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THE GUPTA INSCRIPTIONS; INDEX. 321
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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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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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
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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

THE GUPTA INSCRIPTIONS; INDEX. 327

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

THE GUPTA INSCRIPTIONS; INDEX. 329
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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330 CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM, VOL. III.
Nārada-Saṁhitā, an ancient astrological
work, quoted in support of the heliacal-
rising system of the Twelve-Year Cycle
of Jupiter . . . . . . . 170
Naradatta, Bhôgika and Amâtya . 100, 105, 109
narâdhipati, 'a chief ruler of men,' con-
trasted with janêndra, 'a lord of a
people or tribe' . . . . . 151 and n.
Naravarman, a Mâlava feudatory of
Chandragupta II. or of Kumâragupta . 76
Nârâyaṇa, a Kaṇva or Kaṇvâyana prince,
mentioned in the Vishṇu-Purâṇa;
there is no foundation for the supposi-
tion that he is mentioned, as the
Tushâra king Vishṇu, in the Tusâm
rock inscription . . . . . . 270
Nârâyaṇa, the god Vishṇu, as 'he whose
path or station is the waters' . . . 161
Narêndradêva (Thâkurî of Nêpâl) 186, 187, 189, 191
Narmadâ, a river, the modern 'Nerbudda'
(see also Rêvâ) . . . . . 90
Nashtî . . . . . ., an ancient town or village
in the Sukuli dêśa . . . . . 32
Nâtha, Sâṁdhivigrahika, writer of the
grant of Śarvanâtha, of the (Gupta or
Kalachuri) year 214 . . . . 139
Nêpâla, a country, the modern Nêpâl;
Samudragupta either included it in his
empire, or else extended his conquests
up to the confines of it, 14 and n.;— the
chronology of the early rulers of the
country, Appendix IV., 177 to 191;—
their dates, 189;— the double govern-
ment of the country, during this period,
by the Lichchhavis of Mânagṛiha and
'the Thâkurîs of Kailâsakûṭabhavana,
188, 189;— later instances of the same
system of double government, 188 n.;—
the earliest eras in this country were
the Gupta era, used by the Lichchhavi
rulers, 95, 96, 184, 188;— and the
Harsha era, used by the Thâkurî rulers,
95, 96, 184, 189;— the tradition of the
Vaṁśâvali, that Vikramâditya came
to Nêpâl and established his era there,
refers really to the introduction of the
Harsha era, 184, 185;— but, under the
name of the Nêwâr era, an offshoot of
the Vikrama era, according to its
southern reckoning, was introduced in
A.D. 880, . . 74, 184;— and, in more
modern times, the Vikrama era itself,
from Northern India . . . . . 76
Nêwâr era; an era used during a certain
period in Nêpâl; its years being taken
as current years, it commenced in A.D.
880, with the epoch of A.D. 879-80,
. . 74, 75;— the peculiarity of it, is,
that it is an offshoot of the southern
Vikrama era, with Kârttika śukla 1 as
the initial day of each year, and with
the Amânta arrangement of the lunar
fortnights, 74, 75, 76;— the epigraphi-
cal names for the era, 74 n.;— exa-
mination of certain dates recorded in it . 75
Newton, Mr.; views expressed by him on
the Gupta era and connected matters 43
nîchôchcha-mâsa (see also kêndra), 'the
anomalistic month,' the period in
which the moon comes from perigee
or apogee to the same point again; its
duration is 27 days, 33 ghaṭîs, 16.56
palas, or 27 tithis, 59 ghaṭîs, 33.36
palas, which figures, and not the
practical equivalent of 28 tithis, are
taken as the governing quantities for
Prof. K. L. Chhatre's Table for the
tithi-kêndra . . . . 149 and n.
