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

THE GUPTA INSCRIPTIONS; INDEX. 303

Âraṅg, a village in the Râypur District;
the grant of Mahâ-Jayarâja . . . 191
Ardhanârîśvara, the god Śiva, combined
with his wife Pârvatî; a probable early
instance of an image of this form . . 224
Arhat, a title in the Jain hierarchy . . 68
ari-shad́varga, or ari-shaṭka, 'the collec-
tive six enemies of religion' 156 and
n., 259, 260, 264
Arjunadêva (Chaulukya); examination
of the date of his Verâwal inscription
of the Valabhî year 945 . . . . 84
Ârjunâyana, a tribe, conquered by
Samudragupta, 14; — the name per-
haps denotes early kings of the
Kalachuri dynasty . . . . . 10
Âryabhaṭa, the first, an astronomer;
he was born A.D. 476, .. 143 and n.;
he is the author of the Âryabhatîya
or Ârya-Siddhânta, the date of which
is A.D. 499-500, .. 156 n.; — and this
is the text-book of the Âryapaksha
school of astronomers, 145 n.; — his
rule for determining the years of the
Twelve-Year Cycle of Jupiter by the
mean-sign system . . . . . 169
Âryabhaṭa, the second, an astronomer; he
is the author of the work which is usually
called the Laghu-Ârya-Siddhânta,
and the date of which is between A.D.
628-29 and 1150-51 . . . . 156 n.
Âryabhatîya, or Ârya-Siddhânta, an
astronomical work by the first Âryabhaṭa,
written A.D. 499-500, .. 156 n.; — this
is the text-book of the Âryapaksha
school of Hindu astronomers . . 145 n.
ârya-saṁgha, 'the community of the faith-
ful;' a Buddhist expression . 31, 32, 262
Ârya-Siddhânta, a name applied some-
times to the Âryabhatîya of the first
Âryabhaṭa, and sometimes to the
Laghu-Ârya-Siddhânta of the second
Âryabhaṭa . . . . . . 156 n.
Âryâvarta, a name of Northern India,
13 and n.; — list of the kings conquered
therein by Samudragupta . . . 13
Aśîrgaḍh, a hill-fort in the Nimâḍ District;
the seal of Śarvavarman (Maukhari) . 219
Âsramaka, an ancient village on the
Tamasâ . . . . . . 128
astronomers, Hindu; the starting-point
used by them for reckoning the places
of heavenly bodies, coincided, in their
opinion, with the equinoctial point,
about A.D. 522-23, .. 146; — the three
schools are the Âryapaksha, Brâhma-
paksha, and Saurapaksha, based on
respectively the Ârya-Siddhânta of
the first Âryabhaṭa, the Brahma-Sid-
dhânta, and the Sûrya-Siddhânta . 145 n.
astronomical terms, explanation of . 145 to 153
aśvamêdha, a sacrificial ceremony which
centred in a horse, 28 and n., 241, 248;
— after being long in abeyance, it was
revived by Samudragupta, 28 and n.,
44, 51, 54, 257; — and there is an allu-
sion to this in the epithet aśvamêdha-
parâkrama on coins which are attri-
buted to him . . . . . 28 n.
Aśvapati, an official title . . . 260 and n.
Atharva-Vêda (see Vêda); a mention of
the study of it . . . . . 290
ati-brahmaṇya, translated by 'extremely
friendly to Brâhmaṇs;' but perhaps
more properly a sectarian title (com-
pare parama-brahmaṇya, 28 n.) . . 290
âtirâtra, a particular sacrifice . 241 and n., 248
atithi (see also sattra), one of the five
great sacrificial rites . . 116 n., 170, 190
Âtmabhû, the god Vishṇu, as 'the self-
existent one . . . . . 230 and n.
Atri, an ancient astronomer, quoted by
Rishiputra, and through him by Utpala,
for the heliacal-rising system of the
Twelve-Year Cycle of Jupiter . . 170
atyantabhagavadbhakta, a Vaishṇava sec-
tarian title . . . . 28 n., 90, 160
atyantamâhêśvara, a Śaiva sectarian
title . . . . . 28 n., 240, 248
atyantasvâmimahâbhairavabhakta, a
Śaiva sectarian title . . 28 n., 241, 248
aulikara-crest, a term requiring explana-
tion . . . . . 151 and n., 155
Avamukta, a town or country in Southern
India; in the time of Samudragupta,
its king was Nîlarâja . . . 13
Avantivarman, a king, probably of the
Maukhari tribe or dynasty . . 215, 218
avâta, a fiscal term, requiring explanation
. . . . . . . 138 and n.
âya, 'revenue,' a fiscal term . . 138 and n.
ayanâṁśas, 'the degrees of precession of
the equinoxes' . . . . . 146
Ayôdhyâ, the modern Audh or 'Oude'
or 'Oudh;' represented, in a spurious
grant, to have been a camp of Samu-
dragupta . . . . . . 255, 257
Âyuktaka, an official title . . . 169 and n.
ba, an abbreviation of bahula, 'the dark
fortnight;' used in connection with di
(see under ba di), 92 n., 93; — used by
itself . . . . . . . 171
Bâdâmi, a town in the Kalâdgi District;
the value of the cave inscription of
Maṅgalîśa, of Śaka-Saṁvat 500 ex-
pired, in proving that the historical
starting-point of the Śaka era is the
commencement of the reign of some
particular king or kings of the Śaka
tribe . . . . . . 142, 143
ba di, or va di, and śu di, are simply ab-
breviations of separate words (see ba,
di, śu, and va), and not words in them-
selves (badi, vadi, śudi) meaning 'the