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

346 CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM, VOL. III.
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era, with its original characteristics,
was introduced there in A.D. 880, . .
74, 184; — and, in more modern times,
the Vikrama era itself was introduced
there, from Northern India, with Chai-
tra śukla 1 as the initial day of each
year, and with the Pūrṇimānta arrange-
ment of the fortnights, 76; — in-
stances of the use of expired years of
this era, distinctly specified as such,
129; — of the use of both an expired
and a current year, 22 n.; — and of the
use apparently of a current year, which
has to be applied as an expired year,
85; — quotations of the reckoning of
this era, both by current and by expired
years, from Hindu almanacs 137 to 141, 138 n.
Vikramāditya, a biruda or second name
of Chandragupta II.; and perhaps also
of Chandragupta I. . . . . 18
Vikramāditya, also called Harsha, a king
of Mālwa or of Ujjain, mentioned in
the Rājataraṁgiṇī, allotted by Mr.
Fergusson to the sixth century A.D.,
and held by him to be a real person in
commemoration of whom the Vikrama
era was invented and named . . 47, 55, 56
Vikramāṅka, a biruda or second name of
Chandragupta II. . . . . 18
Vikramasēna, Mahāsarvadaṇḍanāyaka,
the Dātaka of one of the inscriptions
of Aṁśuvarman of the (Harsha) year
34 . . . . . . 178 and n
Vikramasēna, Rājaputra, the Dātaka of
a Nēpāl inscription of the (Gupta)
year 535 . . . . 176 n., 184
viṁśatima, 'twentieth;' two instances of
the use of this form, not in composi-
tion . . . . . . 134 and n
Vindhya, a mountain range in Central
India, 156, 157, 190, 230; — mentioned
as one of the breasts of the earth, 86 n.,
184; — and as constituting both the
breasts, 185; — mentioned as extending
up to, and including, the Nāgārjunī
Hill . . . . . . 227, 228
Vindusvāmin. Mahābalādhyaksha, the
Dātaka of one of the inscriptions of
Aṁśuvarman of the (Harsha) year 34 . 179
Viniyuktaka, an official title . . 169 and n.
Vīrasēna, also called Śāba, a minister of
Chandragupta II . . . . 36
Vīrasēnāndantika, a proper name . . 170
vishaya, a territorial term .. 32 n., 52, 80,
84, 161, 173 n., 218, 257
Vishayapati, an official title . 32, 69 n., 71
Vishṇu, a proper name . . . 190
Vishṇu, the god, 'the preserver' of the
Hindu triad (see also Anantasvāmin,
Ātmabhū, Chakrabhr̥it, Chakradhara,
Chakrapāṇi, Chitrakūṭasvāmin, Dāmō-
dara Gadādhara, Gōvinda, Hari, Janār-
dana, Kr̥ishṇa, Mādhava, Madhu-
sūdana Muradvish Nārāyaṇa, Śārṅga-
pāṇi, Śārṅgin, Upēndra, and Vāsu-
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dēva; and, for his wife, see Lakshmī),
61, 65, 76, 77, 78, 142, 164, 195, 200,
208, 270, 298, 299; — mentioned by
the epithet bhagavat, without the use
of his name, 40, 41, 123, 124, 129, 269,
270; — mentioned as the creator, pre-
server, and destroyer of the universe,
90; — as the younger brother of Indra,
50, 182; — as the four-armed god,
90; — as having the form of a boar,
160, 161; — as the man-lion, 188; — as
the supporting pillar of the three
worlds, 160; — and as the troubler of
the demons, 90; — reference to his
overthrowing the power of the demon
Bali, 62; — mention of him as carrying
the discus, 65, 78, 207; — and the club,
78; — mention of his bow of horn,
Śārṅga, and his sword, Nandaka, 207
and n.; — mention of his jewel, kaus-
tubha, and his garland of water-lilies,
87; — references to his vehicle and en-
sign, the bird Garuḍa or Garutmat, 14,
62, 90, 298; — mention of the waters
of the four oceans as his couch, 90; —
an allusion to his slumber during the
four months of the rainy season, 77; —
the earth spoken of as 'belonging to
Vishṇu, or as being Vaishṇavī, the fe-
male energy of Vishṇu,' 195 and n.,
200, 299; — an instance of the worship
of Vishṇu connected with that of the
Sun . . . . . . . 126
Vishṇubhaṭa, a proper name . . 78
Vishṇudāsa, Mahārāja (Sanakānīka) . 25
Vishṇudēva, a grantee . . . 105
Vishṇugōpa of Kāñchī, a king in Southern
India, conquered by Samudragupta . 13
Vishṇugupta, Vishṇuguptadēva (Gupta
of Magadha), 217; — his wife was
Ijjādēvī . . . . . 217
Vishṇugupta, Yuvarāja, the Dātaka of
the inscription of Jishṇugupta of the
(Harsha) year 48 . . . . 180
Vishṇunandin, a grantee . . . 128
Vishṇupada, the ancient name of the
hill on which the Mêharaulî inscribed
pillar stands, or stood . . . 140, 142
Vishṇutrāta, a proper name . . 271
Vishṇuvardhana, a king of the Mālava
country, 155; — he had the paramount
titles, but seems to have been to a cer-
tain extent subordinate to Yaśōdhar-
man, 151; — his Mandasōr inscrip-
tion of the Mālava year 589 . . 150
Vishṇuvardhana, Rāja, of the Varika
tribe, 253, 254; — his Bijayagaḍh-in-
scription of the (Mālava) year 428 . 252
Vishṇuvr̥iddha gōtra included the
Vākāṭaka Mahārājas . . 241, 248
Viśvanātha, the god Śiva, as 'the lord of
the universe' . . . . . 86
Viśvavarman, a Mālava feudatory of
Kumāragupta, 7, 74, 77, 86; — his Gang-
dhār inscription of the (Mālava) year
480 . . . . . . . 72