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

276 CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM, VOL. III.
The recorded date of the present inscription, therefore, shews,—if the identification sug-
gested above is accepted,—either that the details of the Ceylonese chronology are not as
reliable as they have been supposed to be; or else that a wrong starting-point has been
selected in working them out, and that they now require considerable rectification.
TEXT.¹
1 Ôm [॥] Vyâptô² yên=â-pramêyaḥ sakala-śaśi-ruchâ sarvvataḥ sat[t]va-
dhâtuḥ kshuṇṇaḥ pâshaṇḍa-yôdhâs=sugati-patha-rudhas=tarkka-śastr-
âbhiyuktâḥ sampûrṇṇô
2 dharmma-kôshaḥ prakṛiti-ripu-hṛitaḥ sâdhitô lôka-bhûtyai l³ śâstuḥ Śâky-aika-
va(ba)ndhôr=jjayati chirataraṁ tad=yaśas-sâra-tanttram ॥ Nairôdhîm⁴
śubha-bhâvanâ-
3 m=anusṛitaḥ saṁsâra-saṁklêśa-jin=Maitrêyasya karê vimukti-vaśitâ yasy=
âdbhutâ vyâkṛitâ l nirvviṇ-âvasarê cha yêna charaṇau dṛishṭau munêḥ
4 pâvanau l⁵ pâyâd=vaḥ sa munîndra-śâsana-dharaḥ stutyô⁶ Mahâ-Kâśyapaḥ ॥
Saṁvyukt-âgaminô viśuddha-rajasaḥ sat[t*]v-ânukamp-ôdyatâḥ śishyâ
5 yasya sakṛid=vichêrur=amalâṁ Laṅk-âchal-ôpatyakâm têbhyaḥ śîla-guṇ-
ânvitâś=cha śataśaḥ śishya-praśishyâḥ kramâj=jâtâs=tuṅga-narêndra-
6 vaṁśa-tilakâḥ prôtsṛijya râjya-śriyam ॥ Dhyân⁷-ôday-âhita-hitaḥ śubh-
âśubha-vivêkakṛid=vihata-môhaḥ sad-dharmm-âtula-vibhavô Bhavô
va(ba)bhûva
7 śramaṇas=tataḥ ॥ Râhul⁸-âkhyaś=cha tach-chhishya U⁹pasênô yatir=yataḥ
Mahânâmâ kramâd=êvam=Upasênas=tatô-paraḥ ॥ Vâtsalyam¹⁰ śaraṇ-â-
8 gatasya satataṁ dînasya vaiśêshikaṁ vyâpat-sâyaka-santati-kshata-dhṛitêr=
ârttasya ch=âpatyakaṁ l krûrasy=âhita-kâriṇaḥ pravitatam va(ba)ndhôr=
yathâ-
9 bhâvataḥ êvaṁ sach-charit-ôdbhavêna yaśasâ yasy=âchitaṁ bhûtalaṁ ॥
Âmradvîp¹¹-âdhivâsî pṛithu-kula-jaladhis=tasya śishyô mahîyân
10 Laṅkâ-dvîpa-prasûtaḥ para-hita-nirataḥ san=Mahânâma-nâmâ l tên=ôchchair-
Vvô(bbô)dhimaṇḍê śaśi-kara-dhavalaḥ sarvvatô maṇḍapêna l¹²
11 kântaḥ prâsâda êsha Smara-va(ba)la-jayinaḥ kâritô lôka-śâstuḥ ॥
Vyapagata¹³-vishaya-snêhô hata-timira-daśaḥ pradîpa-vad=a-saṅgaḥ
12 kuśalên=ânêna janô vô(bô)dhi-sukham=anuttaraṁ bhajatâm ॥ Yâvad¹⁴=
dhvânt-âpahârî pravitata-kiraṇaḥ sarvvatô bhâti bhâsvân=yâvat=pûrṇṇô=
mvu(mbu)-
¹ From the original stone. ² Metre, Sragdharâ.
³ This mark of punctuation is unnecessary.
⁴ Metre, Śârdûlavikrîḍita; and in the following verse.
⁵ This mark of punctuation is unnecessary.
⁶ My original reading was stutyai. I owe the correction, as also that of amalâṁ, for atulâṁ, in
line 5, to the kind suggestion of Dr. Kielhorn.
⁷ Metre, Âryâ. ⁸ Metre, Ślôka (Anushṭubh).
⁹ From the vowel ô being partially engraved over this u, the engraver seems to have begun to
form the sô here.
¹⁰ Metre, Śârdûlavikrîḍita. ¹¹ Metre, Sragdharâ.
¹² This mark of punctuation is unnecessary.
¹³ Metre Âryâ. ¹⁴ Metre, Sragdharâ.