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54, 257; — applied also to Vijayarâja
(Chalukya of Gujarât) . . . . 14 n.
Chaturvêdin, 'a Brâhmaṇ acquainted
with the four Vêdas' . . . 71, 190, 242
chaura-varjam, a fiscal term which is
explained by chôra-daṇḍa-varjyam . 109
Chaurôddharaṇika, an official title . 218 and n.
Chêdi era; see Kalachuri or Chêdi era . 8, 9, 10
Chhagalaga, Mahârâja (Sanakânika) . 25
Chhandâpallikâ, an ancient village in the
Nâgadêya santaka . . . . 120
chhâtra, 'an umbrella bearer,' in compo-
sition with bhaṭa, 242, 249; — used
alone . . . . . . . 241, 248
Chhatre, the late Prof. Kero Lakshman;
a method of calculating the week-days,
ending-times, and English dates, of
Hindu tithis, with his Tables, explained
by Mr. Sh. B. Dikshit, Appendix II.,
145 to 159; — the results thus obtain-
ed, may sometimes differ from those
obtained from the Sûrya-Siddhânta and
other Hindu works; but the difference
will not amount to more than 5 or 6
ghaṭîs . . . . . . . 155
Chhôḍugômika, a grantee . . . . 132
Chhôḍugômin, a proper name . . . 116
Chirbira, the Dûtaka of the Mâliyâ grant
of Dharasêna II. of the (Gupta-Valabhî)
year 252 . . . . . . 171
Chitrakûṭasvâmin, the god Vishṇu, as
'the lord of Chitrakûṭa' . . 268 and n.
Chitravarman, a Sênâpati of Pravarasêna
II. . . . . . . . . 243
chôra-daṇḍa-varjyam, a fiscal term . 98 n., 124
chôra-drôhaka-varjyam, a fiscal term which
is explained by the preceding . . . 116
chôra-varjam (see also chaura-varjam),
an elliptical expression for chôra-
daṇḍa-varjyam . . . . 98 and n.
chôra-varjita, a fiscal expression which
is explained by the same word . 120, 138
coins; remarks on coins of the Early
Guptas, 36 n., 12 ns., 14 ns., 15 n., 25 n.,
27 n., 28 ns., 46 n.; — of Samudra-
gupta, 12 ns., 14 ns., 15 n., 27 n., 28
ns.; — of Skandagupta, 25 n., 46 n.;
— of the Hindu kings of Kâbul, 57 to
60; — of the Kshatrapas or Mahâ-
kshatrapas of Saurâshtra, 36 n.; — and
of Tôramâṇa . . . . . II, 12
copper-plate charters are usually denoted
by the terms śâsana, 99 n., 194, 199,
218, 240, 242, 247, 249, 296; — and
tâmra-śâsana, 99 n., 109, 116, 128,
132, 138, 195, 199; — an exceptional
instance, in which such a charter is
denoted by the term praśasti, 87 n.; —
an illustration of functions connected
with a copper-plate charter, 99 n.; — the
edges of copper-plates are sometimes
left smooth, 68, 101, 106, 112, 121, 191,
196, 235, 243, 254, 292; — sometimes
fashioned thicker, to serve as rims to
protect the writing, 68 n., 117, 125, 170,

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133, 135, 172; — and sometimes beaten
up, to make raised rims for the same
purpose . . . . . . 68 n., 164
cows spoken of as 'the daughters of the
sun,' 195 and n., 200, 299; — cow-and-
calf-sculpture, with a tree, on an
inscription stone . . . . 274 and n.
cremation of widows, an epigraphical
instance of . . . . . 92 and n., 93
Cunningham, Gen. Sir A.; the views ex-
pressed by him on the Gupta era and
connected matters, with the result that
he finally selected the epoch of A.D.
166-67 . . . 32, 33, 38, 45, 48, 51, 53, 61
current and expired years (see also ex-
pired years); the proper method of the
interpretation of the years in recorded
dates, irrespective of the question of
the application of the years for calcu-
lation, 22 n.; — current years can come
to be ordinarily superseded by expired
years, only in the case of eras that are
actually applied by astronomers for as-
tronomical purposes, 143; — a distinct
instance of the use of a current year,
after the quotation of the preceding
expired year, 129, 22 n.; — instances of
the use of regnal years, which are na-
turally to be interpreted as current
years, 24 n., 159, 161, 192, 197, 236, 244,
287, 293; — instances of the use of
years, of eras, which, not being specified
as expired, are naturally to be interpre-
ted as current, 80, 85, 91, 93, 95, 104, 110,
114, 117, 22, 30, 37, 41, 43, 46, 57, 58,
66, 70, 89, 92, 95, 102, 107, 113, 118,
121, 126, 133, 135, 165, 173, 209, 255,
261, 263, 266, 268, 273, 274; — in-
stances of the use of years, of eras,
which apparently are to be interpreted
as current, but which have to be ap-
plied as expired for calculation, 80 n.,
85, 107 n.; — instances of the use of both
current and expired years of the Kali-
yuga, Vikrama, and Śaka eras, in Hindu
almanacs . . . . . . 138 to 141

ḍ, lingual; a special and unique form of
it, from which the modern Dêvanâgarî
form is derived . . . . 72 and Plate
Ḍabhâlâ, or possibly Ḍahâlâ, the name
of the hereditary kingdom of Hastin,
the modern Bundêlkhaṇḍ . . 113, 114, 116
Dacca (Ḍâkâ), a Division, District, and
town in the Bengal Presidency; per-
haps mentioned under the ancient
name of Ḍavâka . . . . 9 n. 14
Dâdâbhâî, author of the Kiraṇâvali, a
commentary on the Sûrya-Siddhânta;
his quotation of Brihaspati in support
of the heliacal-rising system of the
Twelve-Year Cycle of Jupiter, 170; —
his comments on a verse of the Sûrya-
Siddhânta in the same connection . 171 n.

THE GUPTA INSCRIPTIONS; INDEX. 309
Dahâla, a possible reading instead of
Ḍabhâla . . . . . 113, 114, 116 n.
Daivaputra a dynasty or tribe, conquered
by Samudragupta . . . . 14
Daksha, a proper name . . . 157, 158
dakshiṇâpatha, 'the region of the south,'
a technical name for Southern India,
13 and n.;— list of the kings conquered
therein by Samudragupta . . . 13
Damana of Êraṇḍapalla, a king in South-
ern India, conquered by Samudragupta 13
Dâmôdara, the god Vishṇu, as 'wearing
a cord round the belly' . . . 206
Dâmôdaragupta (Gupta of Magadha),
206; — he defeated the Maukharis . 206
Dâmôdaragupta, Mahârâja (Parivrâjaka)
. . . . . 97, 104, 109, 115
Daṁshṭrasêna, a proper name . . 282
Daṇḍapâśika, or Dâṇḍapâśika, an official
title . . . . 170 and n., 218
Dâṇḍika, an official title . . 218 and n.
dâradraṇaka, a fiscal term, requiring
explanation . . . 299 and n.
Dâramaṇḍala, apparently an ancient dis-
trict in Baghêlkhaṇḍ . . . 125
daś-âparâdha, 'the ten offences' 189 and n., 218
Daśapura, the ancient name of the
modern Dasôr or Mandasôr . 79 and n., 84, 86
Dasôr, the popular and more correct
name of Mandasôr . . . 79 and n
dates (see also eras) in this series of
records, in the other Gupta-Valabhî
records quoted for calculation, and in
the Nêpâl inscriptions, recorded in —
decimal figures . . . . 85, 91, 97
decimal figures combined with nume-
rical symbols . . . 292 n., 293
numerical symbols 81, 93, 95, 114, 117,
119, 177 to 184, 22, 30, 37, 41, 46,
89, 92, 107, 110, 118, 165, 173, 192,
197, 209, 236, 255, 261, 263, 266, 273,
. . . . . 274, 287, 293
words . . 81, 97, 104, 110, 114, 117,
22, 43, 58, 66, 70, 73, 80, 89, 92, 95,
102, 107, 113, 118, 121, 126, 133, 135,
151, 159, 161, 173, 236, 244, 258, 263, 268
Dattadêvî, wife of Samudragupta, 21 n.,
27, 44, 51, 54;—a reference to her,
without mention of her name . . 21
Davâka, a country, perhaps the modern
Dacca (Ḍâkâ); Samudragupta either
included it in his empire, or else
extended his conquests up to the con-
fines of it . . . . . 9 n 14
days of the week, names of the, as used
in the only three instances that occur
among the Gupta-Valabhî dates:—
Ravi, i.e. Ravivâra (Sunday) . . 85
Sôma, i.e. Sômavâra (Monday) . . 91
Suragurudivasa (Thursday) . . 81, 90
days, lunar (see also tithis); special ex-
pressions, of occasional use, connecting
them with the solar or more properly
civil days, are, asyâṁ divasa-pûrvâyâm,
38, 40, 41, 44 and n., 97 and n., 104,
120, 265;—asyâṁ divasa-mâsa-saṁ-
vatsar-ânupûrvyâṁ, 97 n., 210;—
asyâṁ saṁvatsara-mâsa-divasa-pûrvâ-
yâṁ, 97 n., 108, 115;— and êtasyâṁ
pûrvâyâṁ, 160, 254;—and another
method, in the Nêpâl inscriptions, is
the use of diva in composition with the
tithi, 85 n., 178, 180 to 184;— lunar
days mentioned in dates of this series,
in the other Gupta-Valabhî dates used
for calculation, and in the Nêpâl in-
scriptions :—
bright fortnight;—
first . . . . 95, 182, 183
second . 93, 110, 179, 180, 183, 87, 104
third . . . . . 104, 183, 97
fifth . . . . . . 191
seventh . . . . . 184
ninth . . . . . . 184
tenth . . . . 178, 180, 182
eleventh . . . . . 25
twelfth . . . . 81, 90, 248
thirteenth . . 117, 183, 115, 243
dark fortnight;—
third . . . . . 114, 108
seventh . . . . . 93
fifteenth . . . . . 254
fortnight not specified;—
twelfth . . . . . 298
days, solar, or more properly civil, denot-
ed by ahan, and by dina, or divasa, or
their abbreviations di and diva, and
mentioned in dates of this series, in
the other Gupta-Valabhî dates used for
calculation, and in the Nêpâl inscrip-
tions :—
bright fortnight;—
second . . . . . . 91
fifth . . . . . . 97
seventh . . . . . 210, 278
eleventh . . . . . 291
thirteenth . . . . 77, 87
dark fortnight;—
seventh . . . . . . 93
thirteenth . . . . . 85
fifteenth . . . . . 171
fortnight not specified;—
third . . . . . 114, 109
fourth . . . . . . 34
fifth . . . . . 259, 262
sixth . . . . . 64, 139
seventh . . . . . 267
eighth . . . . . . 299
ninth . . . . . . 200
tenth . . . 40, 129, 160, 257
fourteenth . . . . . 120
eighteenth . . . . . 47
nineteenth . . . . 119, 112
twentieth . . . . 134, 263
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twenty-second . . . . . 124
twenty-fifth . . . . . 195
twenty-seventh . . 117, 116, 274 n.
decimal figures (see also dates); the ear-
liest epigraphical instances of the use
of them, 209 n.; — instances of the use
of them in the Verâwal and Môrbî re-
cords, 85, 91, 97; — instances of the
mixture of them with numerical sym-
bols, 292 and n.; — forms of decimal
figures illustrated in this series of
Plates:—
eight . . . . . . 292
Dehli District, an inscription from the . 139
Dêô-Baraṇârk, a village in the Shâhâbâd
District; mentioned under the ancient
name of Vâruṇikâ, 214, 215, 218; — the
modern name is from Dêva-Varuṇârka,
215; — the inscription of Jîvitagupta
II. . . . . . . . 213
Dêôgaḍh, a village in Central India; ex-
amination of the date of the inscription
of Bhôjadêva of Kanauj, of Vikrama-
Saṁvat 919 and Saka-Saṁvat 784, which
proves that one or other, or both, of the
unequal systems of the nakshatras con-
tinued in use up to A.D. 862 . . 107
‘Deoghar,’ a village in the ‘Santâl’ Par-
gaṇâs; a late inscription at this place,
mentioning Âdityasêna of Magadha . 212 n.