nickname (paribhûta-nâman), an instance
of a . . . . . . . 290
Nihilapati, an official title, requiring
explanation . . . . . 291
Nîlarâja of Avamukta, a king in South-
ern India, conquered by Samudragupta 13
Nimâḍ District, an inscription from the . 219
nirayaṇa, 'destitute of precession of the
equinoxes' . . . . . . 146
Nirmaṇḍ a village in the Kâṅgra District;
mentioned as the ancient Nirmaṇḍa
agrahâra, 290;— the grant of the Ma-
hâsâmanta and Mahârâja Samudra-
sêna . . . . . . . 286
nirvâṇa, 'annihilation of human passion;'
a stage in the Buddhist practices, ante-
rior to parinirvâṇa or complete annihi-
lation of personal existence by absorp-
tion into the all-pervading spirit . 264, 277
North-West Provinces, inscriptions from
the . . . . . . 1, 25, 36,
39, 40, 42, 45, 52, 65, 68, 228, 249,
262, 264, 266, 267, 271, 272, 273, 281, 284
numerical symbols (see also dates); the
dates up to which they continued to
be used, 209 n.;— instances of the use
of them in combination with decimal
figures, 292 n.;— a possible instance of
the vocalisation of numerical symbols,
73 n.;— forms of numerical symbols
illustrated in this series of Plates,—
one . . . . 34, 91, 107, 261, 264, 287
two . . . . 19, 22, 34, 165, 264, 266
three . . . . 4, 19, 30, 34, 48, 107
four . . . . . 4, 19, 30, 34, 117
five 19, 34, 48, 89, 165, 172, 192, 261, 263
six . . . . . . 19, 209, 287
seven . . . . . . 19, 91,
112 (see 274 n.), 172, 209, 266, 274, 292
eight . . . . 4, 37, 41, 46, 236, 253
nine . . . 46, 110, 197, 255, 266, 274
ten 37, 46, 110, 117, 165, 197, 236, 255, 287
twenty . . . . . 46, 112, 192, 253, 263
thirty . . . . . 48, 261, 263, 266, 274
forty . . . . . . . . 172
fifty . . . . . . . . 165
sixty . . . . . . 89, 209, 274
seventy . . . . . . . 117
eighty . . . . . . . 22, 37

THE GUPTA INSCRIPTIONS; INDEX. 331
ninety . . . . . 30, 41, 91, 107
one hundred . . . . 46, 89,
91, 107, 117, 261, 263, 266
two hundred . . . . 165, 273, 274
four hundred . . . . . 172, 253
eight thousand . . . . . 236
numerical words; the earliest epigraphi-
cal and other instances of the use of
them, 73 n. ;—an instance of the use of
them in a date in the Nêwâr era . . 75 n.
ocean; an invocation of the ocean, with
a reference to the legend of the sons
of Sagara, 155; — the western ocean,
148, 157; —the southern ocean, 141; —
the oceans enumerated as four in num-
ber, 27, 44, 51, 54, 86, 90, 160, 231, 257,
290; — the verge of the four oceans is
the marriage-string of the earth, 86; —
their waters are the couch of the god
Vishṇu, 90; — rivers spoken of as the
wives of the ocean, 64; — reference to
the submarine fire . . . 297, 298
Ôghadêva, Mahârâja (of Uchchakalpa),
119, 123, 128, 131, 138; — his wife was
Kumâradêvî . . 119, 123, 128, 131, 138
Oldenberg, Dr. H.; views expressed by
him on the Gupta era and connected
matters . . . . . . 56
ôm, an invocation used at the commence-
ment of inscriptions, books, &c., and
represented throughout this series of
records by a symbol, not by actual
letters, 46 n., 47 and n., 93, 115, 119,
128, 131, 138, 160, 163, 167, 180, 199,
205, 212, 223, 225, 227, 257, 277, 279,
282, 296; — it is not of very frequent
use in Buddhist inscriptions; but there
are instances . . . 46 n., 47, 277, 279, 282
Ôpâṇi, an ancient village in the Maṇi-
nâga pêṭha . . . . . 116
pâdachârin, 'moving on feet; personi-
fied' . . . . . 169 and n., 181
pâdânudhyâta, 'meditating on the feet;'
a technical expression for the relations
of a feudatory to his paramount sover-
eign, 17 and n., 25; — of a subordinate
to a feudatory Mahârâja, 235; — of a
son to his father, 17 n., 51, 119, 123,
128, 131, 132, 138, 181, 182, 186, 188,
189, 217, 221, 232, 290; — of a son to
both his parents, 17 n., 195, 199, 298; —
of a nephew to his 'uncle,' 185; —of a
grandson to his grandfather, 187 n.,—
and of a younger to his elder brother,
17 n., 181, 182, 232; — it is used also
in respect of the worship of gods, 17 n.,
111; — an instance in which pâda is
omitted . . . . . 17 n.
pâdapadmôpajîvin, 'subsisting (like a
bee) on the water-lilies that are the
feet;' a technical expression, of very
common occurrence in southern inscrip-
tions, but of rather rare use in northern
records, for the relations of a feudatory
to his paramount sovereign . . . 98 n.
pâdapiṇḍôpajîvin, 'subsisting on the
cakes that are the feet,' a technical
expression to denote the relation of
officials to a feudatory Mahârâja;
rendered by 'feudatory' . 98 and n.,
195, 109, 116
pâḍâvarta, a particular land-measure 170 and n.
