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

THE GUPTA INSCRIPTIONS; No. 12 PLATE VI B 49
TEXT.¹
First Part.
1 [— —]ḥ² nṛi³-chandra Indrânuja-tulya-vîryyê guṇair=a-tulyaḥ [˘ ˘ ˘ — ˘ — —] [॥]
2 [--] [ta]sy⁴=âpi sûnur=bhuvi svâmi-nêyaḥ khyâtaḥ sva-kîrttyâ [˘ ˘ ˘ — ˘ — —] [॥]
3 [--] [sva]s⁵=aiva yasy=âtula-vikramêṇa Kumâragup[t]ê[na] [˘ ˘ ˘ — ˘ — —] [॥]
4 [--] p[i]tri(tṛi)ṁś=cha dêvâṁś=cha hi havya-kavyaiḥ sadâ nṛiśaṁsy-âdi[˘ ˘ ˘ — ˘ — —] [॥]
5 [— ˘ —] [a]chîkarad⁷=dêvanikêta-maṇḍalaṁ kshitâv=an-aupamya- [˘ ˘ ˘ — ˘ — ˘ —]
6 ......ba(?)ṭê(?)⁸ kila stambha-var-ôchchhri(chchhra)ya-prabhâsê tu maṇḍa.......... [॥]
7 ......bhir=vṛikshâṇâṁ kusuma-bhar-ânat-âgra-śuṁ(?)ga(?)-vyâkamba-stavak......
8 [--] Bhadrâryyayâ⁹ bhâti gṛihaṁ navâbhra-nirmmôka-nirmu[kta — — ˘ ˘ —] [॥]
9 [--] Skanda-pradhânair=bhuvi mâtṛibhiś=cha lôkân=sa su(?)shya(?)[˘ ˘ ˘ — ˘ — —] [॥]
10 [— — ˘] yûp-ôchchhrayam=êva chakkrê [॥*] Bhadrâryy-âdi-
11 ...... [Ska(?)]ndaguptabaṭê aṁśâni 30 5 tâ(?)mrakaṭâku(?)ḥ kala.............
12 ...... pituḥ sva-mâtur=yyady=astu hi dushkṛitaṁ bhajatu tanê..............
13 ........k-âgrahârê aṁśâni 3 Anantasênên=ôpa...........
Second Part.
14 ...... [Sarvva-râj-ôchchhê]ttuḥ¹⁰ pri(pṛi)thivyâm=a-pratirathasya
15 [chatur-udadhi-salil-âsvâdita-yaśasô Dhanada-Varuṇ-Ê]ndr-Antaka-samasya Kṛitânta

¹ As far as line 25, from the ink-impression; the rest, partly from Gen. Cunningham's lithograph, and partly from the lithograph published with Dr. Rajendralala Mitra's reading.
² The first two entire pâdas, and parts of the third pâdas of most of the verses, have peeled off and are lost all the way down.
³ Metre, Upêndravajrâ. ⁴ Metre, Indravajrâ
⁵ The metre is faulty here: since the vi of bhuvi, which should remain short, is lengthened by the following sv.
⁶ Metre, Upêndravajrâ; and in the next verse. ⁷ Metre, Vaṁśastha.
⁸ Metre, apparently Gîti; and in the next verse.
⁹ Metre, Indravajrâ; and in the following two verses.
¹⁰ The passages that are lost in lines 14 to 22, are supplied from No. 1, lines 24, 26, 28, and 29, page 8 above, and from the Bhitarî pillar inscription of Skandagupta, No. 13 below, Plate vii. lines 1 to 6. The sectarian epithet of Skandagupta, in line 23, is supplied from line 24, and from his silver coins (see Ind. Ant. Vol. XIV. p. 66 f.)
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