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

THE GUPTA INSCRIPTIONS; No. 46, PLATE XXIX B. 217
19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . tyaksha . . . . . . . . . . . . .
s-ôdraṅgaṁ s-ôparikaraṁ sa-daśâparâdha-pañcha . .
20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [॥*]
TRANSLATION.
Reverence to . . . . . . . . .! Hail! From the victorious camp, possessed of shouts of
victory acquired by the three constituents of power,¹ (and) invincible through (its)
equipment of great ships and elephants and horses and foot-soldiers, (and) situated near
the fort of Gômatikoṭṭaka :—
(Line 2.)—(There was) . . . . . . . . the illustrious Mâdhavagupta. His son, who
meditated on his feet, (was) the most devout worshipper of the Divine One, the glorious
**Âdityasênadêva,**² begotten on the Paramabhaṭṭârikâ, the queen,³ the Mahâdêvî, the
glorious Śrîmatîdêvî.
**(L. 3.)—**His son, who meditated on his feet, (was) the most devout worshipper of
(the god) Mahêśvara, the Paramabhaṭṭâraka, Mahârâjâdhirâja, and [Paramêśvara], the
glorious **Dêvaguptadêva,**⁴ begotten on the Paramabhaṭṭârikâ, the queen, the Mahâdêvî,
the glorious Kôṇadêvî.
**(L. 4.)—**His son, who meditated on his feet, was the most devout worshipper of (the
god) Mahêśvara, the [Paramabhaṭṭâraka], Mahârâjâdhirâja, and Paramêśvara, the
glorious Vishṇuguptadêva, begotten on the Paramabhaṭṭârikâ, the queen, the
Mahâdêvî, the glorious **Kamaladêvî.**⁵
**(L. 5.)—**His son, who meditates on his feet, the most devout worshipper of . . . . . . . .,
the Paramabhaṭṭâraka, Mahârâjâdhirâja, and Paramêśvara, the glorious Jîvita-
guptadêva⁶ (II.),—[begotten] on the Paramabhaṭṭârikâ, the queen, the Mahâdêvî, the
glorious **Ijjâdêvî,**⁷—being in good health, [issues a command] to the herdsmen,
Talavâṭakas,⁸ messengers,⁹ makers of boundaries,¹⁰ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
¹ śakti-traya.—The three śaktis, or ‘constituents of regal power,’ are prabhutva, ‘majesty;’
mantra, ‘good counsel;’ and utsâha, ‘energy.’
² The omission, in the case of Âdityasêna, of the paramount titles,—which are duly attached to his
name in the Mandâr Hill inscriptions, Nos. 44 and 45 above, page 211, and to the names of his mother
and wife, and all his successors, in the present inscription,—is rather peculiar.
³ râjñî; see page 212 above, note 5.
⁴ See page 215 above, note 7.
⁵ See page 216 above, note 1.
⁶ See page 216 above, note 4.
⁷ This is a Prâkṛit name, in which ijjâ represents the Sanskrit ijyâ, ‘a sacrifice.’—We have had
another Prâkṛit name of a female, in Ajjhitadêvî; e.g. in line 5 of the Kârîtalâî grant of the Mahârâja
Jayanâtha of the year 174, No. 26 above, page 117.
⁸ Talavâṭaka is an official title, the etymology and meaning of which are not apparent.—Dr.
Bhagwanlal Indraji, in his treatment of this inscription, read the word with the short vowel a in the
second syllable, and explained it as meaning the modern Talâṭî or Talâṭhî, ‘the village accountant;’
but of course some authority requires to be cited, before this explanation can be accepted.
⁹ Dûta; the word seems to denote here simply ordinary message-carriers or postmen; not the
special officers called Dûtakas, employed in connection with copper-plate charters (see page 100
above, note 3).
¹⁰ Sîmakarmakara.
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