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

138 CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM, VOL. III.
TRANSLATION.
Ôm! Hail! From Uchchakalpa; — (There was) the Mahârâja Ôghadêva. His
son, who meditated on his feet, (was) the Mahârâja Kumâradêva, begotten on the
Mahâdêvî Kumâradêvî. His son, who meditated on his feet, (was) the Mahârâja
Jayasvâmin, begotten on the Mahâdêvî Jayasvâminî. His son, who meditated on his
feet, (was) the Mahârâja Vyâghra, begotten on the Mahâdêvî Râmadêvî. His son,
who meditated on his feet, (was) the Mahârâja Jayanâtha, begotten on the Mahâdêvî
Ajjhitadêvî.
(Line 6.)—His son, who meditates on his feet, the Mahârâja Śarvanâtha,—begotten
on the Mahâdêvî **Muruṇḍasvâminî,**¹—being in good health, issues a command to the
residents, beginning with the Brâhmaṇs, at the villages of Vyâghrapallika and Kâchara-
pallika in the Maṇinâga pêṭha :—
(L. 8.)—“Be it known to you that these two villages were bestowed, as a mark of
favour, upon Pulindabhaṭa,—with the udranga and the uparikara; (with the privilege
that they were not to be) entered by the irregular or the regular troops; with whatever had
(by custom) accrued or might accrue in connection with the tribute of all the taxes which
should not belong to the king; to endure for the same time with the moon and the sun;
(but) with the exception of (the right to) fines imposed on thieves. And now they are
granted by him to Kumârasvâmin, to be enjoyed by the succession of (his) sons and sons’
sons, for the purpose of the worship of the divine goddess Pishṭapurikâdêvî at the temple
which he has caused to be built at (the town of) Mânapura, and for the purpose of re-
pairing whatever may become broken or torn. And, by (this) copper-plate charter, they
have been assented to by me, according to the rule of bhûmichchhidra.²
(L. 14.)—“You yourselves, understanding (this), (and) being obedient to (their)
commands, shall render the tribute of the customary royalties, taxes, gold, âvâta,³
revenue,⁴ &c
(L. 16.)—“And those kings who shall be born in Our lineage,—by them this gran
should not be confiscated, (but) according to opportunity should be increased (and)
assented to and preserved. And none of the tribute of the taxes which should not belong
to the king, should be taken.
(L. 18.)—“And whosoever may confiscate this grant, he shall become invested
with (the guilt of) the five great sins and the minor sins.
¹ In No. 28 above, line 6, page 127, she is called Muruṇḍadêvî. In No. 29 above, line 6, page
131, the termination of her name is svâminî, as here.
² bhûmichchhidra, lit. ‘a fissure (furrow) of the soil,’ is a technical fiscal expression of constant
occurrence in inscriptions. Dr. Bühler has recently discovered the meaning of it, in Yâdavaprakâśa’s
Vaijayantî, in the Vaiśyâdhyâya, verse 18, where it is explained by kṛishya-yôgyâ bhûḥ, ‘land fit
to be ploughed or cultivated.’
³ âvâta is a technical fiscal term, the meaning of which is not apparent. It is derived either from
vâ, ‘to blow, or vai, to become dried or withered,’ in composition with the prefix â.—The more
usual expression is simply vâta; e.g. sa-vâta-bhûta-dhânya-hiraṇy-âdêya, in line 26 of the Mâliyâ
grant of Dharasêna II., No. 38 below, Plate xxiv.
⁴ âya, lit. ‘that which comes in; income,’ is now a technical fiscal term for ‘the customary dues of
the hereditary village-officers and servants.’ It is, however, not quite certain that it had this special
meaning in the early inscriptions.