Padmâ, the name of a community of
Chaturvêdins . . . . 71
Padmâvatî, a proper name . . . 260
padraka, 'common-land,' in Bhumbhusa-
padraka and Śivakapradraka, 170 and n.;
— used as the termination of the name
of a village, in Pimparipadraka . . 298
Pahlâdpur, a village in the Ghâzîpur
District; the pillar inscription of Śiśu-
pâla (?) . . . . . . 249
pala, a particular weight . . . 71 and n.
pala, 'the sixtieth division of a ghaṭî,'
equal to twenty-four English seconds . 147
Palakka, or Pâlakka, a town or country
in Southern India; in the time of Samu-
dragupta, its king was Ugrasêna . 13
Palâśinî, a river flowing from the moun-
tain Ûrjayat . . . . . 64
pâlî, 'a bridge' . . . 124 and n., 125
palimpsest grant, an instance of a . . 126
Pallava, a tribe; a possible early record
of them in Northern India . . . 250
Pamvâ, an ancient village in the Pûrva-
râshṭra or Eastern Country . . . 195
pañcha ânantaryâṇi, 'the five sins that
entail immediate retribution' . . 34 and n.
pañcha mahâpâtakâni, 'the five great
sins' . . 38 and n., 39, 40, 72, 120,
124, 129, 134, 138, 171, 265, 269, 291
pañcha-mahâśabda, the sounds of five
musical instruments, the use of which
was allowed to persons of high rank
and authority (see also samadhigata-
pañchamahâśabda) . . 296 and n.
pañcha-mahâyâjñika, the rites of the
pañcha-mahâyajña or five great sacri-
fices; enumerated as bali, charu, vaiś-
vadêva, agnihôtra, and atithi, 170,
190; — mention of the bali, charu,
and sattra, i.e. atithi, without the
others . . 116 and n., 124, 129, 132, 290
pañcha-maṇḍalî, 'an assembly of five
persons;' equivalent to the modern
Pañchâît, Pañchâyat, or Pañch, 'a
village-jury' . . . . 32 and n.
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Pâñchaka, 'a committee' (see also
pañcha-maṇḍalî) . . . . . 183
Pañchâng, 'a Hindu almanac;' in the
Dekkan, and in some other parts, all
Pañchângs are now prepared from the
Graha-Lâghava and the Tithi-Chintâ-
maṇi of Gaṇêśa Daivajña . . . . 146 n.
Pâṇḍuvaṁśa, 'the lineage of Pâṇḍu;' In-
drabala, Nannadêva and Tîvaradêva,
belonged to this lineage . . . . 298
Pâṇini, the grammarian; mentioned under
the name of Sâlâturîya . . . . 183
Pañjâb, inscriptions from the 139, 269, 282, 286
Parachakrakâma, a biruda or second
name of Jayadêva II. of Nêpâl . . 184, 187
parâkhya, a correction in time, to be
applied to the mean tithi . . . . 149
paramabhâgavata, a Vaishṇava sectarian
title . 28 and n., 38, 40, 41, 44, 51,
52, 54, 55, 116, 168, 195, 199, 217, 257
Paramabhaṭṭâraka; one of the technical
titles of paramount sovereignty, 17, 41,
182, 10 n., 17 and n., 25, 71, 183, 185,
186, 187, 188, 189, 212, 217, 232;—
its close connection with Mahârâjâ-
dhirâja and Paramêśvara, 10 n.,—an
instance in which it is applied to a
priest . . . . . . . . 17 n.
