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

THE GUPTA INSCRIPTIONS; No. 12, PLATE VI B. 51
(L. 4.)— . . . . . . . . . . . . both the deceased ancestors and the gods, with the oblations
proper for each of them;¹ . . . . . . . always . . . . . . . . . . . things that are injurious to
man, &c.
(L. 5.)— . . . . . . . . . . . caused to be made a group of temples, not [rivalled by] any-
thing else that could be compared with it in the world.
(L. 6.)— . . . . . . . . . . . assuredly in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . which is beautiful with the
erection of (this) best of columns.
(L. 7.)— . . . . . . . . . . . of the trees . . . . . . . . . . . the groups of fig-trees and castor-
oil plants, the tops of which are bent down by the weight of (their) flowers.
(L. 8.)— . . . . . . . . . . . by (the presence of) Bhadrâryâ, the house shines . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . the sky laden with fresh clouds.
(L. 9.)— . . . . . . . . . . . headed by (the god) Skanda, and by the divine Mothers, on
the earth, . . . . . . . . . . . mankind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(L. 10.)— . . . . . . . . . . . [he] made, indeed, the erection of (this) sacrificial post
. . . . . . . . . . . Bhadrâryâ and others . . . . . . . . . . . . . in (the village (?) called)
Skandaguptabaṭa (?), 30 (and) 5 shares . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(L. 12.)— . . . . . . . . . . . if there be any misdeed on the part of (his) father (or) his
mother, let him share . . . . . . . .
(L. 13.)— . . . . . . . . . . . in the agrahâra of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 shares . . . . .
. . . . . . . . by Anantasêna . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Second Part.
(L. 14.)— . . . . . . . . . . . . The son of the Mahârâjâdhirâja, the glorious
Samudragupta,—who was the exterminator [of all kings]; who had no antagonist (of
equal power) in the world; [whose fame was tasted by the waters of the four oceans];
who was equal to (the gods) [Dhanada and Varuṇa] and Indra and Antaka; [who was the
very axe] of (the god) Kṛitânta; [who was the giver of many millions of lawfully acquired
cows and gold]; who was the restorer of the aśvamêdha-sacrifice, that had been [long]
in abeyance; [who was the son of the son's son of the Mahârâja, the illustrious Gupta];
who was the son's son of [the Mahârâja, the illustrious] Ghaṭôtkacha; (and) who was
[the son] of the Mahârâjâdhirâja, [the glorious Chandragupta (I.), (and) the
daughter's son of Lichchhavi], begotten on the Mahâdêvî Kumâradêvî,—
(L. 19.)—(was) the most devout worshipper of the Divine One, the Mahârâjâdhirâja,
[the glorious Chandragupta (II.)],—who was accepted by him;² [who was begotten on]
the Mahâdêvî [Dattadêvî]; (and) [who was himself without an antagonist (of equal
power.)]
(L. 21.)—[His son], who meditated on [his feet], (and) [who was begotten] on the
Mahâdêvî Dhruvadêvî, (was) [the most devout worshipper of the Divine One], [the
Mahârâjâdhirâja, the glorious Kumâragupta].
(L. 22.)--[His] son, who meditated on his feet, (is) [the most devout worshipper of
the Divine One, the Mahârâjâdhirâja, the glorious] Skandagupta.
¹ lit. “with the havya (the oblation to the gods) and the kavya (the oblation to deceased ances-
tors).”
² i.e. by Samudragupta; see page 12 above, note 1.
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