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

THE GUPTA INSCRIPTIONS; INDEX. 337
epithets are applied to Vijayarâja
(Chalukya of Gujarât), 14 n.; — his
Allahâbâd (or Kauśâmbî) posthu-
mous pillar inscription, 1; — his Êraṇ
inscription, 18; — his spurious Gayâ
grant of the year 9 . . . . . . 254
Samudrasêna, Mahâsâmanta and Mahâ-
râja, 290; — his Nirmand grant . . 286
samvat, an abbreviation of the word
samvatsara, 'a year,' or of any of its
declensional cases that can be used in
expressing a date, 84, 91, 95, 97, 178 to
184, 22 n., 30 n., 47, 92, 108, 119, 180,
210, 257, 261, 267, 277, 289; — the
use of this word is not really confined
to the Vikrama era; and, joined with
the name of the era, it gives a conveni-
ent method of quoting the years of any
of the different eras . . . . . . 22 n.
samvatsara, 'a year' (see also sam,
samvat, and year) 95 n.; — the reason
why the earlier years of Hindu eras
are quoted by this term, or by the
abbreviations sam and samvat, without
any dynastic appellation . . . . 143
samvatsaras or years of the Twelve-year
Cycle of Jupiter, by the heliacal-rising
system, mentioned in records of the
Early Gupta period:—
Mahâ-Âśvayuja . . . 110, 117, 104, 115
Mahâ-Chaitra . . . . . 114, 108
Mahâ-Mâgha . . . . . . 119, 112
Mahâ-Vaiśâkha . . . . 104, 95, 96
Sanakânika, or Sanakânîka, a tribe, con-
quered by Samudragupta, 8 n., 14, 25;—
certain Mahârâjas of this tribe men-
tioned by name . . . . . . 25
Sanasiddha, a proper name . . . . 262
Sâñchi, or Sâchi, a village in the Bhôpâl
State; its name is not derived from the
Sanskrit word śânti, but is probably
an alliterative vernacular word, 29 n.,
260 n.; — in the Aśôka period, its
name was Kâkanâda, 31; — in the
Gupta period, the name of the great
Stûpa here was Kâkanâdabôṭamahâvi-
hâra, 31, 261; — in the inscriptions it
seems to be denoted by the term ratna-
griha, 33 and n., 34, 262; — the modern
popular name of the great Stûpa is
Sâs bahû kâ biṭâ, 30 n.; — the inscrip-
tion of Chandragupta II. of the (Gupta)
year 93, . . 29; — the inscription of the
(Gupta) year 131, . . 260; — a pillar in-
scription . . . . . . . . 279
Sandhyâputra, a grantee . . . . . 97
Saṅghila, another name of Śaṅkara, Aś-
vapati . . . . . . . . . 260
Sanhârikâ or Samhârikâ, the imaginary
name of a wife of Samudragupta . 18, 19, 1
śaṅkha 'a conch-shell;' as an emblem on
seals . . . . . . 191, 196, 292
Sanskrit language, an epigraphical
mention of the. . . . . . . 157.
santaka, a Prâkṛit' word meaning 'be-
longing to,' in asmat santaka . 118 n.,
241, and n., 248
santaka, santika, a territorial term . 118
and n., 120, 132
'Santâl' Pargaṇâs, a late inscription from
the, mentioning Âdityasêna of Maga-
dha . . . . . . . . . 212 n.
Śântiśarman, a grantee . . . . . 243
saptâṅga, 'the seven constituent ele-
ments of a kingdom' . . . 242 and n.
Śarabha king, mention of a, as the mater-
nal grandfather of Gôparâja (see also
Śarabhapura) . . . . . . 14, 93
Śarabhaṅga, a proper name . . . . 33
Śarabhapura, the town from which Jaya-
râja and Sudêvarâja issued their char-
ters, 192, 194, 199; — it is not to be
identified with Arvî, nor with 'Sam-
balpur' or 'Sambhalpur,' 192; — the
Râjas of Śarabhapura (see also Śara-
bha king) . . . . . 14, 194, 199
śarad, 'the autumn;' the importance
of the use of this word in connection
with the Mâlava or Vikrama era . . 66 n.
śaradhî, 'a bow-string' . . . 223 and n.
Sarasvatî, wife of the god Brahman, and
goddess of learning . . . . . 208
Śârdûla, Śârdûlavarman, a Maukhari
chief . . . . . . 223, 225, 228
Śarman, an abbreviation of the name of
Dhruvaśarman . . . 9 n., 45 and n.
Śarmârya, a grantee . . . . . 243
Śârṅgapâṇi the god Vishṇu, as 'bearing
in his hand the bow of horn named
Śârṅga' . . . . . . 147, 183
Śârṅgin, the god Vishṇu, as 'possessing
the bow of horn named Śârṅga' . . 56, 87
Sârnâth, a village in the Benares District;
an image inscription, 281; — the
inscription of Prakaṭâditya . . . 284
Śarva, the god Śiva . . . . . 163
Sarvadaṇḍanâyaka, a military title, of an
officer next in rank below the Mahâ-
sarvadaṇḍanâyaka; used in connec-
tion with Mahâpratîhâra . . . 183
Śarvadatta, the Dûtaka of the grants of
Jayanâtha of the (Gupta or Kalachuri)
years 174 and 177 . . . . 120, 124
Sarvâdhyaksha, 'general superintend-
ent,' an official title . . . 241 and n., 248
Śarvanâga, Vishayapati, a governor of
Skandagupta for the Antarvêdî country 71
Śarvanâtha, Mahârâja (of Uchchakalpa),
112, 128, 132, 133, 138; — his Bhumarâ
pillar inscription, 110; — examination
of its date, 119; — his Khôh grant
of the (Gupta or Kalachuri) year 193, ..
125; — his imperfect Khôh grant, with-
out date, 129; — his Khôh grant, imper-
fect, of the year 197, .. 132; — his Khôh
grant of the year 214 . . . . 135
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