Paramabhaṭṭârikâ; a title of the wives
of paramount sovereigns . . 17 n., 212, 217
Paramadêvî, a title of the wives of Mahâ-
sâmantas and Mahârâjas . . . . 290
paramâdityabhakta, a sectarian title of
solar worship . . . . 28 n., 168, 232
paramamâhêśvara, a Śaiva sectarian title,
28 n., 167, 168, 169, 180, 181, 182, 183,
184, 185, 186, 188, 189, 217, 221, 240, 248, 290
paramasaugata, a Buddhist sectarian title
. . . . . . . . . 28 n., 232
paramavaishṇava, a Vaishṇava sectarian
title . . . . . . . . 28 n., 298
Paramêśvara, one of the technical titles
of paramount sovereignty, 41, 10 n.,
151, 156 n., 183, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189,
217, 218;—its close connection with
Mahârâjâdhirâja and Paramabhaṭṭâ-
raka . . . . . . . . 10 n.
Paramêśvara, the god Śiva, as 'the
supreme lord' . . . . . . 185 n.
paramount sovereigns, titles of; i.e. of
sovereigns supreme in their own domi-
nions, but not necessarily reigning
over the whole of India . . . . 10 n.
Parâśara, the father of Vyâsa . . . 139
Parâśara, an ancient astronomer, quoted
by Ṛishiputra, and through him, as
well as directly, by Utpala, for the
heliacal-rising system of the Twelve-
Year Cycle of Jupiter, 170;—and for
a variation from the usually accepted
grouping of the nakshatras . . . 163 n.
paribhâta-nâman, 'a nickname;' an in-
stance . . . . . . . . 290
parichchhêda, a territorial term . 105 and n.

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Parivrâjaka Mahârâjas, 8, 95 n., 97, 104,
109, 111, 115;—they belonged to
the Bharadvâja gôtra, 115;—they
were feudatories of later members of
the Early Gupta dynasty; and the
extreme importance of their records
lies in their proving that the Gupta
dominion continued to A.D. 528 . . 8
Pâriyâtra, a mountain . . . . . 157
Parṇadatta, Skandagupta's governor for
Saurâshṭra . . . . . 62, 63, 65
Pârśva, a Jain Tîrthaṁkara; mention of
an image of him, with a hooded snake
and an attendant female . . 259 and n.
Pârtha, a metronymic of Yudhishṭhira,
Bhîmasêna, and, in particular, Arjuna 86, 93
Pârthiva, a tribal name, perhaps denoting
the Pallavas . . . . . 250, 251
Pârvatî (see also Bhavânî, Dêvî, Gaurî, and
Kâtyâyanî), wife of the god Śiva; men-
tioned as the daughter of Himâlaya . 147
Paśupati, the god Śiva, as 'the lord of
animals' . . . . . . . 184, 16
Paśupati, a king, overthrown by Mihira-
kula . . . . . . . . 163
Pâṭaliputra, an ancient name of the
modern Paṭna in Bihâr, 36, 37, 39;—it
is perhaps referred to, under the name
of Pushpapura, in connection with
Samudragupta and the Kôtas . . . 5
Pa-t'cha, see Tu-lu-po-pat'cha . . . 40
pathaka, a territorial term . 173 and n., 189
Paṭna, the chief town of the Paṭna Dis-
trict in Bihâr; mentioned under the
ancient names of Pâṭaliputra, 36, 39;—
and of Pushpapura . . . 185, and
perhaps, 5, 12
Paṭna District, an inscription from the . 47
paṭṭa, apparently a territorial term . 104 and n.
Paulômî, the goddess Śachî, the wife of
Indra, as the daughter of Pulôman . 225
Pausha, one of the Hindu lunar months;
a rare instance of its being intercalary 179
pautra and prapautra, especially as con-
trasted with naptṛi and pranaptṛi, are
properly to be rendered by 'son's son'
and 'son of a son's son,' instead of
vaguely by 'grandson' and 'great-
grandson' . . . . . 15 n., 97 n.
Pavarajjavâṭaka, an ancient village in the
Beṇṇâkârpara bhâga . . 234 n., 248
Peṇṭhâma bhukti, an ancient division in
the territory of Tîvaradêva . . . 298
pêṭha, a territorial term . . 116 and n., 138
Phakka, a nickname . . . . . 290
phala-saṁskâra, 'the equation of the
centre' . . . . . . . 149
Phalgudatta, Amâtya and Bhôgika . 124
and n., 129, 134, 139
phuṭṭa, a Prâkṛit word . . 121, 125, 130
pillars, inscribed . . . 1, 42, 47, 52,
65, 88, 91, 110, 139, 142, 149, 249, 252, 279
Pimparipadraka, an ancient village in the
Peṇṭhâma bhukti . . . . . 29

THE GUPTA INSCRIPTIONS ; INDEX. 333
Pinâkin, the god Śiva, as 'having the bow
called Pinâka' . . . . . 154
Piśhtapura, a town in Southern India, the
modern Piṭṭâpuram, 7 n., 13, 113 n. ;—
in the time of Samudragupta, its king
was Mahêndra . . . . 13
Piśhtapurî, or Piśhtapurikâdêvî, a form,
at Mânapura, of the goddess Lakshmî
113 and n., 116, 132, 138
Piṭṭâpuram, a town in the Gôdâvarî Dis-
trict, mentioned under the ancient
Sanskrit name of Piśhtapura 7 n., 13, 113 n.
