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

village, on the south side. The inscription is on the eastern face of the square base of the
column ; and the bottom line is only a few inches above the level of the ground.
The writing, which covers a space of about 2' 4½" high by 2' 2¼" broad, has suffered
very much from the effects of the weather ; also the stone has peeled off in a few places ; and
there is a crack running vertically down the inscription, near the left side. With care, how-
ever, nearly the whole of the inscription is legible, on the original stone, with certainty ; and
nothing of a historical nature seems to be lost.—The size of the letters varies from ¼" to 7/16".
The characters belong to the northern class of alphabets, and, though more squarely cut,
are of the same type with those of the Mathurâ inscription of Chandragupta II., No. 4,
p. 25 ff. above, Plate iiiA.—The language is Sanskrit ; and the inscription is in prose as far
as the middle of line 6, and the rest in verse.—In respect of orthography, we have to notice
(1) the use of the guttural nasal, instead of the anusvâra, before ś, in vaṅśa, lines 7, 13,
and 14; (2) the doubling of k, in conjunction with a following r, in vikkramêṇa and
kkramêṇa, line 9; (3) the doubling of t, under the same circumstances, in pauttrasya,
line 3 (but not in prapautrasya, line 2 ; putras, line 4 ; and other places) ; and (4) the
doubling of dh, in conjunction with a following y, in anuddhyâta, line 5
The inscription is one of the Early Gupta king Skandagupta. It is not dated.
It belongs to the Vaishṇava form of religion ; and the object of it is to record the instal-
lation of an image of the god Vishṇu, under the name of Śârṅgin or "the wielder of the
bow of horn named Sârṅga," and the allotment, to the idol, of the village, not mentioned
by name, in which the column stands.
TEXT.¹
1 [Siddham²] [||] [Sar]vva-râj[ô]chchh[ê]ttuḥ pṛithivyâm=a-pratirathasya chatur-
udadhi-salil-[â]svâdita-yaśasô Dhanada-Varuṇ-Endr-[Â]ntaka-sa[masya]
2 Kṛitânta-paraśôḥ nyây-âgat-[â]nêka-gô-hiraṇya-k[ô]ṭi-pradasya chir-ô[t]sann-
âśvamêdh-âharttur=mahârâja-śrî-Gupta-prapautra[sya]
3 mahârâja-śrî-Ghaṭôtkacha-pauttrasya mahârâjâdhirâja-śrî-Chandragupta-
putrasya Lichchhavi-dauhitrasya mahâdêvyâṁ Kum[â]rad[ê]vyâ-
4 m=utpannasya mahârâjâdhirâja-śrî-Samudraguptasya putras=tat-parigṛihîtô
mahâdêvyân=Dattadêvyâm=utpannaḥ svayam=a-pratirathaḥ
5 paramabhâgavato mahârâjâdhirâja-śrî-Chandraguptas=tasya putras=tat-pâd-
ânuddhyâtô mahâdêvyâṁ Dhruvadêvyâm=utpannaḥ parama-
6 bhâgavatô mahârâjâdhir[â]ja-śrî-Kumâraguptas=Tasya [। ] Prathita³-pṛithu-
mati-svabhâva-śaktêḥ pṛithu-yaśasaḥ pṛithivîpatêḥ pṛithu-śrîḥ
7 pi[tri]-pa[r]igata-pâdapadma-varttî prathita-yaśâḥ pṛithivîpatiḥ sutô=yam [॥]
Jagati⁴ bhu[ja]-bal-âḍyô(dhyô) Gupta-vaṅś-aika-vîraḥ prathita-vipula-
8 dhâmâ nâmataḥ Skandaguptaḥ sucharita-charitânâṁ yêna vṛittêna vṛittaṁ
na vihatam=amal-âtmâ tâna-dhîdâ(?)-vinîtaḥ [॥] Vinaya-
9 bala-sunîtair=vvikkramêṇa kkramêṇa pratidinam=abhiyôgâd=îpsitam yêna
la[b]dhvâ svabhimata-vijigîshâ-prôdyatânâṁ parêshâṁ praṇi-
10 hita iva lê[bhê sa]mvidhân-ôpadêśaḥ [॥*] Vichalita-kula-lakshmî-stambhanây=
ôdyatêna kshititala-śayanîyê yêna nîtâ triyâmâ samu-
¹ From the original column.
² There are some faint marks above the sarvva, which seem to be remnants of this word ; but it
is not quite certain.
³ Metre, Pushpitâgrâ. ⁴ Metre, Mâlinî; and in the next four verses.