Dêôriyâ, a village in the Allâhâbâd
District; a Buddhist inscription . 271
Dêrabhaṭa (of Valabhî) . . . 41, 184
dêśa, a territorial term . . . 32 and n.
Dêva, a proper name . . . . 71
Dêvadâṅgiras, a grantee . . . 105
Dêvâḍhya, Mahârâja (Parivrâjaka) 97
and n., 104, 109, 115
Dêvagupta, Dêvaguptadêva (Gupta of
Magadha), 15, 215 n., 217, 240, 247; —
his wife was Kamaladêvî, 217; — his
daughter Prabhâvatiguptâ was the wife
of Rudrasêna II. . . . 15, 240, 247
Dêvaka, a proper name . . . 286
Dêvakî, the mother of Krishna . . 55
Dêvamitra, a grantee . . . 105
Dêvanâga, a grantee . . . 105
Dêvapattana, an ancient name of the
modern Verâwal . . . . 91
Dêvarâja, possibly a title of Chandra-
gupta II.; but it has not been found on
his coins, and it is more probably the
name of one of his ministers . 33 and n
Dêvarâshṭra, a country in Southern India;
in the time of Samudragupta, its king
was Kubêra . . . . 13
Dêvârya, a grantee, 242; — another of
the same name . . . . 242
Dêvaśarman, a grantee, 243; — another of
the same name . . . . 248
Dêvaśarmârya, a grantee . . . 243
Dêvasvâmin, a grantee, 105; — another
of the same name . . . . 109
Dêvatâ, a proper name . . . . 263
Dêvavishṇu, a proper name . . . 71
dêvî, a title of wives of Mahârâjas (used
also as a termination of the names of
wives of both paramount sovereigns and
feudatories; see under names, proper)
221 and n., 232
Dêvî, the goddess Pârvatî, the wife of
Siva, as ‘the (principal) goddess,’ 225,
227; — a mention of her defeating the
demon Mahishâsura . . . 227
Dêvî, daughter of a supposed Mahâdaitya,
an imaginary wife of Samudragupta . 18, 19
dêya-dharma, ‘an appropriate religious
gift;’ a formula used in certain dona-
tive inscriptions . . 25 and n., 210,
263, 272, 273, 274, 279, 280, 282
Dhanada, — the god Kubêra, as ‘the giver
of wealth’ . . 14, 21, 28, 44, 51, 54, 257
Dhanada-Varuṇ-Êndr-Ântaka-sama, an
epithet of Samudragupta, 14, 21 n., 28,
44, 51, 54, 257; — applied also to
Vijayarâja (Chalukya of Gujarât) . 14 n.
Dhanañjaya of Kusthalapura, a king in
Southern India, conquered by Samudra-
gupta . . . . . . 13
Dhanêsa, the god Kubêra, as ‘the lord of
wealth’ . . . . 169, 181
Dhânyavâhika, an ancient village in
Baghêlkhaṇḍ . . . 124 and n.
Dhanyavishṇu, younger brother of the
Mahârâja Mâtṛivishṇu . . 89, 90, 160, 161
Dhârâ, a city, the modern Dhâr in Cen-
tral India; reference to the defeat of a
king of this city by a Maukhari chief . 230
Dharapaṭṭa, Mahârâja (of Valabhî) . 41, 168
Dharasêna I., Sênâpati (of Valabhî) . 41, 168
Dharasêna II., Mahârâja (of Valabhî) 41,
169, 171, 181; — his Mâliyâ grant of
the (Gupta-Valabhî) year 252 . . 164
Dharasêna III. (of Valabhî) . . 41, 182
Dharasêna IV. (of Valabhî), 41, 134 n.,
183; — he was the first paramount
sovereign in the Valabhî family; and
his power was perhaps more extensive
than that of his successors, 134 n.; —
examination of the date in his Kaira
grant of the (Gupta-Valabhî) year 330 . 93
dharmachakra, the Buddhist ‘wheel of
religion,’ as an emblem on inscription
stones . . . . . 263, 269
Dharmadâsa, a proper name . . 280
Dharmadêva (Lichchhavi of Nêpâl), 182,
186, 189; — his wife was Râjyavatî . 182
Dharmâditya, a biruda or second name
of Sîlâditya I. of Valabhî, 41, 181; —
and of Kharagraha II. of Valabhî . 41, 184
Dharmadôsha, a minister of Vishnuvar-
dhana of Mâlava . . . . 157
Dharmagupta, a proper name . . . 282
Dharmârya, a grantee, 248; — another of
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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
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gôpathasara, perhaps meaning 'a cattle-
path' . . . . . . . 125 and n.
Gôpta, apparently an ancient name of a
village, and perhaps represented by
the modern Gôp . . . . 98 and n., 58 n.
Gôrakhpur District, an inscription from
the . . . . . . . . 65
Gôrisvâmin, a grantee . . . . . 105
Gôśarman, a proper name . . . . 259
Gôśûrasimhabala, a proper name . . 280
gôtra, 'a family or clan' (see also Bharad-
vâja and Vishṇuvṛiddha); names of
gôtras mentioned in this series of re-
cords :-
Âtrêya . . . . . . . 243
Aupamanyava . . . . . . 109
Bharadvâja . . . . . . 105, 115
Bhâradvâja . . . . 242, 243, 257, 298
Bhârgava . . . . . . 105
Gautama . . . . . . 243
Gôtama . . . . . . . 271
Kâṇva . . . . . . . 120
Kâśyapa . . . . . . 243
Kauṇḍinya . . . . 195, 199, 243
Kautsa . . . . . 36, 97, 105
Maudgalya . . . . . . 248
Pârâśarya . . . . . . 242
Śâṇḍilya . . . . . . 243
Śârkarâkshi . . . . . . 190
Śâśâtanêya (?) . . . . . 123
Śâṭyâyana . . . . . 242, 243
Varshagaṇa . . . . . . 71
Vâsula . . . . . . . 105
Vatsa . . . . . . . 170, 199
Vâtsya . . . . . . 242, 243
Vishṇuvṛiddha . . . . 241, 248
Gôvardhana, or more fully Gôvardhana-
dhara, the god Kṛishṇa, as 'holding up
the mountain Gôvardhana' . . . 91
Gôvinda, the god Vishṇu . . . . 65
Gôvinda, the engraver of the Mandasôr
pillar inscriptions of Yaśôdharman, and
of the Mandasôr inscription of
Yaśôdharman and Vishṇuvardhana of
the Mâlava year 589 . . . 148, 150, 158
Gôvinda III. (Râshṭrakûṭa); examination
of the date in his grant of the Śaka
year 726, which proves that, up to A.D.
804, the Pûrṇimânta arrangement of
the lunar fortnights was used with the
Śaka years, even in Southern India,
and also the mean-sign system of the
Twelve-Year Cycle of Jupiter . . 79 n.
Gôvindasvâmin, a grantee . . . . 109
Gôyinda, a proper name . . . . 40
Graha-Lâghava, an astronomical work,
written A.D. 1520-21, by Gaṇêśa
Daivajña, from which, with the Tithi-
Chintâmaṇi, Hindu almanacs are now
prepared in the Dekkan and some other
parts . . . . . . 146 and n.
Grâmika, an official title . . . 112 and n.
grihapati, 'a householder' . . 120 and n., 124
Guha, Pratînartaka and Amâtya, the
writer of the Alîna grant of Śîlâditya
VII. of the (Gupta-Valabhî) year 447 . 190
Guhaśarman, a grantee . . . . 242
Guhasêna, Mahârâja (of Valabhî) 41, 168, 180
Guhilasvâmin, a proper name . . . 52
Guñjakîrtti, Bhôgika, the writer of the
grant of Jayanâtha of the (Gupta or
Kalachuri) year 174 . . . . 120
Guṇṭhaka, a grantee . . . . 105
Gupta, Mahârâja (Early Gupta), 17, 15,
28, 44, 51, 54, 257;—indications that
his name really was simply Gupta, and
not Śrîgupta, 8 n.;—he is not to be
identified with the Mahârâja Śrîgupta
who is mentioned by I-tsing . . 8 n.
Gupta era, a convenient name for the era,
commencing in A.D. 320, used by the
Early Gupta kings and their succes-
sors; the nomenclature of the era, 19
to 23;—there is no ancient authority
for connecting the name of the Guptas
with the era, as the establishers of it,
or for accepting the early existence of
any such appellations for it as Gupta-
kâla, Gupta-saṁvat, and Gupta-saṁ,
19, 22;—in the date of the Junâgaḍh
inscription of Skandagupta, the men-
tion of the Guptas only shews that the
date was being recorded in an era new
to that part of the country, 19, 20, 57
n.;—in the date of the Môrbî grant of
Jâiṅka, the adjective Gaupta, 'of or
belonging to the Guptas,' may possibly
exist, but it does not seem probable,
21, 98, 58 n.;—the reasons for which
the era would come to be popularly
known as the Gupta era, 19, 33 n.,
125;—and as the Valabhî era, 33 n.,
126;—instances of its being mention-
ed by the expressions Valabhî-saṁ
and Valabhî-saṁvat, 84, 91;—it is
convenient to speak of it as the Gupta
era, the Valabhî era, and the Gupta-
Valabhî era, 23;—Albêrûnî's state-
ments regarding the Gupta and other
eras, 23, 24, 27;—he speaks of both
the Gupta era and the Valabhî era, 25;
—but he distinctly shews that he is re-
ferring to one and the same era under
these two names, 31;—his illustration
of the method of converting Lôkakâla
dates into Śaka dates through the
Gupta reckoning, 26 n.;—his state-
ments do not really include the asser-
tion of the existence of an era dating
from the extinction of the Gupta sover-
eignty, 28;—this idea is due only to
Prinsep's rendering of the date
in the Kahâum pillar inscription
of Skandagupta, and its endorsement
by Reinaud in his translation of
Albêrûnî, 25, 26;—Albêrûnî's words
only shew that the Gupta era conti-
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Gupta sovereignty, 31; — a curious
instance of confusion, by the Jain
writer Śîlâchârya, between the Gupta
and the Śaka eras, 32 n.; — the epochs
of the Gupta era, based, by previous
writers, on Reinaud’s translation of
Albêrûnî; viz. by Mr. Thomas, the
Śaka epoch, A.D. 77-78; by Gen. Sir
A. Cunningham, A.D. 166-67; by Sir
E. Clive Bayley, A.D. 190-91; and by
Mr. Fergusson, A.D. 318-19, .. 31 to
33; — examination of these theories,
33 to 65; — remarks on the Mandasôr
inscription of the Mâlava year 529, ..
65 to 68; — it proves that any state-
ment that the Early Gupta sovereignty
was extinguished in or about A.D.
319, is wrong; and that the era used
by the Early Gupta kings runs from
an epoch in or very close to that year,
68; — the determination of the exact
epoch of the era, with the result of
A.D. 319-20, equivalent to Śaka-Saṁ-
vat 241 expired, 69; — the scheme of
the years of the era, 69, 71; — it
included the Pûrṇimânta arrangement
of the lunar fortnights, 77, 85; — proof
that the Gupta year did not commence
with the months Kârttika or Mârga-
śîrsha, 86, 87, 90, 108, 111, 115, 118; —
the treatment of it as a northern Śaka
year, gives satisfactory results for
every recorded date, except two which
are capable of explanation, 84, 90, 97,
99, 104 n.; — and it is almost certain
that it soon became identical in all
respects with the northern Śaka year,
having Chaitra śukla 1 as its initial
day, 79; — the calculation of recorded
dates, the results of which answer to
the above conditions, 80, 84, 95, 97,
104, 110, 114, 117, 119; — the Êraṇ
pillar inscription of Budhagupta of
the (Gupta) year 165, proves that the
running difference between current
Gupta-Valabhî and current Śaka years
is two hundred and forty-two years; and
that, in following Albêrûnî and adding
two hundred and forty-one, what we
obtain is the last Śaka year expired
before the commencement of the
current Śaka year corresponding to a
given current Gupta-Valabhî year, 84;
— the Verâwal inscription of Arjuna-
dêva of the Valabhî year 945, proves
that the original Pûrṇimânta arrange-
ment was preserved with the Gupta
year, in Kâṭhiâwâḍ, up to A.D.