posthumous inscriptions . . . 1, 91, 139
Prabâlikâ, wife of Varuṇasêna . . 290
Prabhâkaravardhana, a king of Kanauj,
or more properly of Thâṇêsar, 232 ;—
his wife was Yaśômattî, 232 ;— his father
was the Mahârâja Âdityavardhana,
232 ;— and not Pushpabhûti or
Pushyabhûti, or Śîlâditya of Mâlava . 15
Prabhañjana, Mahârâja (Parivrâjaka) 97,
104, 109, 115
Prabhâvatiguptâ, daughter of Dêvagupta,
and wife of Rudrasêna II. . . 15, 240, 247
Prakaṭâditya, a king of Kâśî, 286 ;— his
Sârnâth inscription . . . 284
Prâkṛit language, an epigraphical men-
tion of the . . . . . 157
Prâkṛit names and words :—
ajjaka . . . . . . 187 n.
Ajjhita . . 119 and n., 123, 128, 131, 138
bappa . . . . . . 186 n.
bâva . . . . . . 186 n.
boppa . . . . . . 188 n.
ijjâ . . . . . . 217 and n.
phuṭṭa . . . . 121, 125, 130
santaka . . . 118 n., 241 and n., 248
uchchhanna . . . . . 255
praṇâlî, 'a conduit' . . . . 180
Prârjuna, a tribe, conquered by Samudra-
gupta . . . . . . 14
praśasti, 'an eulogy,' a technical term
for an inscription on stone, 87 n., 201,
208, 286 ;— an exceptional instance in
which this term is used to denote a
copper-plate charter . . . . 87 n.
Pretinartaka, an official or family title,
perhaps meaning 'a herald' . 190 and n.
pratôlî, 'a gateway with a flight of
steps' . . . . . 43 and n., 45
pratyaya, pratyâya, 'a holding' . 170 and n.
Pravaragiri, the ancient Sanskrit name of
the Barâbar Hill . . . 222, 223
Pravarapura, the city from which Pravara-
sêna II. issued his Chammak grant . 240
Pravarasêna I., Mahârâja (Vâkâṭaka) 241, 248
Pravarasêna II., Mahârâja (Vâkâṭaka),
240, 247 ;— his Chammak grant, 235 ;
— his Siwanî grant . . . . 243
Prayâga, an ancient name of Allahâbâd . 206
Prinsep, Mr. James ; his rendering of the
date in the Kahâum pillar inscription
of Skandagupta, from which originated
the idea of an era dating from the
extinction of the Gupta sovereignty . 35
Pṛithivîshêṇa, Mahârâja (Vâkâṭaka), 235,
240, 248 ;— his Nachnê-kî-talâî inscrip-
tions . . . . . . 233
pṛithivyâm=a-pratiratha (compare sva-
yam=a-pratiratha, applied to Chandra-
gupta II.), an epithet of Samudragupta,
14, 27, 44, 51, 54, 257 ;— used parti-
ally on his coins, 14 n. ;— applied also
to Vijayarâja (Chalukya of Gujarât) . 14 n.
Pṛithu, an epic king . . . . 20
Pṛîti, 'affection,' one of the wives of the
god Kâmadêva . . . . 85
prose, inscriptions which are entirely
in . . . . . 21, 25, 29,
36, 39, 40, 45, 110, 208, 211, 213, 219,
231, 251, 252, 254, 260, 264, 266,
267, 269, 271, 272, 273, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282
Pulikêśin II. (Western Chalukya) ; ex-
amination of the date of his Haidarâbâd
grant of the Śaka year 534 expired,
which proves that, up to A.D. 612, the
Pûrṇimânta arrangement of the lunar
fortnights was used with the Śaka
years, even in Southern India . . 79 n.
