prapautrasya mahârâja-śrî-Ghaṭôtkacha-pautrasya mahâ-
râjâdhirâja-śrî-Chandragupta-putrasya
29 Lichchhavi-dauhitrasya mahâdêvyâṁ Kumāradêvyâm-utpha(tpa)nnasya
mahârâjâdhirâja-śrî-Samudraguptasya sarvva-pṛithivî-vijaya-janit-ôdaya-
vyâpta-nikhil-âvanitalâṁ kîrttim-itas=tridaśapati-

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Kailâsa-Koṭṭa, mentioned by me above ; or, Koṭṭûr (from Koṭṭapura) being a very common Drâviḍian
name, may be looked for in any Koṭṭûr of note, in a mountainous part of Southern India, e.g.
possibly Koṭṭûr in the ' Coimbatore ' District, at the foot of one of the passes in the ' Anaimalai ' Hills,
(Indian Atlas, Sheet No. 61 or 62 ; Lat. 10° 32' N. ; Long. 77° 2' E.)
¹ In line 2 of the Udayagiri cave inscription of Chandragupta II. of the year 82, No. 3 below,
Plate iiB., this name occurs with the short vowel i in the fourth syllable.
² This visarga is imperfect, the engraver having omitted the upper half of it.
³ Mr. V. A. Smith (Jour. Beng. As. Soc. Vol. LIII. Part I. p. 119, and note) has suggested that
this name was not simply Gupta, as it is usually accepted, but Śrîgupta, which form he has used
throughout ; i. e. that, in this instance, śrî is an integral part of the name, not the honorific prefix.
His grounds for this opinion are (1) that the past participle gupta, ' protected,' can hardly stand alone
for a proper name, whereas Śrîgupta, ' protected by (the goddess) Śrî or Lakshmî,' would be a complete
name, giving a suitable meaning ; and (2) that the Chinese pilgrim I-tsing (in India from about A.D. 673
to 693) speaks of a king or Mahârâja called Śrîgupta, who preceded his time by about five hundred years
(Jour. R. As. Soc. N. S. Vol. XIII. p. 571 : Ind. Ant. Vol. X. p. 110), and who has been identified by
some with the founder of the Gupta family.—In addition to the instance quoted just above, Śrîgupta
occurs as the name of a persecutor of Buddha (Beal's Buddh. Rec. West. World, Vol. II.
p. 151 f.) as the name of a Jain saint (Ind. Ant. Vol. XI. p. 252); and as the name of a mer-
chant (Nêpâl inscription, No. 13, line 12; id. Vol. IX. p. 176).—But, with regard to the present
passage, I have to point out (1) that, as it is now certain that the era used by the Early Guptas
commenced A.D. 319-20, the Mahârâja Śrîgupta, mentioned by I-tsing and referred by him to
about A.D 175, cannot be identified with the founder of the Early Gupta family, who lived in