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

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four oceans; the waterlilies of whose feet were covered over with the rays of the jewels
in the bowed-down tiaras on the heads of many feudal chiefs; (and) who celebrated
sacrifices.
(Line 2.)—His son, who meditated on his feet, (and) who was verily equal to (his)
father in virtuous qualities, (was) the Mahâsâmanta and Mahârâja, the illustrious
Saṁjayasêna, begotten on the Paramadêvî,¹ the Bhaṭṭârikâ Prabhâlikâ.
(L. 3.)—His son, who meditated on his feet, (and) who attained victory in a hundred
battles, (and) who was full of liberality, (was) the Mahâsâmanta and Mahârâja, the illus-
trious Ravishêṇa, begotten on the Paramadêvî Śikharasvâminî.
(L. 4.)—His son, who meditates on his feet, the Mahâsâmanta and Mahârâja,
the illustrious Samudrasêna,—who was begotten on the Paramadêvî, the Bhaṭṭârikâ,
the illustrious Mihiralakshmî; who, like the spotless full-moon of autumn, causes the delight
of (all) living creatures; who has uprooted all enemies; who confers upon the expectant
rewards that are not (even) sought for (by them); who is tender to the poor, the helpless,
and the afflicted; who is a most devout worshipper of (the god) Mahêśvara; who is
extremely friendly to Brâhmaṇs; (and) who is entirely intent upon the supreme good,—
for the sake of the religious purposes of (his) mother, the illustrious Mihiralakshmî, has
allotted, as an agrahâra of the god, to endure for the same time with the moon and the
sun and the stars, to the body of Brâhmaṇs who study the Atharva-Vêda at the agrahâra
of Nirmaṇḍa,—for the purpose of giving, at (the temple of the god) Kapâlêśvara, the
bali, charu, sattra, garlands, incense, and lights, of the holy (god) Mihirêśvara, who is the
divine Tripurântaka, the maker of the visible and invisible world, compassionate to those
who worship (him), the destroyer of all sorrows, (and) who was established by (his) mother
at (the temple of the god) Kapâlêśvara; and for the purpose of always repairing whatever may
become worn-out and broken and torn,—the whole of the village of Śûlisagrâma, that
was granted by the illustrious Mihiralakshmî, together with the level and marsh and forest
lands; together with the inhabitants; with the udraṅga; (and) including all its boundaries,
grass, timber, and springs,—(viz.) (the land) including the dvêsa-land² (that had been
given) by the cultivator Vakkhalika, (whose holding was) on the edge of the newly-con-
structed _vaidila_³ of the village of Śûlisagrâma; and the dvêsa-land, with the udraṅga
(and) including the edges of (its) boundaries, (that had been given) by a cultivator of the
town of Tâlâpura,⁴ who under a nick-name (was called) Phakka;⁵ and the holding of
Sulabhaka and the holding of Dinna; (and) the land that had been given by the Mahâ-
râja Śarvavarman at the former installation of the god Kapâlêśvara.
(L. 11.)—(This grant) should be preserved by (future) kings, becoming aware of it;
(and) by the people, whether holding office or not holding office, dependent on them, who
¹ Paramadêvî, lit. 'supreme goddess,' was a technical title of the wives of Mahârâjas. The
more usual title, however, was Mahâdêvî (see page 16 above, note 2).
² dvêsa.—I have not been able to obtain any explanation of this word, which is probably a local
term. Dr. R. Mitra translated it by 'grazing-ground,' but quoted no authority for this.—The purport
of the passage from Śûlisagrâma-nava, line 8, down to bhûmî dattâ, line 9, is not quite clear. But
it seems to specify certain previous grants which make up the aśêsham or 'entirety' of Sûlisagrâma,
as now bestowed by Samudrasêna,
³ vaidila.—This is another word of which I have not been able to obtain any explanation.
⁴ Or perhaps Talâpura, with the short vowel a in the first syllable.
⁵ lit. 'the cripple,'