Pulindabhaṭa, a grantee . . . 138
puṇḍarîka, a particular sacrifice . . 254
puraka, 'a city ;' this word is not justi-
fied by the only instance that is quoted
for it . . . . . . 69 n.
pûraka, as a termination of names of vil-
lages, in Brahmapûraka, Kollapûraka,
and Vaṭapûraka . . . . 248
Puraṁdara, the god Indra, as 'the de-
stroyer of cities' . . . . 286
Pûrṇimânta, the technical name for the
scheme of the lunar months in
Northern India, according to which
arrangement the months end with the
full-moon day, and the dark fortnights
precede the bright, 70 ;— in astronomi-
cal works, however, it is always the
Amânta arrangement that is actually
taken for calculations, 148 n. ;— even
in Southern India, the Pûrṇimânta
arrangement was used with the Śaka
years, for the civil reckoning, up to
between A.D. 804 and 866, . . 79 n. ;—
on the other hand, even in Northern
India, it was not used with the Nêwâr
era in Nêpâl, 75 ;— but it was adopted
there, when the Nêwâr era was follow-
ed by the Vikrama era in its northern
variety . . . . . 76
Pûrvarâshṭra, the Eastern Country, sub-
ject to Jayarâja and Sudêvarâja . 192
and n., 195, 199
Pushpabhûti, or Pushyabhûti, a king men-
tioned by Bâṇa in the Harshacharita,
in connection with the family of Har-
shavardhana of Kanauj ; he has been
wrongly assumed to be the father of
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Pushpapura, an ancient name of the
modern Paṭna in Bihâr, 185; — a town
of this name is referred to in connection
with Samudragupta and the Kôtas; but
it may be Kanauj that is intended . . . 5, 12
Pushyabhûti; see Pushpabhûti . . . 15
Pushyamitra, a tribe, conquered by Skan-
dagupta, 55; — the correct form of the
name seems to be Pushyamitra, not
Pushpamitra . . . . . . . . 55 n.
queen, widowed, selection of a successor
to her husband by a . . . . . . . 12 n.
rachita, ‘composed;’ a technical term in
connection with the composition of a
record, as opposed to the writing and
engraving of it . . . . . . . 87, 99 n.
Râghava, ‘a descendant of Raghu;’ a
name in particular of Râmachandra,
but also applied to Aja, Daśaratha, and
Lakshmaṇa . . . . . . . 20
Râhula, a Buddhist teacher . . . . 277
Raivataka, a hill near the mountain
Ûrjayat . . . . . . 64, 229, 230
Râjâdhirâja, a title of paramount sover-
eignty, properly obsolete in the Gupta
period, but used in some metrical pass-
ages, both alone and in Râjarâjâdhi-
râja . . . 35 and n., 62, 151, 156 and n.
râjakula, ‘of the royal household; a
member of the king’s household’ 33 and n., 190
Râjâmâtya, an official title . . . . 218
Râja, or more properly Râjan, a feuda-
tory title . . . . 189, 192, 197, 293
Râjaputra, an official title . 180, 182, 184,
218 and n.
Râjasthânîya, an official title . . . 157
and n., 170, 218
Râjataramgiṇî, a historical poem, of
which the principal part was written by
Kalhaṇa; Kalhaṇa’s statement regard-
ing the equation between the Lôkakâla
and the Śaka era, 26 n.; — the early
history of Kaśmîr, as deduced from this
book, is to be adjusted by the now
settled date of Mihirakula . . . 56
Râjendralâla Mitra, Dr.; views expressed
by him on the Gupta era and connected
matters . . . . . . . . 50
Râjim, a town in the Râypur District;
the grant of Tîvaradêva . . . . 291
Râjñî, ‘queen,’ a title of the wives of
paramount sovereigns . . 212 and n., 217
Râjputânâ, inscriptions from . . 251, 252
Râjyamatî, daughter of Harsha of Gauḍa,
and wife of Jayadêva II. of Nêpâl . . 187
Râjyavardhana I., Mahârâja, an ancestor
of Harshavardhana of Kanauj, 232; —
the name of his wife, as read from the
half-illegible Sônpat seal, is given as
Mahâdêvî (but Dr. Bühler’s reading of
the grant discovered since then, shews
that her name was Apsarôdêvî) . . 232
Râjyavardhana II., king of Kanauj, or
more properly of Thâṇêsar . . . 232
Râjyavatî, wife of Dharmadêva of Nêpâl 182
Râjyila, Amâtya and Bhôgika . . . 120
Râma, an epic hero, one of the incarna-
tions of Vishṇu . . . . . . 77
Râmachandra, a proper name . . . 286
Râmadêvî, wife of Jayasvâmin of Uchcha-
kalpa . . . . 119, 123, 128, 131, 133
raṇa-stambha, ‘a column of victory in
war;’ the Mandasôr pillars, with the
inscriptions of Yaśôdharman, are actual
instances . . . . . . . . 145
Ranganâtha, a commentator on the
Sûrya-Siddhânta; the date of his com-
mentary is A.D. 1603-1604, . . 175; —
his remarks on a verse in the Sûrya-
Siddhânta in connection with the
heliacal rising system of the Twelve-
Year Cycle of Jupiter . . . . 171 n.