1264, .. 90; — the two exceptional
dates are those in the Verâwal inscrip-
tion of the Valabhî year 927, and in
the Kaira grant of Dharasêna IV. of
the (Gupta-Valabhî) year 330, the
results for which answer to a year
commencing with the month Kârttika
preceding the true commencement of
the Gupta year, 90, 93; — the explana-
tion of this difference, 72, 73, 92, 93,
95; — proof as to the epoch afforded
by the use of the Twelve-Year Cycle of
Jupiter in records of the Early Gupta
period, 101 to 124; — summary of the
results, which prove A.D. 319-20 as
the epoch of the era and A.D. 320-21
as its first current year, 124 to 127; —
proof that the years in Gupta-Valabhî
dates are to be interpreted as current
years, unless the contrary is distinctly
specified, 127 to 130; — inquiry as to
the origin of the era, 130 to 137; — its
epoch, or its commencement, was not
determined by the expiration, from the
epoch or the commencement of the
Śaka era, of an even number of Cycles
of Jupiter, either of the Twelve-Year
or of the Sixty-Year system, or by any
other astronomical considerations, 33,
130; — but its origin must be found in
some historical event, which occurred
actually in A.D. 320, .. 130; — it was
not established by any member of the
Valabhî family, 130; — nor by the
Mahârâja Gupta, the founder of the
Early Gupta family, 130; — it cannot
run from the accession of Chandragupta
I., the first paramount sovereign in the
family, 131, 132; — it was adopted by
the Early Guptas from some extraneous
source, 132; — the reasons for which
they would not adopt any era then in
use in India itself, 132 to 134; — the so-
called Gupta era was in use, outside
India, in Nêpâl, by the Lichchhavi rulers
of that country, 95, 96, 134, 184; — fur-
ther instances of this, 178, 182, 183, 184;
— the antiquity and power of the Lich-
chhavis, and the friendly relations,
including intermarriage, between them
and the Early Guptas, would dispose
the latter to adopt any Lichchhavi era,
135; — and in all probability the so-
called Gupta era is a Lichchhavi era,
dating either from the general establish-
ment of monarchy among the Lich-
chhavis, or from the commencement of
the reign of the Lichchhavi king Jaya-
dêva I. in Nêpâl . . . . . 136
Gupta-kâla, an expression used by Albê-
rûnî for the Gupta era; it is a perfectly
justifiable term, but there is no autho-
rity for the early existence of it . 19,
22, 24, 25, 30
Gupta-nṛipa-râjya-bhuktau, a technical
expression in the grants of the Pari-
vrâjaka Mahârâjas, shewing that at
certain dates the Gupta sovereignty
was still continuing . . 42, 43, 50,
101, 104, 110, 114, 117, 95 and n., 96,
104, 108, 115
Gupta-Valabhî era; a convenient name
for the Gupta era during the period
when, through its use by the Kings of
Valabhî, it may have begun to be called
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316 CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM, VOL. III.
Guptas, the Early, 7 n. ;— the actual dates
of their records extend from A.D. 401
to 466, . . 7 ;— but the records of the
Parivrâjaka Mahârâjas prove that the
Gupta dominion continued to A.D. 528,
. . 8 ;— their final overthrow was
accomplished by Mihirakula, 10 ; —
their genealogical tree, 17 ;—there is
nothing to support the supposition that
they belonged to the Solar Race, 19,
1 ; — their family mentioned as the
Guptavaṁśa, 20, 55, 67 ;— and as the
Guptânvaya, 259 ;— mention of them
in the plural, as a family or dynasty,
19, 20, 63, 65, 67 ; — mention of them
as the Gupta kings, 104, 110, 114, 117,
96, 104, 108 115 ;—mention of them, in
the Junâgadh rock inscription, in con-
nection with the reckoning of an era, 19,
20, 21, 22, 57 n., 63, 65 ;— but there is
no ancient authority for connecting
their name with the Gupta era, as the
establishers of it, 19 ;—remarks on some
of their coins (for the legends on their
silver coins, see Ind. Ant. XIV. 65),
36 n., 12 ns., 14 ns., 15 n., 25 n., 27 n.,
28 ns., 46 n. ;—allusions to a temporary
obscuration of their power between the
reigns of Kumâragupta and Skanda-
gupta, 55 ; — a further indication of
this is perhaps given by Kumâragupta
having only the title of Mahârâja in
the Mankuwâr inscription, 46 ;— men-
tion of them in Yaśôdharman's pillar
inscription . . . . . 146, 148
Guptas of Magadha, 7 n., 14, 205, 206, 207,
208, 210, 212, 213 n., 217 ;— the family
was an offshoot of the Early Gupta
stock ; and the founder of it, Kṛishṇa-
gupta, came very shortly after Skanda-
gupta, 14 ;—intermarriages of this
family, with the Maukharis, 14, 187 ;—
with the Kings of Kanauj, or more pro-
perly of Thâṇêsar, 15, 232 ;— and with
the Vâkâṭaka Mahârâjas . . 15, 240, 247
Guptasya kâla, ‘the time or era of Gupta;’
an expression supposed, but quite
wrongly, to exist in the Junâgadh rock
inscription of Skandagupta, 19, 44, 57 n.;
— and in abbreviated forms on certain
Kâbul coins . . . . 19, 57 to 60
Gwâlior (Gwâlhêr), the capital of Scindia's
Dominions; the hill on which the
fortress stands, mentioned under the
ancient Saṁskṛit name of Gôpa, 162
and n., 163 ;— the modern name of
Gwâlior is derived directly from Gôpâ-
likhêra, 162 n. ; — the inscription of
Mihirakula . . . . . 161
Haidarâbâd in the Dekkan ; examination
of the date of the grant, of the Śaka
year 524 expired, of Pulikêśin II.,
which proves that up to A.D. 612, the
Pūrṇimānta arrangement of the lunar
fortnights was used with the Śaka
years, even in Southern India . . . 79 n.
Hâlârî year ; a year with Âshâḍha śukla
1 as its initial day, used in the western
part of Kâṭhiâwâḍ . . . . 79 n.
halirâkara, a fiscal term requiring ex-
planation . . . . . . 134 n
Hall, Dr. F. E. ; views expressed by him
on the Gupta era and connected
matters . . . . . . 42
Haṁsamitra, a grantee . . . . 218
Hanumat, the chief of the monkeys ; men-
tioned as ‘the son of the Wind,’ and with
a reference to his leap through the air
from the mountain Kôśavardhana . 205
Hara, the god Śiva, as ‘the seizer or
despoiler’ . . . . 87, 206, 208
Haradatta, a grantee . . . . 298
Hari, the god Vishṇu . . . . 156
Haribala, a proper name . . . 272
Haribhaṭa, a proper name . . . 78
Harigupta, a proper name . . . 281
Hariśarmârya, a grantee . . . 243
Harishêṇa, Sâṁdhivigrahika, Kumârá-
mâtya, and Mahâdaṇḍanâyaka, the
composer of the Allâhâbâd posthumous
pillar inscription of Samudragupta . 16
Harisvâminî, a proper name . . 262
Haritrâta, a proper name . . . 71
Harivarman, Mahârâja (Maukhari), 221 ;
— his wife was Jayasvâminî . . 221
Harivishṇu, a proper name . . 90, 160
Harsha, also called Vikramâditya, a
king of Ujjain, mentioned in the
Râjataraṁgiṇî, allotted by Mr.
Fergusson to the sixth century A.D.,
and held by him to be the real person
in commemoration of whom the Vikrama
era was invented and named . 47, 55, 56
Harsha of Gauḍa, Kaliṅga, Kôsala, Ôḍra,
&c. ; in a Nêpâl inscription, he is men-
tioned as belonging to the Bhagadatta
family, 187 ;— his daughter, Râjyamatî,
was the wife of Jayadêva II. of Nêpâl . 187
Harsha, or Harshavardhana, of Kanauj, or
more properly of Thâṇêsar, 15, 232 ; —
mentioned under the name of Harsha-
dêva, 207 ;— his name was simply
Harsha or Harshavardhana, and not
Śrîharsha or Śrîharshavardhana, 207
n. ; — Hiuen Tsiang gives him the biruda
or second name of Sîlâditya, 39, 40 ;—
his accession, as determined by the
commencement of the Harsha era, is to
be placed in A.D. 606, . . 178 n. ; — his
Sônpât seal . . . . . 231
Harsha era ; an early era of this name,
commencing in or about B.C. 457, is
mentioned by Albêrûnî, 23, 24, 30 ; — but
there is no other evidence of its exist-
ence, 23 n. ;— the only proved era of
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Left Column

the accession of Harshavardhana of
Kanauj, or more properly of Thāṇēsar,
23 n.; — as far as it can be deter-
mined by means of the Dīghwā-Dubaulī
grant of the Mahārāja Mahēndrapāla,
this era commenced in A.D. 606, with
the epoch of A.D. 605-606, . . 178 n.;
— an instance of the use of this era in
India, 210; — another possible instance,
287; — it was adopted in Nēpāl, by the
Ṭhākurī rulers of that country, 96, 184,
189; — instances of the use of it by
them, 178 to 184; — the fact of its in-
troduction there is mentioned, in a mis-
taken manner, in the Nēpāl Vaṁśāvalī 185
Harshadēva, a variant of the name of
Harshavardhana of Kanauj, or more
properly of Thāṇēsar . . 207 and n.
Harshagupta (Gupta of Magadha), 205; —
Harshaguptā, wife of Ādityavarman,
was probably his sister . . . 14
Harshaguptā, wife of Ādityavarman, 221;
— she was probably a sister of Harsha-
gupta of Magadha . . . . 14
Harshavardhana (see also Harsha or Har-
shavardhana) of Kanauj, or more pro-
perly of Thāṇēsar . . . . 15, 232
Hastin, Mahārāja (Parivrājaka), 97, 104,
109, 111, 115; — he had the hereditary
kingdom of Ḍabhālā, and the eighteen
forest kingdoms, 13 n., 116; — his Khōh
grant of the Gupta year 156, . . 93;
— his Khōh grant of the year 163, . .
100; — there is no necessity to alter the
date of this record from 163 to 173;
and, in fact, the alteration is not justi-
fiable, 110 to 114, 102 n.; — his Majh-
gawāṁ grant of the year 191, . . 106;
— his Bhumarā pillar inscription, 110;
— examination of the dates of these
records . . . . 104, 110, 114, 119
Hastivarman of Vēṅgī, a king in South-
ern India, conquered by Samudragupta 13
Hēmbaṭa, a proper name . . . 190
Hijra era, a Musalmān era, commencing
in A.D. 622, and dating from the
flight of the prophet Muḥammad; an
instance of this era being quoted in a
Hindu epigraphical record . . . 85
Himālaya (see also Himavat), the moun-
tain; mentioned as the father of the
goddess Pārvatī, 147; — as the moun-
tain of snow, 148, 205, 230; — as the
king of mountains . . . 169, 181
Himavat, a name of Himālaya . . 156
Hisār or Hissār District, an inscription
from the . . . . . . 269
Hoernle, Dr. A. F. R.; view expressed
by him on the Gupta era . . . 65
Hūṇa, a tribe; a mention of them in Yaśō-
dharman's pillar inscription, 146, 148;
— mentioned as defeated by Skanda-
gupta, 56; — and by the Maukharis 206

Right Column

Ijjādēvī, wife of Vishṇuguptadēva . . 217
Ilichpur District, an inscription from the 235
images, inscriptions on the pedestals of
45, 208, 262, 266, 271, 272, 273, 278,
280, 281
Indana, a proper name . . . . 112
India, Northern; mentioned under the
name of Āryāvarta, 13 and n.; — South-
ern India mentioned under the name
of dakshiṇāpatha . . . . 13 and n.
