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

336 CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM, VOL. III.
regnal or dynastic years, and must have
been used as current years, 142, 143; —
the substitution of the Śaka era for the
Kaliyuga era, for astronomical purposes,
which would introduce the ordinary use
of its years as expired years, seems to
have taken place between A.D. 476
and 587 . . . . . 13, 144
śākhā, lit. a 'branch,' a Vēdic school,
following any particular recension of
one of the Vēdas ; names of śākhās men-
tioned in this series of records :—
Aupamanyava . . . . 199
Bahvṛicha . . . . 190, 257
Chhandōga-Kauthuma . . . 109
Kaṭha . . . . . 105
Maitrāyaṇīya . . . . 90, 160
Rāpāyaṇīya . . . . 71
Taittirīya . . . . 248
Vājasanēya . . . 105, 195, 199
Vājasanēya-Mādhyamdina . . 97, 120, 298
Vājasanēyi-Kaṇva . . . 170
Śakra, the god Indra, as 'the powerful
one' . . . . . . 67
Śākta or Tāntrika worship ; apparent
early instances of it (see also Vajrēś-
vara) . . . . 48 and n., 74, 226
Śaktināga, a grantee . . . . 128
Śākya, the name of the tribe or family of
Buddha, 277 ;—mention of Śākya Bhik-
shus, 272, 279, 280, 282; — and of a
Śākya Bhikshuṇī . . . . 274
Śālapaksha, a Balādhikṛita of Ādityasēna
of Magadha . . . . 210
Śālāturiya, a name of the grammarian
Pāṇini . . . . 183 and n.
Śālivāhana-Śaka, an expression that is fre-
quently used to denote the Śaka era;
but it is an anachronism for any period
earlier than the thirteenth century A.D. 142 n.
saṁ, an abbreviation of the word saṁvat-
sara, 'a year,' or of any of its declen-
sional cases that can be used in express-
ing a date . 81, 84, 93, 22 n., 30 n., 32, 89, 167
samadhigata-pañchamahāśabda, a custo-
mary epithet of feudatory nobles, indi-
cating that they are entitled to the pri-
vilege of the pañcha-mahāśabda, 296
and n. ; — three instances in which the
epithet is applied to paramount sover-
eigns, 297 n.; — an instance of the pri-
vilege being conferred on a feudatory
by his paramount sovereign . 297 n., 298 n.
Sāmanta, an official title, 41, 180, 182,
148 n., 223 and n. ; — used in a non-
technical sense . . . . 148 and n.
Sāmantadēva, a Hindu king of Kābul;
remarks on some of his coins, which
have been supposed to bear dates in the
Gupta era . . . . 57 to 60
Samāsa-Saṁhitā, an astrological work
by Varāhamihira, quoted by Utpala in
support of the heliacal-rising system of
the Twelve-Year Cycle of Jupiter . . 170
samasta-rājakīyānām=a-hasta-prakshē-
paṇīya (see also sarva), a fiscal term 171 and n.
Samataṭa, a country, Lower Bengal;
Samudragupta either included it in his
empire, or else extended his conquests
up to the confines of it . . 9 n., 14 and n.
Śambhu, the god Śiva, as 'he who exists
for happiness or welfare' . 36, 155, 240, 248
Sāṁdhivigrahika, an official or military
title, 16 and n., 120, 139, 171 ; —used
in connection with Kumārāmātya and
Mahādaṇḍanāyaka . . . . 16
saṁdhyā, a period at the commencement
of each of the four Hindu ages; the
saṁdhyā of the Kaliyuga lasts for
36,000 years of men, and is still running 139 n
saṁdhyāṁśa, a period at the end of each
of the four Hindu ages; the saṁdhyāṁśa
of the Kaliyuga is to last for 36,000
years of men . . . . . 139 n.
Saṁjayasēna, Mahāsāmanta & Mahārāja,
290 ; — his wife was Śikharasvāminī . 290
Saṁkara, also called Saṅghila, Aśvapati . 260
Saṁkaradēva (Lichchhavi of Nēpāl) 182, 186, 189
saṁkrānti, or saṁkramaṇa, 'the entrance
of the sun into a sign of the zodiac;' the
limits of the puṇyakāla or meritorious
time for performing religious duties on
these occasions, 178 n.; — the only
saṁkrānti mentioned in this series of
records is the uttarāyaṇa (the winter
solstice) . . . . . 199
Saṁkshōbha, Mahārāja (Parivrājaka),
115 ; — his Khōh grant of the Gupta
year 209, . 112 ;—an alteration in the
reading of the date of this record, 76 n.,
274 n. ;—its importance in proving the
Pūrṇimānta arrangement of the fort-
nights in the Gupta year, 76;—exami-
nation of the date . . . . 117
saṁrāj, a paramount sovereign' . 147 and n.
Samudragupta (Early Gupta), 17, 18, 11,
17 n., 21, 27, 44, 51, 54, 257 ; — his wife
was Dattadēvī, 21 n., 27, 44, 51, 54;—
description of his musical and poetical
accomplishments, 11, 12, 14, 15 ; — the
kings, tribes, and countries, conquered
by him, 12, 13, 14;—Garuḍa-tokens, i.e.
coins or banners bearing representa-
tions of Garuḍa, were given to him by
feudatories, 14 and n. ; — reference to
a city named Pushpapura, apparently
as his capital, 5, 12 ; — Āyōdhyā
represented, in a spurious grant, as a
camp of his, 256; — he was specially
selected by his father to succeed him,
12 n. ;—he specially selected Chandra-
gupta II. to succeed himself, 12 n., 27
n. ;—he may have had the biruda or
second name of Kācha, 18, 27 n.;—
he revived the aśvamēdha-sacrifice,
after it had been long in abeyance, 28
and n., 44, 51, 54, 257 ;—remarks on
some of his coins, 12 ns., 14 ns., 15 n.,
27 n., 28 ns. ;—three of his customary