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

74 CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM, VOL. III.
has to be referred to the era, dating from the tribal constitution of the Mâlavas, that is
mentioned specifically in the next inscription, which gives us the year four hundred and
ninety-three for Viśvavarman’s son, Bandhuvarman, the feudatory of Kumâragupta.
This Mâlava era is the Vikrama era,¹ commencing B.C. 57; and the result for the
present inscription is A.D. 423-24 expired, or 424-25 current; which shews that
Viśvavarman, also, was a contemporary of Kumâragupta. The inscription belongs
partly to the Vaishṇava, and partly to the Śâkta or Tântrika form of religion; the object
of it being to record how a certain Mayûrâksha, a minister of Viśvavarman built a
temple of Vishṇu,—also a temple of the divine Mothers,—and also a large drinking-well.
TEXT.²
1 [— — ◡³ — ◡ ◡ ◡ — ◡ ◡ — ◡]masya Vishṇôr=bbhujas=surapati-dvipa-hasta-
[sa]rppa[— — ◡ — ◡ ◡ ◡ — ◡ ◡ — ◡ — — ◡]
2 [— ◡ ◡ ◡ — ◡ ◡ — ◡ ◡ — —] [॥] Prakkhyâta-vîryya-yaśas[âṁ] ksh[i]tip-
âdhipânâṁ vaṁś-ôdbhavô [◡]gativi[◡ ◡ — ◡ — ◡ ◡ ◡
◡ — ◡]
3 [◡ — ◡] kântaś=śrîmân=babhûva Naravarmma-nṛipaḥ prakâśaḥ ॥
Yajñais=surân=muni-gaṇâ[n]=[n]i[ya]mair=udârai[ḥ] [— — ◡ — ◡ ◡ ◡
◡ — ◡ — —]
4 [mânê]na bhṛittya-janam-a-ppratimêna lôkê yô=tôshayat=su-charitaiś=cha
jagat=samaggram ॥ Hasty-aśva-sâdhana[◡ — ◡ ◡ — ◡ — — ◡ ◡
— ◡ ◡]
5 [◡]khaḍga-marîch[i*]matsu ॥(।) saṅgrâma-mûrddhasu mukhaṁ samudîkshya
yasya nâśaṁ=prayânty=ari-gaṇâ bhaya-nashṭa-chêshṭâḥ [॥] [Tasy=âtmajaḥ]⁴
[◡ ◡ ◡ — ◡]
6 [◡ —]jau mahâtmâ buddhyâ Bṛihaspati-samas=sakalêndu-vaktraḥ ॥(।)
aupamyabhûta iva Râma-Bhagîrathâbhyâṁ râ[— ◡ — ◡ ◡]
7 [◡ —] [bhu]vi Viśvavarmmâ ॥ Dhairyyêṇa Mêrum=abhijâti-guṇêna
Vainyaṁ=induṁ prabhâ-samudayêna balêna Vishṇuṁ [।] [saṁ]-
8 [va]rttak-ânalam=a-sahyatamâñ=cha dîptyâ yô vikkramêṇa cha sur-
âdhipatiṁ vijigyê ॥ Vyâvṛitta-mârgga iva bhâ.
9 [nur=asa]hya-mûrttir=vyabbhr-ôday-âdhikatar-ôj[j]vala-ghôra-dîptiḥ ॥(।) yaś=
śakyatê na ripubhir=bbhaya-vihval-âkshair=udvî-
10 [kshituṁ ksha]ṇam=api ppragṛihîta-śastraḥ ॥ Nirbbhûshaṇair=avigat-âsra-
jal-ârdra-gaṇḍair=vvichchhinna-maṇḍanatay=ôj[j*]vala-nashṭa-
itself, the record of Śaka-Saṁvat 867 (A.D. 945-46) for the accession of the Eastern Chalukya
king Amma II. (Ind. Ant. Vol. VII. p. 16, line 31), in which the date is expressed by the (eight)
demi-gods called Vasu, the (six) flavours, and the (seven) mountains.—The supposition that the
present passage contains one of these numerical words, is certainly not tenable. And, after full con-
sideration, I can see nothing to be done, save to take the reading chaturshu; to accept the violation
of the metre; and, as we also have yâtêshu, to translate kṛitêshu by 'fully-complete.'—In the same
verse, there is also a violation of the metre (or some other mistake) in the words saumyêshu=asîta;
and, in line 11, the final long î of kâminî is shortened for metrical purposes.
¹ See the Preface.
² From the ink-impression and a paper estampage.
³ Metre, Vasantatilaka; and in the next seventeen verses.
⁴ Also tasy=ânujaḥ, “his younger brother,” will suit the metre.