Indōr, a deserted village or mound in
the Bulandshahar District, mentioned
under the ancient name of Indrapura or
Indrāpura, 71, — the grant of Skanda-
gupta, of the (Gupta) year 146 . . 68
Indra, the god of the sky (see also Magha-
van, Puraṁdara, and Śakra; and, for his
wife, see Śachī), 14, 28, 44, 50, 51,
54, 93, 195, 199, 257, 278; — mentioned
as 'the lord of the gods,' 10, 62, 76,
77, 195; — as the elder brother of
Vishṇu, 50, 182 n.; — as 'the thousand-
eyed,' 225; — mention of the mountain
Sumēru as his abode, 278; — mention
of the kalpa-tree in his paradise, 168,
228; — a reference to his elephant,
Airāvata, 76; — deceased kings are
described as going to the abode of
Indra, conquering the realms of Indra,
or obtaining a seat on the lap of Indra,
10 and n.; — and grants were made
to secure this result . . . . 195, 199
Indrabala, of the Pāṇḍuvaṁśa, 298; — his
father was Udayana, of the Śavara
lineage or tribe . . . . 293
Indrapura, Indrāpura, the ancient name
of Indōr in the Bulandshahar District . 68, 71
Indravishṇu, a proper name . . . 90, 160
inscriptions on copper are usually denoted
by the terms śāsana, 99 n., 194, 199,
218, 240, 242, 247, 249, 296; — and
tāmra-śāsana, 99 n., 109, 116, 128,
132, 138, 195, 199; — and those on
stone, by the term praśasti, 87 n.; —
an exceptional instance in which the
term praśasti is used to denote a
copper-plate charter . . . . 87 n.
intercalary months; the present arrange-
ment of the intercalated fortnights in
Northern and in Southern India,
88; — a verse attributed to the Brahma-
Siddhānta indicates a more ancient
arrangement of a different kind,
88 n.; — intercalated months are in-
auspicious, and the performance of
ceremonies in them is prohibited,
88 n.; — but the Kaira grant of
Dharasēna IV., of the (Gupta-Valabhī)
year 330, shews an exception to this
rule, 94; — note on a mistake which
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318 CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM, VOL. III.
Chronology, Table I., in respect of the
intercalations for the southern Vikrama
years, 87 n.;—instances of intercalation
of the month Mārgaśīrsha, which is
usually held to be not liable to
tercalation, 93;—and of the month
Pa sha, though the same rule is held to
apply . . . . . . . . 179
Īśa, the god Śiva as 'the lord, the power-
ful one' . . . . . . . 87
Īśāgaḍh District, inscriptions from the 21, 34, 258
Īśānavarman (Maukhari), 14, 206, 220,
221;—his wife was Lakshmīvatī, 221;
— he was conquered by Kumāragupta
of Magadha . . . . . . . 206
Īśvara, the god Śiva, as 'the lord, the
powerful one' . . . . . . 180
Īśvaradāsa, the writer of the grant of
Saṁkshōbha of the (Gupta) year 209 . 116
Īśvaraśarman, a grantee . . . . . 243
Īśvaraśarmārya, a grantee . . . . 243
Īśvaravarman, Mahārāja (Maukhari),
221, 229, 230;— his wife was Upa-
guptā, 221;—his Jaunpur inscription 228
Īśvaravāsaka, an ancient village or allot-
ment granted to the great Stūpa at
Sāñchi . . . . . . . . 33
Jabalpur District, an inscription from the 117
Jāhnavī, the river Gaṅgā, as 'the daugh-
ter of Jahnu' . . . . . . 169, 181
Jāikadēva, a king of Saurāshṭra, not
to be identified, if his Dhiniki grant is
genuine, with the Jāiṅka of the Mōrbī
grant, 61, 62;—examination of the
date in his grant, purporting to be in the
Vikrama year 794, with the result that
this grant must be held to be spurious 62 n.
Jain inscriptions . . . . . 65, 258
Jain sect or religion; proof of its
existence in the fourth century A.D.
is furnished by the Kahāuṁ pillar
inscription of Skandagupta . . . 16, 66
Jāiṅka, a chieftain in Kāṭhiāwaḍ; remarks
on the reading and interpretation of
the date of his Mōrbī grant of the
(Gupta) year 585 expired, 21, 98,
58 n.;—examination of the details of
the date, 97;—he is not to be identi-
fied with the Jāikadēva of the Dhiniki
grant, if the latter is a genuine record . 62
Jāmbavatī, wife of the god Vishṇu in his
incarnation as Krishṇa . . . . 270
Janārdana, the god Vishṇu, as 'exciting
or agitating men' . . . . . 90, 189
janēndra, 'a lord of a people or tribe,
contrasted with narādhipati, 'a chief
ruler of men' . . . . . . 151 n.
Jasō State, an inscription from the . . 233
Jaunpur, the chief town of the Jaunpur
District; the inscription of Īśvaravar-
. . . . . . . . . . 228
Jayabhaṭṭa, a proper name . . . . 274
Jayadēva I., the first historical person
in the family of the Lichchhavis of
Nēpāl, 185, 186, 189, 191;—calculating
back from the recorded date for
Mānadēva, his initial date is about A.D.
330, . . 191;—and this needs but little
adjustment to place him in A.D. 320,
and to make the so-called Gupta era
run from the commencement of his
reign . . . . . . . . 135
Jayadēva II., Rāja (Ṭhākuri of Nēpāl),
183, 184, 187 to 191;—he had the
biruda or second name of Parachakra-
kāma, 184, 187;—his wife was Rājya-
matī, 187;—notice of an inscription of
the (Harsha) year 145, which is pro-
bably one of his records, 183;—and of
his inscription of the year 153 . . 183, 185 to 188
Jayadēva, Rājaputra, the Dūtaka of the
inscription of Śivadēva II. of the
(Harsha) year 119 . . . . . 182
Jayanātha, Mahārāja (of Uchchakalpa),
119, 123, 128, 131, 138;—his wife was
Muruṇḍadēvī or Muruṇḍasvāminī, 128,
132, 138;—his Kārītalāi grant of the
(Gupta or Kalachuri) year 174, . 117;
—his Khōh grant of the year 177 . 121
Jayarāja, or Mahā-Jayarāja, Rāja (of
Śarabhapura), 194;—his Āraṅg grant 191
jaya-skandhāvāra, 'a victorious camp'
. . . . . . . . . . 180, 217, 257
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Junâgaḍh rock inscription of Skanda-
gupta, of the Gupta years 136, 137, 138, 56
Junâgaḍh State, inscriptions from the . 56, 164
Jupiter, the planet; its regent men-
tioned under the names of Aṅgiras,
170; — the son of Aṅgiras, 170; —
Bṛihaspati, ‘the lord of prayer,’ 170,
76, 86, 157; — Guru, ‘the preceptor,’
169, 170, 171 and n., — Ijya, ‘the
teacher,’ 170; — Jîva, ‘the living being,’
170; — Suraguru, ‘the preceptor of the
gods,’ 81, 90, 157; — Surêjya, ‘the
teacher of the gods,’ 173; — the coun-
sellor of (Indra) the lord of the gods
(dêvapatimantrin), 161; — the coun-
sellor of the gods (sura-mantrin),
161 n.; — and the preceptor of the
gods (sura-guru and tridaśa-guru)
157, 169, 181
Jupiter, the planet; exposition of the
Twelve-Year Cycle based on his heliacal
risings, with reference to his apparent
longitude, in particular nakshatras,
Appendix III., 161 to 176; — the
authorities for this system of the cycle,
with the rule for naming the years of
it, according to the order of the lunar
months, commencing with Kârttika,
161 and n., 170, 171; — the length of
each year of the cycle, by this system,
is roughly 400 days, 162; — a practical
illustration of two cycles of this system,
167; — the years of this cycle that are
liable to be omitted, and to be repeat-
ed, 168; — this is evidently the original
system of the Twelve-Year Cycle, 172;
— instances of the later and modern
use of it, 173 and n., 175; — the helia-
cal risings of Jupiter are still noted in
Pañchâṅgs, for religious purposes,
173 n.; — there are indications that the
Sixty-Year Cycle also was originally
regulated by the same system, 170 and
n., 173, 174; — the years of the Twelve-
Year Cycle, by this system, mentioned
in records of the Early Gupta period,
are, Mahâ-Âśvayuja, 110, 117, 104, 115;
— Mahâ-Chaitra, 114, 108; — Mahâ-
Mâgha, 119, 112; — and Mahâ-Vaiśâkha,
104, 96; — examination of the dates of
these records, 101, 104, 110, 114, 117,
119; — the Pausha and Vaiśâkha years
of a Twelve-Year Cycle are mentioned
in early Kadamba records (the absence
of the prefix mahâ possibly indicates
that they are of the mean-sign system),
106 n.; — the proof that the epoch of
the Gupta era was not determined by
the Twelve-Year Cycle according to
the heliacal-rising system . . . . 34, 35
Jupiter, the planet; incidental remarks
on the Twelve-Year Cycle based on his
passage, with reference to his mean
longitude, among the signs of the
zodiac, 162, 169, 170; — the rule, as
given by the first Âryabhaṭa and by
Brahmagupta, for determining the
years of this cycle by this system, 169;
— the years commence with the years
of the Sixty-Year Cycle by the same
system; and the length of each year,
according to the Sûrya-Siddhânta, is
361 days, 1 ghaṭî, 36 palas, 170; — (in-
stances of the use of the cycle, by this
system, indicated by the absence of
the prefix mahâ, are possibly to be
found in early Kadamba records,
106 n.); — the proof that this is not the
system of the cycle used in records of
the Early Gupta period, 103, 108, 111,
115, 118, 121; — and that the epoch of
the Gupta era was not determined by it 34, 35
Jupiter, the planet; incidental remarks
on the Sixty-Year Cycle based on his
passage, with reference to his mean
longitude, among the signs of the
zodiac, 102, 169, 170, — the rule of the
Sûrya-Siddhânta for determining the
years of this cycle by this system,
170; — the length of each year of this
cycle, by this system, according to the
same authority, is 361 days, 1 ghaṭî, 36
palas, 170; — a verse by Kaśyapa
seems to indicate that the years of this
cycle also were originally determined
by the heliacal-rising system, 170 and
n. ; — Varâhamihira gives the rule that
Prabhava, the first year of this cycle,
commences when Jupiter comes to
Dhanishṭhâ and rises in Mâgha, 173,
174; — comments on this rule, which is
not correct for the mean-sign system,
but is nearly so for the heliacal-rising
system, 173 n., 174; — the Sixty-Year
Cycle by the mean-sign system, was
current in Southern, as well as in North-
ern, India, at least up to A.D. 804, . .
80 n.; — the proof that the epoch of the
Gupta era was not determined by this
cycle . . . . . . . . 34
Jupiter, the planet; the use of the Sixty-
Year Cycle, according to the southern
luni-solar system, seems to have been
introduced between A.D. 804 and 866,
. . 80 n.; — and the epoch of the Gupta
era cannot have been determined by
this cycle . . . . . . 33, 34
Jyêshṭhaśarmârya, a grantee . . . 243
Jyôtishadarpaṇa, an astrological work;
its date is A.D. 1557-58, . . 175; — a
quotation from it in support of the
heliacal-rising system of the Twelve-
Year Cycle of Jupiter . . . . 170
ka, an affix from which certain modern
declensional suffixes are derived 69,
113, 117, 121, 125, 126, 130, 135, 197, 261
Kâbul, the Hindu kings of; remarks on
some of their coins, which have been
supposed to bear dates in the Gupta
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Kâcha; the name of two chieftains
mentioned in an inscription in the
Ajaṇṭâ caves, 27 n.;—the name also
occurs on certain gold coins which
have always been attributed to Ghaṭôt-
kacha; but, if they are Early Gupta
coins, as seems probable, they must
be attributed to Samudragupta, and
Kâcha must be his biruda or second
name . . . . . . 18, 27 n.
