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THE GUPTA INSCRIPTIONS; INDEX. 311
Dhâva, possibly another name of the
emperor Chandra; but this interpreta-
tion is hardly borne out by the con-
struction of the record . . . . 142 n.
Dhavalâ, wife of the second Bâlâditya
mentioned by name in the Sârnâth in-
scription . . . . . . . 286
Dhavashaṇḍikâ, an ancient village in
Baghêlkhaṇḍ, 123; — another of the
same name, or perhaps the same vill-
age, in the Vôṭa santika . . . 130, 132
Dhiniki, a village in Kâṭhiâwâḍ; examin-
ation of the date in the grant of Jâika-
dêva, purporting to be in the Vikrama
year 794, with the result that this
grant must be held to be spurious . . 62 n.
Dhṛitiṣvâmika, the Dûtaka of the grant
of Śarvanâtha of the (Gupta) year 214 . 139
Dhrûbhaṭa, a maetrical abbreviation of the
name of Dhruvabhaṭa . . 41, 172 n., 189
Dhruvabhaṭa, a biruda or second name of
Śîlâditya VII. of Valabhî, occurring in
the abbreviated form of Dhrûbhaṭa,
41, 172 n., 180;— it has been supposed
to be represented by the Chinese T'u-
lu-h'o-po-tu; but the Chinese name
certainly cannot denote the seventh
Śîlâditya . . . . . . . 40
Dhruvabhûti, Mahâdaṇḍanâyaka . . 16
Dhruvadatta, Bhôgika . . . . . 120
Dhruvadêva, Mahârâja (Lichchhavi of
Nêpâl), 180, 181, 189, 190, 191; — he had
the epithet of 'the banner or glory of
the Lichchhavikula' . . . . . 181
Dhruvadêvî, wife of Chandragupta II. 44, 51, 55
Dhruvâdhikaraṇika, an official title 169, 170 n.
Dhruvaśarman, the person who caused
the Bilsaḍ inscribed pillars to be set up 45
Dhruvasêna I., Mahârâja (of Valabhî) . 41, 168
Dhruvasêna II., Mahârâja (of Valabhî),
41, 182;—he had the biruda or second
name of Bâlâditya . . . . 41, 182
Dhruvasêna III. (of Valabhî) . . . 41, 184
dhvaja, 'a banner or standard,' as dis-
tinguished from lâñchhana, 'a crest,'
151 n.; — used to denote the Mêha-
raulî pillar, 140, 142; — dhvaja-stam-
bha 'a flag-staff,' used to denote the
Êraṇ pillar . . . . . . 89, 90
di, an abbreviation of dina, dinê, divasa,
or divasê, 85 n., 92 n.; — used in con-
nection with śu, 91, 97, 210, 277, 291;
— used in connection with ba or va,
85, 93; — used by itself 114, 117, 34,
47, 109, 116, 120, 257, 262, 263
Dighwâ-Dubaulî a [village] in the Sâran
District; the value of the grant of the
Mahârâja Mahêndrapâla, of the (Har-
sha) year 155, towards proving the
epoch of the Harsha . . . . 178 n.
Dîkshit, Mr. Shankar Balkrishna; his cal-
culations of dates, 34, 35, 62, 75, 76, 77,
80 to 124, 127, 128, 129, 141; — his ex-
position of a method of calculating the
week-days, ending-times, and English
dates, of Hindu tithis, with Prof. K. L.
Chhatre's Tables, Appendix II., 145 to
159; — his exposition of the Twelve-
Year Cycle of Jupiter, Appendix III. 161 to 176
Dîkshita, a Brâhmaṇical title . 120 and n., 124
dina (see also di, and divasa), 'a day;'
146, 92 n.;—used to denote the solar or
more properly civil day . . 64, 77, 87, 259
dînâra, a particular gold coin, or weight
of gold . . . . 33, 38, 39, 40, 41, 262, 265
Dinê . . mâśvara, a proper name . . . 273
Dinna, a proper name . . . . 124 n., 290
diva, an abbreviation of divasa or divasê;
used to denote the solar or more pro-
perly civil day . . . . . . 267
civâ, 'by day;' an indeclinable used in
some of the Nêpâl inscriptions in com-
position with words denoting tithis or
lunar days . . . . 85 n., 178, 180 to 184
Divâkaradatta, a grantee . . . . 97
Divâkarasvâmin, a grantee . . . 105
divasa (see also di, dina, and diva) a
day,' 146, 92 n.;—used for the week-day,
instead of the usual term vâra, 81,
90; — used to denote the solar or more
properly civil day, 119, 32 n., 38,
40, 44, 97, 104, 112, 120, 124, 129, 134,
139, 160, 263, 268, 299;—used in
connection with words denoting tithis
or lunar days . . . . 97, 104, 108, 115
Divira, an official title . . . 123 and n.
Dombhigrâma, an ancient village, in
Kâṭhiâwâḍ . . . . . . . 170
Dôshakumbha, a proper name . . . 157
Drâṅgika, an official title . . . 169 and n.
dṛishṭam, 'sight has been attained;' an
invocation used at the commencement
of inscriptions, 240 and n., 247; — it is
the remnant of some such expression
as dṛishṭaṁ bhagavatâ . . 25 n., 240 n.
Drôṇasiṁha, Mahârâja (of Valabhî) . 41, 168
Drôṇasiṅgha, the engraver of the Râypur
grant of Sudêvarâja . . . . . .
Duḍika, a proper name . . . . . 71
duplicate inscriptions . . . . 42, 142, 149
Durdharamitra, a grantee . . . . 218
Durgamaṇḍala, apparently an ancient dis-
trict in Baghêlkhaṇḍ . . . . . 124
Durlabha of Multân, an astronomer quoted
by Albêrûnî; his method for converting
Lôkakâla dates into Śaka dates shews
that the Lôkakâla reckoning was intro-
duced, at Multân, in A.D. 926 . . . 26 n.
Dûta, an occasional substitute for Dûtaka,
100 n., 291; — used in the sense of an
ordinary message-carrier or postman 217 and n.
Dûtaka (see also ḍâkâ, Dûta, and sva-
mukh-âjñâ), the technical title of an
officer, in connection with charters
usually recorded on copper-plates but
in a few instances on stone, whose duty
it was to carry the king's orders to the
local officials by whom the charter was