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

330 CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM, VOL. III.
Nārada-Saṁhitā, an ancient astrological
work, quoted in support of the heliacal-
rising system of the Twelve-Year Cycle
of Jupiter . . . . . . . 170
Naradatta, Bhôgika and Amâtya . 100, 105, 109
narâdhipati, 'a chief ruler of men,' con-
trasted with janêndra, 'a lord of a
people or tribe' . . . . . 151 and n.
Naravarman, a Mâlava feudatory of
Chandragupta II. or of Kumâragupta . 76
Nârâyaṇa, a Kaṇva or Kaṇvâyana prince,
mentioned in the Vishṇu-Purâṇa;
there is no foundation for the supposi-
tion that he is mentioned, as the
Tushâra king Vishṇu, in the Tusâm
rock inscription . . . . . . 270
Nârâyaṇa, the god Vishṇu, as 'he whose
path or station is the waters' . . . 161
Narêndradêva (Thâkurî of Nêpâl) 186, 187, 189, 191
Narmadâ, a river, the modern 'Nerbudda'
(see also Rêvâ) . . . . . 90
Nashtî . . . . . ., an ancient town or village
in the Sukuli dêśa . . . . . 32
Nâtha, Sâṁdhivigrahika, writer of the
grant of Śarvanâtha, of the (Gupta or
Kalachuri) year 214 . . . . 139
Nêpâla, a country, the modern Nêpâl;
Samudragupta either included it in his
empire, or else extended his conquests
up to the confines of it, 14 and n.;— the
chronology of the early rulers of the
country, Appendix IV., 177 to 191;—
their dates, 189;— the double govern-
ment of the country, during this period,
by the Lichchhavis of Mânagṛiha and
'the Thâkurîs of Kailâsakûṭabhavana,
188, 189;— later instances of the same
system of double government, 188 n.;—
the earliest eras in this country were
the Gupta era, used by the Lichchhavi
rulers, 95, 96, 184, 188;— and the
Harsha era, used by the Thâkurî rulers,
95, 96, 184, 189;— the tradition of the
Vaṁśâvali, that Vikramâditya came
to Nêpâl and established his era there,
refers really to the introduction of the
Harsha era, 184, 185;— but, under the
name of the Nêwâr era, an offshoot of
the Vikrama era, according to its
southern reckoning, was introduced in
A.D. 880, . . 74, 184;— and, in more
modern times, the Vikrama era itself,
from Northern India . . . . . 76
Nêwâr era; an era used during a certain
period in Nêpâl; its years being taken
as current years, it commenced in A.D.
880, with the epoch of A.D. 879-80,
. . 74, 75;— the peculiarity of it, is,
that it is an offshoot of the southern
Vikrama era, with Kârttika śukla 1 as
the initial day of each year, and with
the Amânta arrangement of the lunar
fortnights, 74, 75, 76;— the epigraphi-
cal names for the era, 74 n.;— exa-
mination of certain dates recorded in it . 75
Newton, Mr.; views expressed by him on
the Gupta era and connected matters 43
nîchôchcha-mâsa (see also kêndra), 'the
anomalistic month,' the period in
which the moon comes from perigee
or apogee to the same point again; its
duration is 27 days, 33 ghaṭîs, 16.56
palas, or 27 tithis, 59 ghaṭîs, 33.36
palas, which figures, and not the
practical equivalent of 28 tithis, are
taken as the governing quantities for
Prof. K. L. Chhatre's Table for the
tithi-kêndra . . . . 149 and n.
nickname (paribhûta-nâman), an instance
of a . . . . . . . 290
Nihilapati, an official title, requiring
explanation . . . . . 291
Nîlarâja of Avamukta, a king in South-
ern India, conquered by Samudragupta 13
Nimâḍ District, an inscription from the . 219
nirayaṇa, 'destitute of precession of the
equinoxes' . . . . . . 146
Nirmaṇḍ a village in the Kâṅgra District;
mentioned as the ancient Nirmaṇḍa
agrahâra, 290;— the grant of the Ma-
hâsâmanta and Mahârâja Samudra-
sêna . . . . . . . 286
nirvâṇa, 'annihilation of human passion;'
a stage in the Buddhist practices, ante-
rior to parinirvâṇa or complete annihi-
lation of personal existence by absorp-
tion into the all-pervading spirit . 264, 277
North-West Provinces, inscriptions from
the . . . . . . 1, 25, 36,
39, 40, 42, 45, 52, 65, 68, 228, 249,
262, 264, 266, 267, 271, 272, 273, 281, 284
numerical symbols (see also dates); the
dates up to which they continued to
be used, 209 n.;— instances of the use
of them in combination with decimal
figures, 292 n.;— a possible instance of
the vocalisation of numerical symbols,
73 n.;— forms of numerical symbols
illustrated in this series of Plates,—
one . . . . 34, 91, 107, 261, 264, 287
two . . . . 19, 22, 34, 165, 264, 266
three . . . . 4, 19, 30, 34, 48, 107
four . . . . . 4, 19, 30, 34, 117
five 19, 34, 48, 89, 165, 172, 192, 261, 263
six . . . . . . 19, 209, 287
seven . . . . . . 19, 91,
112 (see 274 n.), 172, 209, 266, 274, 292
eight . . . . 4, 37, 41, 46, 236, 253
nine . . . 46, 110, 197, 255, 266, 274
ten 37, 46, 110, 117, 165, 197, 236, 255, 287
twenty . . . . . 46, 112, 192, 253, 263
thirty . . . . . 48, 261, 263, 266, 274
forty . . . . . . . . 172
fifty . . . . . . . . 165
sixty . . . . . . 89, 209, 274
seventy . . . . . . . 117
eighty . . . . . . . 22, 37