Kâcharapallika, an ancient village in the
Maṇinâga pêtha . . . . 138
Kahâum, a village in the Gôrakhpur Dis-
trict; mentioned under the ancient
name of Kakubha or Kakubhagrâma,
66, 67; — the pillar inscription of
Skandagupta . . . . 65
Kailâsa, a mountain in the Himâlaya
range, 78, 85, 86; — mentioned as one
of the breasts of the earth . . 86 and n.
Kailâsakûṭabhavana, the palace of the
Ṭhâkurî rulers of Nêpâl . 178 to 182, 189, 190
Kaira (Khêḍâ), the chief town of the
Kaira District; mentioned under the
ancient name of Khêṭaka, 95 n., 173,
189;—examination of the date in the
grant of Dharasêna IV. of the (Gupta-
Valabhî) year 330 . . . . 93
Kaira District, an inscription from the . 171
Kâka, a tribe, conquered by Samudra-
gupta . . . . . . 14
Kâkanâda, the ancient name of Sâñchi in
the Asôka period . . . . 31
Kâkanâdabôta, the name of the great
Stûpa at Sâñchi in the Gupta period 31, 32, 262
Kakka, a proper name . . 148, 150
Kakubha, Kakubhagrâma, the ancient
Sanskrit name of Kahâum . . 66, 67
kâla, 'time, a space of time,' may be
used in the sense of 'an era,' and is so
used in respect of the Vikrama and
Śaka eras; but there is no ancient
authority for the early existence of
the term Gupta-Kâla for the Gupta
era . . . . . . 19, 22
Kalachuri, a dynasty of kings in Central
India; their dynastic name occurs under
the Sanskritised form of Kalatsûri, in a
record of the sixth century A.D.; and
they are perhaps mentioned, under the
name of the Ârjunâyanas, in the Allah-
âbâd pillar inscription . . . 10
Kalachuri or Chêdi era, an era used by
the Kalachuri kings of Central India;
early instances of the use of it are per-
haps to be found in the records of the
Mahârâjas of Uchchakalpa, which,
however, would seem to require for the
era an epoch about twenty-five years
later than the epoch of A.D. 249-50
proposed by Gen. Sir A Cunningham,
8, 9, 10;—also in the grants of the
Traikûṭaka Mahârâjas, 9 n.;—(and
possibly in the Bôdh-Gayâ inscription
of Mahânâman, the date of which has
been referred in this volume to the
Gupta era, 16, 275);—Prof. Kielhorn
quoted as having fixed the commence-
ment of the era in A.D. 249, with the
epoch of A.D. 248-49 . . . 10
Kali age (see also Kaliyuga era), the last
and worst of the four Yugas or ages
of the world; the one in which we now
are . . . . . . 156, 168, 182
Kâlindî, the river Yamuna (Jamnâ) . 90
Kaliyuga era, an era commencing, with
the beginning of the Kali age, in B.C.
3102, though usually represented as com-
mencing in B.C. 3101; it is of but rare
use in epigraphical records, 69 n.;—
quotations of the reckoning of this era,
both by current and by expired years,
from Hindu almanacs, 138 to 141;—its
duration is 432,000 years of men; and
we are still only in the saṁdhyâ of it, 138
to 141, 139 n.;—it was the original
astronomical era of the Hindus; and
the substitution of the Śaka era for it,
for astronomical purposes, seems to have
taken place between A.D. 476 and 587 143
kalpa-tree, a fabulous tree in Indra's
paradise, granting all desires . . 168, 228
Kâmadêva, the god of love (see also
Smara); a mention of his two wives,
Prîti and Rati, 85;—a reference to
his bow of flowers, 86;—a reference to
his destruction by Śiva, 87;—an enu-
meration of the five flowers that form
his arrows, 87;—mentioned as having
a banner of flowers . . . 58
Kamaladêvî, wife of Dêvaguptadêva of
Magadha . . . . . 217
Kâmarûpa, a country, the modern Assam,
or its western portion; Samudragupta
either included it in his empire, or else
extended his conquests up to the con-
fines of it . . . . 9 n., 14 and n.
Kanauj, a town in the Farrukhâbâd Dis-
trict; perhaps mentioned, in connec-
tion with Samudragupta, under the
ancient name of Pushpapura . . 5, 12
Kanauj, Harshavardhana of, or more
properly of Thâṇêsar; his genealogy . 232
Kâñchî, a town in Southern India, the
modern 'Conjeveram;' in the time of
Samudragupta, its king was Vishṇu-
gôpa . . . . . . 13
Kâṇḍârya, a grantee . . . . 243
Kângra District, an inscription from the 286
Kaṇva or Kaṇvâyana, a tribe, family, or
dynasty; there is no foundation for
the supposition that the Kaṇva prince
Nârâyaṇa, mentioned in the Vishṇu-
Purâṇa, is mentioned as the Tushâra
king Vishṇu, in the Tusâm rock in-
scription . . . . . 270
Kapâlêśvara, the god Śiva, as 'the lord
who is decorated with a garland of
skulls' . . . . . . 290
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karaṇa, 'a document' . . . 242 and n.
Karañjaviraka, or perhaps Karañjachi-
raka, an ancient river in the Beṇṇâ-
kârpara bhâga . . . . . 248
Kâritalâî, a village in the Jabalpur Dis-
trict; the grant of Jayanâtha of the
(Gupta or Kalachuri) year 174 . . . 117
kartṛi, 'a maker,' a technical term for the
composer of a record, as opposed to
the person who reduces it to writing 88, 99 n.
Kartṛipura, a town, in the east or north-
east; Samudragupta either included it
in his empire, or else extended his con-
quests up to the confines of it 9 n., 14 and n.
Kârttikêya, the god of war (see also
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322 CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM, VOL. III.
kḷipta, a fiscal term, requiring explana-
tion . . . . . 242, 249
Kollapûraka, an ancient village in the
Bennâkârpara bhâga . . . 248
Kôṇadêvî, wife of Âdityasêna of Maga-
dha, 208, 212, 217, —mentioned with
the paramount titles, 212;—called
Kôshadêvî in a late inscription . 213 n.
Koṇḍarâja, a proper name . . . 241
korata, a fiscal term, requiring explana-
tion . . . . . 248 and n.
Kôrparagartâ, an ancient village, or a
boundary-trench, in Baghêlkhaṇḍ . 105
Kôrparika, an ancient agrahâra, in Ba-
ghêlkhaṇḍ . . . . . 104
Kôsala, a country in Southern India; in
the time of Samudragupta, its king was
Mahêndra, 13;—Tîvaradêva had the
title of 'supreme lord of Kôsala,' with
reference to the more northern country
of the same name . . . 296
Kôsam, a village in the Allahâbâd Dis-
trict, the modern representative of the
ancient Kauśâmbî; the Allahâbâd
column, containing the Aśôka inscrip-
tions and the posthumous pillar in-
scription of Samudragupta, may
possibly have stood originally at this
place, 2;—the image inscription of
Bhîmavarman of the (Gupta) year 139 266
Kôśavardhana, a mountain from which
the monkey-king Hanumat took a leap
through the air . . . 205 and n.
Kôshadêvî, used by mistake, in a late in-
scription, for Kôṇadêvî . . 213 n., 214 n.
Kôta, a family, tribe, or dynasty, conquer-
ed by Samudragupta, and perhaps
holding the city of Pushpapura at that
time . . . . . 6, 12
Koṭṭûra on the hill, a town in Southern
India; in the time of Samudragupta, its
king was Svâmidatta . . 7 n., 13
Kramâditya, a biruda or second name
of Skandagupta . . . . 18
Kṛishṇa, the god Vishṇu incarnate as the
son of Vasudêva and Dêvakî, 55, 223;—
mentioned under the name of Vâsudêva,
286;—mention of his wife Jâmbavatî,
270;—an image of Kṛishṇa was set
up in the Barâbar Hill cave by Anan-
tavarman . . . . . 223
Kṛishṇagupta (Gupta of Magadha), 205;—
he came very shortly after Skanda-
gupta . . . . . 14
kṛita, 'accomplished,' i.e. 'completed,'
(years) . . . . 73 n., 254
Kṛita age, the first of the four Yugas or
ages of the world, characterised by
truth and virtue; 'the golden age' 45,
181, 240, 248
Kṛitânta, the god Yama, as 'the one by
whom death is accomplished' 38, 44,
51, 54, 157, 257
Kṛitânta-paraśu, an epithet of Samudra-
gupta, 28, 44, 51, 54, 257;—it occurs
also on his coins . . . . 28 n.
Kshatrapas or Mahâkshatrapas of Saurâ-
shṭra; the family or dynastic name of
'Sah' or 'Sâh' which has been allotted
to them, is only based on the custom
of omitting superscript vowels in the
legends on their coins . . . . 36 n.
Kubêra, the god of wealth, mentioned
under the names of Dhanada, 14, 21,
28, 44, 51, 54, 257;—and Dhanêśa 169, 181
Kubêra of Dêvarâshṭra, a king in South-
ern India, conquered by Samudragupta 13
kul-âkhyâ, 'a family appellation' . . 36
kulaputra, 'high-born' . . 190, 241, 248
Kumâradêva, a grantee . . . 105
Kumâradêva, Mahârâja (of Uchchakal-
pa), 119, 123, 128, 131, 138; — his
wife was Jayasvâminî 119, 123, 128, 131, 138
Kumâradêvî, daughter of Lichchhavi or
of a Lichchhavi prince, and wife of
Chandragupta I. . . 16, 44, 51, 54, 257
Kumâradêvî, wife of Ôghadêva of Uchcha-
kalpa . . . . 119, 123, 128, 131, 138
Kumâragupta (Early Gupta), 7, 17, 40, 41,
44, 47, 50, 51, 55, 80, 86; — he had the
biruda or second name of Mahêndra or
Mahêndrâditya, 18; — in the Mankuwâr
inscription he has only the feudatory
title of Mahârâja, 46, 47; — a half ille-
gible reference to his wife, 50; — his
Gaḍhwâ inscription, date lost, 39; — his
Gaḍhwâ inscription of the (Gupta) year
98, . . 40; — his Bilsaḍ pillar inscrip-
tions of the year 96, . . 42; — his Man-
kuwâr image inscription of the year
129, . . 45; — the Mandasôr inscription,
which gives the date of Mâlava-Saṁvat
493 for his feudatory Bandhuvarman,
79; — the value of this record, in prov-
ing that the Gupta era runs from an
epoch in or very close to A.D. 319-20,
. . 65;—the Sâñchi inscription of the
(Gupta) year 131, which may belong
to his time, 260;—a fragmentary in-
scription at Gaḍhwâ, which may belong
to his time . . . . 264
Kumâragupta (Gupta of Magadha), 206;
— he conquered Îśânavarman . . 206
Kumârâmâtya, an official title, 16 and n.,
52, 170, 218;—used in connection with
Mahâdaṇḍanâyaka and Sândhivigra-
hika . . . . . 16
Kumâranâga, a grantee . . . 128
Kumâraśarmârya, a grantee, 242;—
another of the same name, 243; — and
a third of the same name . . . 243
Kumârasêna, a grantee . . . 105
Kumârasvâmin, a grantee . . 138
Kurus, the land of the Northern . 160 and n.
Kuśalaprakâśa, Nihilapati, the Dûtaka of
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THE GUPTA INSCRIPTIONS; INDEX. 323
kuśalin, being in good health,' used in
the preamble of grants . 119 and n.,
123, 128, 132, 138, 169, 217, 298
Kusthalapura, a town in Southern India;
in the time of Samudragupta, its king
was Dhananjaya . . . . . 13
Kuṭila, a conventional name for a parti-
cular variety of the northern alphabet. 201
ḷ, a southern letter; instances of its use
in northern inscriptions . . . . 4, 269
Laghu-Ārya-Siddhānta, the customary
name of the Siddhānta by the second
Āryabhaṭa; the date of it is between
A.D. 628-29 and 1150-51 . . . 156 n.
