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

306 CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM, VOL. III.

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Bhumbusapadraka, the name of some land in the village of Vajragrâma . . . . 170
bhûmi, a particular land-measure . . 241 and n.
bhûmichchhidra, a fiscal term . 138 and n., 170, 190
bhûta, a fiscal term, requiring explanation . . . . . . . 170 and n., 189
Bhûtapati, the god Śiva, as ‘the lord of beings’ . . . . . . . 225
Bihâr, a town in the Patna District; mentioned under the ancient name of Vihâra, and as the city of Yaśôvarman, 47 n.; — the pillar inscription of Skandagupta . . . . . . . 47
Bijayagaḍh, a hill-fort in Râjputânâ, near Byânâ; the fragmentary inscription of the Yaudhêyas, 251; — the pillar inscription of the Varika Vishṇuvardhana, of the (Mâlava) year 428 . . . . 252
Bilsaḍ, or Bilsand, a village in the Êṭâ District; the pillar inscription of Kumâragupta of the (Gupta) year 96 . . 42
bird-standard on the Early Gupta coins; there is evidently an allusion to it in the mention of the Garuḍa-tokens, i.e. coins or banners bearing representations of Garuḍa, that were given by feudatories to Samudragupta . . 14 and n.
Blochmann, Mr.; his proposal for amending the translation of Albêrûnî's words regarding the origin of the Gupta era . 28 n.
Bôdh-Gayâ, a Buddhist site near Gayâ; the inscription of Mahânâman of the (Gupta) year 269 (the date of which, however, should perhaps be referred to the Kalachuri era), 274; — the image inscription of Mahânâman, 278; — the image inscription of Dharmagupta and Damshṭrasêna . . . . . . 281
Bôdhimaṇḍa, the miraculous throne under the bôdhi-tree at Bôdh-Gayâ, or its site . . . . . . . 275, 278
Bôdhivarman, a proper name . . . . 272
Bombay Presidency, an inscription from the . . . . . . . . 56
boppa, a Prâkṛit word meaning ‘a father’ 188 n.
bôṭa, or vôṭa, a termination of names . . 31 n.
Bôṭaka, a proper name . . . . . 170
‘box-headed’ characters . 18, 192, 196, 233, 236, 244, 292
Brahmadêvasvâmin, a grantee . . . . 195
Brahmagupta, an astronomer; he was born A.D. 598, . . 172; — he is the author of the Brahma-Siddhânta, the date of which is A.D. 628-29, . . 156 n., 165 n.; — and this is the text-book of the Brâhmapaksha school of astronomers, 145 n.; — his rule, as rendered by Bhâskarâchârya, for one of the unequal-space systems of the nakshatras, 166; — his rule for determining the years of the Twelve-Year Cycle of Jupiter by the mean-sign system . . 169

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Brahman, the god, ‘the creator’ of the Hindu triad (see Svayambhû, Vêdhas, Vidhâtṛi; and, for his wife, see Sarasvatî), 155 n., 208; — mentioned as the creator, preserver, and destroyer, subject to the direction of Śiva . . 155 and n.
Brahmaṇya, an epithet of the god Kârttikêya . . . . . . . 45
Brahmapûraka, a village in the Beṇṇâkârpara bhâga . . . . . . 248
Brahmaputra, the river; mentioned under the name of Lauhitya, 145, 148; — and of Lôhitya . . . . . . 206
Brahma-Siddhânta, an astronomical work by Brahmagupta; it was written A.D. 628-29, . . 156 n., 165 n.; — and it is the text-book of the Brâhmapaksha school of astronomers . . . . 145 n.
Bṛihaspati, the regent of the planet Jupiter, and the preceptor of the gods 170, 76, 86, 90 n., 157
Bṛihaspati, an astronomer, quoted by Dâdâbhâî, in the Kiraṇâvalî, in support of the heliacal-rising system of the Twelve-Year Cycle of Jupiter . . 170
bṛihaspatisava, a particular sacrifice 241 and n., 248
Bṛihat-Saṁhitâ, an astrological work by Varâhamihira; its statement for the naming of the years of the Twelve-Year Cycle of Jupiter according to his heliacal rising in particular nakshatras, 161; — and for the grouping of the nakshatras for that purpose . . . 162
Broach (Bharuch, or Bharôch), the chief town of the Broach District: mentioned under the ancient name of Bharukachchha . . . . . . . 95 n.
Buddha (see also Buddhas, and Sugata), the founder of the Buddhist religion, 260; — mentioned as ‘the teacher’ or ‘the teacher of mankind,’ 277, 278, 281; — as ‘the saint,’ ‘the chief of saints,’ and ‘the great saint,’ 277, 278; — and as ‘the chief kinsman of the Śâkyas,’ 277; — inscribed images of Buddha 45, 278, 280, 281
Buddhagupta, a king of Magadha, mentioned by Hiuen Tsiang; he is not to be confused with the Budhagupta of the Êraṇ pillar inscription . . 46 and n.
Buddhamitra, a proper name . . . 47
Buddhas, mentioned as four in number, 262 and n.; — invoked in the plural 47 and n.
Buddhist inscriptions (for another instance of Buddhist worship, see paramasaṁgata) 182, 39, 45, 260, 262, 271, 272, 273, 274, 278, 280, 281
Buddhists spoken of under the sectarian title of Paramasaṁgata . . 232 and n.
Budhagupta, a king, perhaps of the Early Gupta stock, 7, 57, 89, 90; — he is not to be confused with the Buddhagupta, king of Magadha, mentioned by Hiuen Tsiang, 46 n.; — his Êraṇ pillar inscrip-