Lāhôr, the chief town of the Lāhôr Dis-
trict; the seal of the Mahārāja Mahēś-
varanāga . . . . . . 282
Lāhôr Provincial Museum, an inscription
from the . . . . . . 25
Lakshmā, a proper name . . . 40
Lakshmī, wife of the god Vishṇu, and
goddess of wealth and fortune (see
also Śrī), 61, 286;—mention of a form
of this goddess, at Mānapura, under the
name of Pishṭapurī or Pishṭapurikādēvī,
113 and n., 116, 132, 138;—Lakshmī
and elephants, on seals of grants . 191, 196
Lakshmīvatī, wife of Īśānavarman 220 n., 221
Lambôshṭha, a grantee . . . 105
lāñchhana, 'a crest,' as distinguished
from dhvaja, 'a banner' . . . 151 n.
Laṅkā, one of the names of Ceylon 275,
277, 278
Lāṭa vishaya, an ancient name of Central
and Southern Gujarāt . . . 80, 84
Lauhitya, the river Brahmaputra (see
also Lôhitya) . . . . 145, 148
lēkhaka, a 'writer' (see also likhita), a
technical term for the actual drafter
or writer of a record, as opposed to
the composer of it . . . 88, 291
Lichchhavi, the traditional name of a
very early member of the family of the
Lichchhavis of Nêpâl . . . 185
Lichchhavi (see also Lichchhivi) the per-
sonal or tribal name of the father-in-law
of Chandragupta I., 16, 28, 44, 51;—
whence the name of 'the Lichchhavis'
appears on some of his coins, 135;—
and the epithet 'daughter's son of Lich-
chhavi or of a Lichchhavi' was always
applied to his son Samudragupta. 135,
16, 28, 44, 51, 54, 257
Lichchhavi era; this would probably be
the more correct name of the so-called
Gupta era . . . . . . 136
Lichchhavi-kula-kētu, 'the banner or
glory of the Lichchhavi family;' an epi-
thet of Śivadēva I. of Nêpâl, 177,
178; — and of Dhruvadēva of Nêpâl . 181
Lichchhavi rulers of Nêpâl; their early
traditional genealogy, which is traced
back to the god Brahman through
Sûrya or the Sun, 185;— in accordance
with which, their family is mentioned
in the Nêpâl Vaṁśāvalī as a Sûrya-
vaṁśi family, i.e. as belonging to the
Sûryavaṁśa or Solar Lineage, 188; —
but, in the code of Manu, a Lichchhavi
or Lichchhivi is defined as the offspring
of a degraded Kshatriya, 16 n.;—
mention of their family under the
names of Lichchhavikula and
Lichchhavivaṁśa, 177, 178, 181, 185;—
and with the indication that it had
originally another name, not now
known, 185; —the first historical person
in the family is Jayadēva I., 185, 186;—
the palace of the Lichchhavi rulers of
Nêpâl was Mānagṛiha, 177, 178, 180, 181,
189, 190; — they used the so-called
Gupta era, 96, 184, 188; — instances of
this, 178, 182, 183, 184; — the dates of
the known members of this family,
189; — they seem to have had the
government of the eastern portion
of Nêpâl, 190; — the great antiquity of
the Lichchhavi clan or tribe, 135; —
the connection by marriage between
the Lichchhavis of Nêpâl and the Early
Guptas, 135; — so-called Gupta
era is probably a Lichchhavi era,
dating from the monarchical consti-
tution of the Lichchhavis, or from the
accession of Jayadēva I. in Nêpâl . . 136
Lichchhivi, a variant for Lichchhavi; as
the personal or tribal name of the
father-in-law of Chandragupta I., 54,
257; — and in the code of Manu . . 16 n.
likhita, 'written' (see also lēkhaka),
a technical term in connection with
the manual drafting or writing of a
record, as opposed to the composition
and engraving of it . 99 and n., 105,
109, 116, 120, 124, 129, 134, 139, 171, 190
liṅga, the phallic emblem, connected
with the worship of Śiva 180 and n.,
182, 241, 248
Lôhitya, the river Brahmaputra (see also
Lauhitya) . . . . . 206
Lôkakâla, a method of reckoning by
cycles of a hundred years; Albêrûnî's
illustration of the conversion of Lôka-
kâla dates into Śaka dates through the
Gupta reckoning, 26 n.; — it entails the
use of the first current year of the
Gupta era, not of its epoch, 27 n.; —
according to Kalhaṇa's statement in
the Rājataraṁgiṇī, the first year of
each Lôkakâla cycle coincided with
the forty-eighth current year of each
century of the Śaka era, 26 n.;—
according to Albêrûnî's statements, the
first year of each Lôkakâla cycle in
Multân and those parts, commenced
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the method of Durlabha of Multân, as
quoted by Albêrûnî, indicates plainly
that the use of the Lôkakâla in that
part of the country only dates from
A.D. 926, and that it was not intro-
duced by, or in the time of, the Early
Guptas . . . . . . . . . 27 n.
Lôkapâla, a regent of one of the quarters
of the world . . . 90 and n., 251 and n.
m; the forms of this letter are a useful
criterion in classifying alphabets . . 3
mâddsyâta, a word requiring explanation 71 and n.
Mâdhava, the god Vishṉu, as 'the de-
scendant of Madhu' . . . . . 206
Mâdhava, Râja, father of Gôparâja; he
married the daughter of a Sarabha
king . . . . . . . . . 93
Mâdhavagupta (Gupta of Magadha), 206,
217; — mentioned in connection with
Harshavardhana of Kanyauj, 207; — his
wife was Śrîmatî or Śrîmatîdêvî . 208, 217
Madhunadî, a river in the Bhôjakaṭa king-
dom . . . . . . . . . 241
Madhusûdana, the god Vishṉu, as 'the
destroyer of the demon Madhu' . . 77
Madhyadêśa, 'the middle country;' an
apparent reference to it . . . . 286
Madra, the person who caused the
Kahâum pillar to be set up . . . 67
Mâdraka, a tribe; conquered by Samudra-
gupta . . . . . . . . . 14
Maghârya, a grantee . . . . . 243
Maghaśarman, a grantee . . . . . 243
Maghavan, the god Indra, as 'the distribu-
tor of gifts' . . . . . . . 156
Mahâ-Âśvayuja saṁvatsara; one of the
years of the Twelve-Year Cycle of
Jupiter . . . . . 110, 117, 104, 115
Mahâbalâdhikṛita, a military title 109
and n., 129, 134
Mahâbalâdhyaksha, a military title, of
the officer who was the superior of the
Balâdhyakshas . . . . . . 179
Mahâbhairava (see Svâmi-Mahâbhairava)
241, 248
Mahâbhârata, the epic poem, mentioned
under this name, the verses quoted from
it being attributed to Vyâsa, 120, 124,
129, 134, 139; — a reference to a sec-
tion of it, or to the whole poem, under
the name of Śatasâhasrî-Saṁhitâ . 139
Mahâ-Chaitra saṁvatsara; one of the
years of the Twelve-Year Cycle of
Jupiter . . . . . . 114, 108
Mahâdaitya, the imaginary name of the
father of Dêvî, the imaginary wife of
Samudragupta . . . . . . 18, 19
Mahâdaṇḍanâyaka, a military title (for a
feminine form of the subordinate title
Daṇḍanâyaka, see 263 n.), 16 and n.,
17, 218; — used in connection with
Mahâkârtâkṛitika, Mahâpratîhâra,
Mahârâja, and Mahâsâmanta, 41, 15 n.,
296 n.; — and in connection with Ku-
mârâmâtya and Sândhivigrahika . . 16
Mahadêva, a grantee . . . . . 105
Mahâdêva, the god Śiva, as 'the great
god' . . . . . . 96, 104, 108, 111
Mahâdêvî, a title of the wives of para-
mount sovereigns, 16 and n., 27, 28, 44,
51, 54, 55, 208, 212, 217, 221, 232, 257;
— applied also to the wives of feuda-
tory Mahârâjas 16 n., 119, 123, 128,
131, 132, 138, 208
Mahâdêvî, the name of the wife of Râj-
yavardhana I., as read from the half-
illegible Sônpat seal (but Dr. Bühler's
reading of the grant discovered since
then, shews that her name was Apsa-
rôdêvî) . . . . . . . . 232
Mahâdêvidêva, a proper name . . . 109
Mahâdhirâja, a feudatory title . . . 41
Mahâ-Jayarâja, see Jayarâja . . 192, 194
Mahâkântara, a country in Southern India;
in the time of Samudragupta, its king
was Vyâghrarâja . . . . . 13
Mahâkârtâkṛitika, an official title; used
in connection with Mahâdaṇḍanâyaka,
Mahâpratîhâra, Mahârâja, and Mahâ-
sâmanta . . . . 41, 15 n., 296 n.
Mahâ-Kâśyapa, an ancient Buddhist saint
277 and n.
Mahâkshapaṭalika, an official title . 190 and n.
Mahâkshatrapas; see Kshatrapas or
Mahâkshatrapas of Saurâshṭra . . 36 n.
Mahâkumârâmâtya, an official title 190 and n.
Mahâ-Mâgha saṁvatsara; one of the years
of the Twelve-Year Cycle of Jupiter 119, 112
Mahânadî, a river . . . . . 228 n.
Mahânâman I., a Buddhist teacher . . 277
Mahânâman II., a Buddhist teacher, 275,
278, 279; — his Bôdh-Gayâ inscrip-
tion of the (Gupta or perhaps Kala-
churi) year 269, . . 274; — his Bôdh-
Gayâ image inscription . . . 278
Mahâpratîhâra, an official title, 183, 190
and n., 218; — used in connection with
Mahâdaṇḍanâyaka, Mahâkârtâkṛitika,
Mahârâja, and Mahâsâmanta, 41,
15 n., 296 n.; — and in connection with
Sarvadaṇḍanâyaka . . . . . 183
Mahârâja, a feudatory title, 17, 41, 177,
178, 180, 181, 183, 189, 190, 15 and n., 1-
25, 28, 36 n., 47, 51, 54, 90, 97, 104, 109,
111, 112, 115, 119, 123, 128, 131, 132,
138, 160, 168, 169, 171, 221, 230, 235,
240, 241, 247, 248, 257, 267, 283, 290;
— it denotes equal rank with Mahâ-
sâmanta, and Mahâsênâpati, 15 n.; —
used in connection with Mahâsâmanta,
289, 290; — in connection with Mahâ-
sênâpati, 15 n., 252; — and, with Mahâ-
sâmanta, in connection with Mahâ-
daṇḍanâyaka, Mahâkârtâkṛitika, and
Mahâpratîhâra, 41, 15 n., 296 n.; —

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Mahārājas of Brāhmaṇ descent, and
of the Maitrāyaṇīya śākhā, 90, 160;
— Mahārājas allotted to the Bhārad-
vāja gōtra, 115; — and to the Vishṇu-
vṛiddha gōtra . . . . 241, 248
Mahārājāddhi, possibly a conventional
abbreviation of Mahārājādhirāja . 25 and n.
Mahārājādhirāja, one of the technical
titles of paramount sovereignty, 17, 41,
180, 182, 189, 10 and n., 16, 25, 27,
28, 32, 33, 36 n., 38, 40, 41, 44, 51, 52,
54, 55, 71, 160, 183, 185, 186, 187, 189,
212, 217, 218, 221, 232, 240, 247, 257;
— its close connection with Parama-
bhaṭṭāraka and Paramēśvara . . 10 n.
Mahāsāmanta, a feudatory title, 41, 177,
178, 179, 181, 189, 190, 148 n., 284, 289,
290; — it denotes equal rank with
Mahārāja and Mahāsēnāpati, 15 n.;
— used in connection with Mahārāja,
289, 290; — and, with Mahārāja, in
connection with Mahādaṇḍanāyaka,
Mahākārtakṛitika, and Mahāpratī-
hāra . . . . 41, 15 n., 296 n.
Mahāsāṁdhivigrahika, an official or mili-
tary title . 16 n., 105 and n., 109, 129, 134
Mahāsarvadaṇḍanāyaka, a military title,
of the officer next in rank above the
Sarvadaṇḍanāyakas . . . 178
Mahāśiva-Tīvararāja, a fuller name of
Tīvaradēva or Tīvararāja . . 293, 298
Mahāsēna, or Svāmi-Mahāsēna, a name of
the god Kārttikēya, as 'the commander
of a large army' . . . . 43, 44
Mahāsēnagupta (Gupta of Magadha),
206; — he conquered Susthitavarman,
15, 206; — Mahāsēnaguptā, wife of
Ādityavardhana, was probably his sister 15
Mahāsēnaguptā, wife of Ādityavardhana,
232 and n.; — she was probably the sister
of Mahāsēnagupta of Magadha . . 15
Mahāsēnāpati, a military title, 252; — it
denotes equal rank with Mahārāja and
Mahāsāmanta, 15 n.; — used in connec-
tion with Mahārāja . . . 252
Mahā-Sudēvarāja, see Sudēvarāja . 197, 199
Mahattara, an official title 169 and n., 170, 218
Mahā-Vaiśākha saṁvatsara; one of the
years of the Twelve-Year Cycle of
Jupiter . . . . 104, 96, 97
Mahāvihārasvāmin, a title of religious
office . . . . . . 272 and n.
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Mâlwa, inscriptions from 72, 79, 142, 149, 150
Mânadêva (Lichchhavi of Nêpâl), 182,
186, 188, 189, 191; — notice of his
inscription of the (Gupta) year 386,
. . 182; — examination of the date,
95;—notice of another inscription of
his time . . . . . . 182
Mânagṛiha, the palace of the Thâkurî
rulers of Nêpâl . 177, 178, 180, 181, 189, 190
Mânapura, an ancient town; perhaps the
modern Mânpur near the Sôn. . 136, 138
Mandâkinî, the river Ganges . . . 184
Mandâr, a hill in the Bhagalpur District;
the rock inscriptions of Âdityasêna . 211
Mandara, a mountain, used as the
churning-stick when the ocean was
churned by the gods and demons . . 206
Mandasôr, a town in Scindia's Dominions;
it is locally known as Dasôr, 79 n.; —
mentioned under the ancient Sanskrit
name of Daśapura, 79 n., 84, 86; — the
inscription of the Mâlava year 529, which
gives the date of the Mâlava year 493
for Kumâragupta and Bandhuvarman,
79; — the value of this record in prov-
ing that the Gupta era runs from an
epoch in or very close to A.D. 319-20,
. 65; — the pillar inscriptions of Yaśô-
dharman, 142, 149; — the ihscription of
Yaśôdharman and Vishṇuvardhana, of
the (Mâlava) year 589 . . . 150
Mândhâtṛi, an epic king . . . 147, 149
Maṅgalîśa (Early Chalukya); the value of
his Bâdâmi cave inscription, of Śaka-
Saṁvat 500 expired, in proving that the
historical starting-point of the Śaka era
is the commencement of the reign of
some particular king or kings of the
Śaka tribe . . . . 142, 143
Maṇinâga pêṭha, an ancient division,
partly in the territory of the Parivrâjaka
Mahârâjas, 116; — and partly in that of
the Mahârâjas of Uchchakalpa . . 138
Mankuwâr, a village in the Allahâbâd
District; the image inscription of Ku-
mâragupta, of the (Gupta) year 129 . 45
Manôratha, Mahâsâṁdhivigrahika, the
writer of the grants of Śarvanâtha of
the (Gupta or Kalachuri) years 193
and 197 . . . . 129, 134, 139
Maṇṭarâja of Kêrala, a king in Southern
India, conquered by Samudragupta . 13
Manu, the traditional author or compiler
of a code of law, 147, 168, 182; —
instance of a certain verse being allotted
to him, which is usually quoted as be-
ing written by Vyâsa in the Mahâ-
bhârata . . . . . 99 n.
Mârgaśîrsha, one of the Hindu lunar
months; a rare instance of its being
intercalary . . . . . 93
mâtaraḥ, the divine Mothers . 48 and n., 51, 78.
maṭha, a religious college . . . 208
Mathurâ, the chief town of the District of
the same name; the inscription of
Chandragupta II., 25; — the image in-
scription of the (Gupta) year 135, . .
262; — the image inscription of the
(Gupta) year 230 . . . . 273
Matila, a king in Northern India, con-
quered by Samudragupta . . . 13
Mâtrârya, a grantee . . . . 243
mâtrâs, the horizontal top strokes of
letters; early instances of their develop-
ment . . . . . . 43, 140
Mâtṛichêṭa, the builder of an ancient
temple of the Sun at Gwâlior . . 163
Mâtṛidâsa, a proper name, 38; — another
person of the same name . . . 163
Mâtṛiśarman, a grantee, 105; — another
of the same name . . . . 243
Mâtṛiśarmârya, a grantee, 243; — another
of the same name . . . . 243
Mâtṛiśiva, Uparika, the additional
Dûtaka of the grant of Śarvanâtha of
the (Gupta or Kalachuri) year 197 . 134
Mâtṛitula, a proper name . . . 163
Mâtṛivishṇu, Mahârâja, 90, 160; — in
conjunction with his younger brother,
Dhanyavishṇu, he caused the Êraṇ
pillar, with the inscription of Budha-
gupta of the (Gupta) year 165, to be
set up, 90; — the temple of Vishṇu,
in front of which is the boar with the
inscription of Tôramâṇa, was finished
by Dhanyavishṇu, for him, after his
death . . . . . . 161
Maukhari, a tribe, clan, or dynasty (see
also Mukhara), 14, 15, 206, 221, 223; —
the Maukharis were defeated by Damô-
daragupta, 206; — they had previously
defeated the Hûṇas, 206; — an instance
of the great antiquity of this tribe, 14;
— intermarriage of the Maukharis with
the Guptas of Magadha, 14, 187; — and
with the Thâkurî rulers of Nêpâl . 187
Mayûrâkshaka, a minister of Viśvavar-
man . . . . . . 78
Mêharaulî, or Mêmharaulî, a village in
the Dehli District; its name is a cor-
ruption of Mihirapurî, 12, 139 and n.;
— the posthumous pillar inscription of
Chandra . . . . . 139
Mêru (see also Sumêru), a mountain
which is supposed to form the central
point of the Hindu world . . 77, 163
Mêsha-Saṁkrânti (see also abdapa), 'the
entrance of the Sun into the sign
Aries;' this is the starting-point of
the year adopted by Prof. K. L.
Chhatre for his processes, 145 n.; —
and it is the commencement of the
Śaka year, taken as a solar year for
astronomical calculation, 101 n.; — the
figures for the abdapa, obtained by
Prof. K. L. Chhatre's Tables, are for
the apparent, not mean, Mêsha-Saṁ-
krânti, 145, 147; — so also those for

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the tithi-śuddhi, 148; — and those for
the tithi-madhyama-kēndra . . . . 149
metres used in this series of records:—
in original passages:—
Âryâ . . . . . . 59, 61, 81, 82,
83, 89, 154, 159, 162, 202, 203, 276, 285, 294
Drutavilambita . . . . . . 82
Gîti . . . . . . . . 49
Hariṇî . . . . . . . . 82
Indravajrâ . . . . 49, 59, 60, 61,
71, 82, 83, 92, 153, 258, 259
Mâlinî 53, 61, 82, 152, 153, 154, 162, 209, 250
Mandâkrântâ . . 6, 76, 83, 154, 225
Pushpitâgrâ . . . . . . 83, 152
Ruchirâ . . . . . . . 259
Śâlinî . . . . . . . . 154
Śârdûlavikrîḍita . 6, 44, 54, 70, 75,
76, 81, 141, 153, 163, 202, 203,
204, 223, 224, 227, 229, 230, 263, 276
Śikhariṇî . . . . . . 152, 154
Ślôka (Anushṭubh) . 35, 54, 83, 84, 92,
147, 150, 153, 193, 197, 203, 204,
205, 236, 245, 276, 281, 285, 286, 294
Sragdharâ . . 6, 44, 67, 146, 149,
153, 154, 202, 203, 204, 222, 225, 230, 276
Svâgatâ . . . . . . . 229
Upajâti of Indravajrâ and Upêndravajrâ
59, 60, 81, 83, 152, 153
Upêndravajrâ . . . . 49, 81, 82, 259
Vaitâlîya-Aupachchhandasika . . . 59
Vaṁśastha . . . . 49, 60, 61, 82, 259
Vasantatilaka . . . . 20, 61,
74, 76, 81, 82, 83, 153, 178, 203, 204, 285
in standard benedictive and imprecat-
ory verses:—
Indravajrâ . . . . . 194, 198, 296
Ślôka (Anushṭubh) 96, 104, 108, 115,
119, 122, 127, 133, 137, 167, 179, 180,
194, 198, 238, 247, 289, 296
Upajâti of Indravajrâ and Upêndravajrâ
115, 180
Vasantatilaka . . . . 194, 198, 295
Mihira, a tribe or clan, among the Hûṇas,
to which Tôramâṇa and Mihirakula
belonged, and identical with the Mai-
trakas, 12; — the name is probably pre-
served in the name of Mêharault . 12, 139 n.
Mihirakula, of the Mihira tribe or clan
among the Hûṇas, king of Śâkala in
the Pañjâb, and the final overthrower
of the Early Gupta power, 10, 11, 12,
148, 150, 163; — he overthrew Paśupati,
163; — he was subdued by Yaśôdhar-
man, 148, 150; — his Gwâlior inscrip-
tion . . . . . . . . 161
Mihiralakshmî, wife of Ravishêṇa . 290, 291 n.
Mihirapurî, evidently the original form of
the name of Mêharaulî . . 12, 139 n.
Mihirêśvara, a form of the god Śiva,
combined with the Sun . . . 288, 290
Mitrasvâmin, a grantee . . . . 120
Mlêchchha, a tribe, conquered by Skan-
dagupta . . . . . . . 62

Mōkhali, an early Pâli form of Maukhari 14
Môkshaśarman, a grantee . . . 243
months, lunar, names of the, as used in
this series of records, in the other
Gupta-Valabhî dates quoted for calcu-
lation, and in the Nêpâl inscriptions:—
Âshâḍha (June-July) . 81, 85, 25, 90, 120
Aśvayuj (September-October) . 183, 262
Aśvayuja (September-October) . 134
Bhâdrapada (August-September) . 181, 34
Chaitra (March-April) 110, 117, 104,
115, 116, 124, 129, 278
Jyaishṭha (May-June) . . 178, 183
Jyêshṭha (May-June) 95, 180, 182, 47,
67, 191, 243, 298
Kârttika (October-November) . 104,
119, 180, 184, 77, 97, 112, 163, 259, 299
Mâgha (January-February) . 114, 108,
109, 200, 268
Mârga (November-December) . . 210
Mârgaśira (November-December) . 93, 195
Pausha (December-January) . 179, 183, 139
Phâlguna (February-March) . 91, 97,
182, 71, 160, 248, 254
Praushṭhapada (August-September) . 64
Pushya (December-January) . . 263
Sahasya (December-January) . . 87
Śrâvaṇa (July-August) . . . 184, 93
Tapasya (February-March) . . 87
Vaiśâkha (April-May) 180, 183, 171, 257, 291
moon; mention of Rôhiṇî as a wife of the
Moon, 286; — the moon as an emblem
on seals . . . . . . 282
Môrbî, a village in Kâṭhiâwâḍ; the grant
of Jâïnka, of the (Gupta) year 585 ex-
pired; remarks on the reading and
interpretation of the date, 21, 97,
58 n.; — examination of the date . 97
Mothers, the divine (see mâtaraḥ) . 48
and n., 51, 78
muhûrta, the thirtieth part of a mean day
and night, a period of forty-eight mi-
nutes, 163; — the only muhûrta men-
tioned by name in dates in the Gupta
era, is Abhijit, in one of the Nêpâl in-
scriptions . . . . . 95, 182
Muhûrta-Tattva, an astrological work;
its date is about A.D. 1498-99, . .
175; — a quotation from it in support
of the heliacal-rising system of the
Twelve-Year Cycle of Jupiter . . 170
Mukhara, a variant of Maukhari . . 230
Mûlaśarman, a grantee . . . . 243
mûlya, 'an endowment,' equivalent to
akshaya-nîvî, 'a perpetual endow-
ment' . . . . . 33 and n., 71
Muradvish, the god Vishṇu, as 'the enemy
of the demon Mura' . . . . 286
Muruṇḍa, a tribe, conquered by
Samudragupta . . . . . 14
Muruṇḍadêvî, Muruṇḍasvâminî, wife of
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328 CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM, VOL. III.
Nachnê-kî-talâî, a village in the Jasô
State; the inscriptions of Pṛithivîshêṇa 211
Nâga race or tribe; a possible allusion to
a defeat of the Nâgas by Skandagupta,
62 and n.; — and by Tîvaradêva, 298
and n.; — the Mahârâja Mahêśvara-
nâga must have been of this race,
283; — other chiefs of this race are
probably to be found in Gaṇapatinâga,
Nâgadatta, and Nâgasêna, who were
conquered by Samudragupta . . 12, 13
Nâgabhaṭṭa, a proper name . . . 283
Nâgadatta, a king in Northern India,
conquered by Samudragupta . . . 13
Nâgadêya santaka, an ancient division in
the territories of the Mahârâjas of
Uchchakalpa, 120; — it is not to be
identified with the modern Nâgaudh . 94 n.
Nagara bhukti, an ancient territorial
division in Bihâr . . . . 218
Nâgârjunî Hill, in the Gayâ District;
mentioned as a part of the Vindhya
range, 227, 228; — the cave inscrip-
tions of Anantavarman . . . 223, 226
Nâgasarî, an ancient village or tank in
Bâghêlkhaṇḍ . . . . . 105
Nâgaśarman, a grantee, 105; — another
of the same name, 243; — and a third
of the same name . . . . 243
Nâgasêna, a king in Northern India,
conquered by Samudragupta . . 12, 13
Nâgasiṁha, Mahâbalâdhikrita, the
Dûtaka of the grant of Hastin of the
(Gupta) year 191 . . . . 109
Nâgaudh or Nâgaundh, the name of a
State in Bâghêlkhaṇḍ; it is possibly
derived from nâgavadha or nâgabandha,
but is certainly not to be identified
with Nâgadêya, 94 n.; — inscriptions
from this State . . 93, 100, 106, 110,
112, 121, 125, 129, 132, 135
Nâgavatsasvâmin, a grantee . . . 199
Nâgpur Provincial Museum, inscriptions
from the . . . . . 191, 196
Naigama, 'an interpreter of Vêdic quota-
tions and words' . . . . 156
'nail-headed' characters . . 19 and n., 106
nakshatra, 'a lunar mansion,' 163; —
the grouping of the nakshatras for
naming the years of the Twelve-Year
Cycle of Jupiter, according to the
heliacal-rising system, 162, 163; — a
variation by Garga and Parâśara, as
quoted by Utpala, from the usually
accepted grouping, 163 n.; — the longi-
tudes of the ending-points of the nak-
shatras, according to the equal-space
system, by which each nakshatra repre-
sents the exact twenty-seventh part of
the ecliptic circle; according to the Garga
system of unequal spaces, governed by .
the same primary division; and accord-
ing to the Brahma-Siddhânta system
of unequal spaces, governed by the
moon's daily mean motion, and intro-
ducing the additional nakshatra
Abhijit, 165; — the proof that we must
apply one or other of the unequal-
space systems in dealing with the
records of the Early Gupta period,
106; — and that one or other of them
was in use, or both of them were, up
to A.D. 862, . . 107 n.; — Dhanishṭhâ
was the first nakshatra for the Five-
Year Cycle of the Vêdâṅga-Jyautisha;
and it seems to have been taken by
Varâhamihira as the first nakshatra
for the Sixty-Year Cycle of Jupiter
according to the mean-sign system,
173 n.; — the only nakshatra mention-
ed by name in dates in the Gupta era,
is Rôhiṇî, in one of the Nêpâl inscrip-
tions . . . . . . . 95, 182
Nâlanda, or Nâlandâ, an ancient Buddhist
site in Bihâr; an apparent mention of
it . . . . . . . 210
namas, 'reverence,' an invocation con-
nected with the names of gods, &c., at
the commencement of inscriptions; it
usually governs a dative case, 96, 104,
108, 115, 259; — but there are instances
in which it is used with the genitive 46 n., 47
names, proper, the abbreviation of, 8 n.; —
the only available instance of varia-
tion in the first and distinctive part of
a king's name, 183; — special termina-
tions of proper names in this series
of records; and in the Nêpâl inscrip-
tions, as far as the contents of them
are quoted: —
âditya; with Bâla, Dharma, Krama,
Mahêndra, Prakâṭa, Śîla, Vikrama.
âḍhya; with Dêva.
aṅka; with Vikrâma.
arka; with Bhaṭa, Udyôta.
ârya; with Bappa, Bhôjakadêva, Dêva,
Dêvaśarman, Dharma, Gaṇa, Hariśar-
man, Îśvaraśarman, Jyêshṭhaśarman,
Kâṇḍa, Kumâraśarman, Magha,
Mahêśvara Mâtṛi, Mâtṛiśarman, Nan-
dana, Rêvatîśarman, Rôha, Rudra,
Rudraśarman, Śarman, Skanda,
Sôma, Sômaśarman, Svâmidêva,
Svâtiśarman, Varaśarman.
âryâ; with Bhadra.
bala; with Gôśûrasiṁha, Hari, Indra,
Vishṇu.
bhaṭa; with Dêra, Dhrû, Dhruva, Hari,
Pulinda, Skanda, Vishṇu.
bhaṭṭa; with Nâga.
bhaṭṭâ; with Jaya.
bhaṭṭaka; with Tila.
bhaṭṭî; with Vatsa.
bhûti; with Dhruva, Rudra.
bôja (see 31 n.); with Raṅka.
chandra; with Râma, Suraśmi

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chêṭa; with Mâtṛi.
dâsa (see 11 n.); with Ajagara, Bhu-
jaṁga, Dharma, Îśvara, Mâtṛi, Śiva,
Varâha, Vishṇu.
datta; with Abhaya, Bhaga, Bhâskara,
Bhava, Dhruva, Divâkara, Gauri,
Hara, Nâga, Nara, Parṇa, Phalgu,
Ravi, Śarva, Shashṭhî, Sûrya, Svâmin,
Vasu, Vibhu.
dêva; with Âdityasêna, Bâlâditya,
Bâppa, Bhôjaka, Dêvagupta, Dharma,
Dhruva; Harsha, Jaya, Jîvitagupta,
Kaudrava, Kumâra, Mahâdêvî, Mahê,
Mâna, Nanna, Narêndra, Ôgha,
Rudra, Rukhara, Śaṁkara, Śaśâṅka,
Śîlâditya, Śiva, Skanda, Svâmin,
Tîvara, Udaya, Vasanta, Vijaya,
Vishṇu, Vṛisha, Vyâghra.
dêvî; with Ajjhita, Bhâgya, Bhôga,
Datta, Dhruva, Ijjâ, Kamala, Kôna,
Kumâra, Muruṇḍa, Râma, Śrîmatî,
Vatsa.
dharman (see 145 n.); with Yaśas.
dinna (see 124 n.); with Varâha, Vîki.
dôsha; with Bhagavat, Dharma.
gômika; with Chhôḍu.
gômin; with Chhôḍu.
gôpa; with Vishṇu.
graha; with Bha or Bhâ, Khara.
gupta (see 8 n., 11 n.); with Ananta,
Bhânu, Budha, Chandra, Dâmôdara,
Dêva, Dharma, Hari, Harsha, Jishṇu,
Jîvita, Kṛishṇa, Kumâra, Mâdhava,
Mahâsêna, Ravi, Samudra, Śiva,
Skanda, Vishṇu.
guptâ; with Ananta, Bhânu, Harsha,
Mahâsêna, Prabhâvatî, Upa.
ila; in Matila, Râjyila, Saṅghila, Sômila.
jaya; with Dhanam.
kâma; with Parachakra.
kârdava; with Amra or Âmra.
kîrtti; with Guñja, Ravi.
kula; with Mihira.
kumbha; with Dôsha.
lakshmî; with Mihira.
mitra; with Âkhaṇḍala, Buddha, Dêva,
Durdhara, Haṁsa, Pushya, Ṛishi,
Sûrya.
nâga; with Bhava, Dêva, Gaṇapati,
Kumâra, Mahêśvara, Śakti, Śarva,
Skanda, Svâmin.
nâman; with Mahâ (Mahat).
nandin; with Vishṇu.
nâtha; with Jaya, Śarva.
paksha; with Śâla.
pâla; with Śiśu.
pâlita; with Chakra.
pati; with Paśu.
paṭṭa; with Dhara.
prakâśa; with Kuśala.
putra; with Daiva, Gautami or Gautamî,
Sandhyâ.

râja; with Dêva, Gôpa, Jaya, Koṇḍa,
Maṇṭa, Nîla, Śatrughna, Sudêva,
Tîvara, Vyâghra.
râta; with Amra or Âmra, Vyâghra,
Yaśas.
śarman (see 11 n.); with Bhartṛi, Dêva,
Dhruva, Gô, Gôṇḍa, Guha, Hari, Îśvara,
Jyêshṭha, Kumâra, Magha, Mâtṛi,
Môksha, Mûla, Nâga, Rêvati, Rudra,
Śânti, Sôma, Su, Svâti, Vara, Varuṇa.
sêna; with Âditya, Ananta, Daṁshṭra,
Dhara, Dhruva, Guha, Hari, Kumâra,
Nâga, Pravara, Pṛithivî, Ravi, Rudra,
Saṁjaya, Samudra, Siddha, Skambha,
Sûra or Śûra, Ugra, Upa, Varuṇa,
Vasanta, Vikrama, Vîra.
siddha; with Sana.
siṁha; with Drôṇa.
singha; with Achala, Drôṇa.
sinha; with Bhrukuṇṭha, Nâga.
śiva; with Bhâra, Mâtṛi, Sûkshma.
sôma; with Bhaṭṭi, Rudra.
svâmika; with Dhṛiti.
svâmin; with Agni, Ananta, Bappa,
Bhava, Brahmadêva, Dêva, Divâkara,
Gômika, Gôpa, Gôri, Gôvinda, Guhila,
Jaya, Kumâra, Mitra, Nâgavatsa,
Śarva, Savitṛi, Svâti, Vindu.
svâminî; with Hari, Jaya, Muruṇḍa,
Śikhara.
trâta; with Hari, Sôma, Vishṇu, Yaśas.
tula; with Mâtṛi.
vâdha; with Sarva.
vardhana; with Âditya, Harsha, Pra-
bhâkara, Râjya, Vishṇu, Yaśas.
varman (see 11 n.); with Achala,
Âditya, Aṁśu, Ananta, Avanti, Bala,
Bandhu, Bhîma, Bhôga, Bôdhi, Chan-
dra, Chitra, Hari, Hastin, Îśâna,
Îśvara, Jaya, Nara, Śârdûla, Sarva,
Susthita, Vibhu, Viśva, Yajña.
vatsa; with Bandhu, Nâga.
vishṇu; with Dêva, Dhanya, Hari,
Indra, Mâtṛi, Varuṇa.
vriddha; with Vishṇu.
Nandanârya, a grantee . . . . . 243
Nandi, or Nandin, the bull, the vehicle
of the god Śiva; a reference to him as
an emblem on Śiva's banner . . . 147
Nandin, a king in Northern India, con-
quered by Samudragupta . . . . 13
Nannadêva, of the Pâṇḍuvaṁśa, 293,
298; — his adopted son was Tîvara-
dêva, 293 and n., 298 and n.; — his son
by birth was Chandragupta . . . . 293 n.
naptṛi, and pranaptṛi, as contrasted with
pautra and prapautra, may fairly be
rendered by 'grandson' and 'great-
grandson' . . . . . . . 97 n.
Nara, a class of mythical beings, allied
to the Gandharvas and Kinnaras . . 84
Nârada, an ancient sage, the inventor of
the lute . . . . . . . . 14
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