Raṅkabôṭa, a grantee . . . . . 123
Rati, ‘the pleasure of love,’ one of the
wives of the god Kâmadêva . . . 85
ratna-griha, ‘a jewel-house,’ a term
which apparently denotes the great
Stûpa at Sâñchi . . . 33 and n., 34, 262
Râvaṇî, wife of Yasodatta . . . . 271
Ravidatta, Bhôgika . . . 100, 105, 109
Ravigupta, Sarvadaṇḍanâyaka and Ma-
hâpratîhâra, the Dûtaka of the in-
scription of Vasantasêna of the (Gupta)
year 435 . . . . . . . 183
Ravikîrtti, a proper name . . . . 156
Ravisheṇa, Mahâsâmanta and Mahârâja,
290; — his wife was Mihiralakshmî . 290
Râypur, a town in the Central Provinces;
the grant of Mahâ-Sudêvarâja . . 196
Râypur District, inscriptions from the . 191, 196
regnal or dynastic years, which have
furnished the origin of most of the
Hindu eras, can come to be ordi-
narily quoted as expired years, only
when the era has been adopted by
astronomers for astronomical process-
es, 143; — instances of dates record-
ed in regnal years, 159, 161, 192, 197,
236, 244, 287, 293; — instances of dates
recorded apparently in regnal years,
but really in years of an era . . 38
and n., 40, 41, 44, 71, 268
Rehatsek, Mr. E.; his proposal for amend-
ing the translation of Albêrûnî’s words
regarding the origin of the Gupta era . 28
Reinaud, M.; his rendering of Albêrûnî’s
statements regarding the Gupta and
other eras . . . . . . . 23, 36
Rêvâ, a name of the river Narmadâ . 156, 157

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Rêvatikâ, an ancient village in the Gaya
vishaya . . . . . . 257
Rêvatîśarman, a grantee . . . . 243
Rêvatîśarmârya, a grantee . . . . 243
Ripughna, apparently a proper name,
used to denote Śatrughna or another
Purâṇic king or hero . . . 260 and n.
Rishimitra, a grantee . . . . 218
Rishiputra, an ancient Hindu astronomer,
quoted by Utpala for the heliacal-
rising system of the Twelve-Year
Cycle of Jupiter, 161 n., 170 ; — he
himself quotes Atri, Parâśara, and
Vasishṭha, in support of the same . 170
rock inscriptions . . . 56, 268, 283
Rôhârya, a grantee . . . . 243
Rôhiṇî, a wife of the Moon, 286 ; — the
name of a nakshatra . . . 95, 182
Rôhtâsgaḍh, or Rôhitâsgaḍh, a hill-fort
in the Shâhâbâd District ; the seal-matrix
of Śaśâṅkadêva . . . . 283
Royal Asiatic Society's Library, an in-
scription from the . . . . 171
Rudra . . . . ., a proper name . . 280
Rudrabhûti, a grantee . . . . 170
Rudradêva, a king in Northern India,
conquered by Samudragupta . . 13
Rudrârya, a grantee . . . . 243
Rudraśarman, a grantee, 105 ; — another
of the same name . . . . 243
Rudraśarmârya, a grantee . . . 243
Rudrasêna I., Mahârâja (Vâkâṭaka) 241, 248
Rudrasêna II., Mahârâja (Vâkâṭaka) 240, 248
Rudrasôma, also called Vyâghra . . 67
Rukharadêva, a grantee . . . . 105
Sâba, another name of Vîrasêna . . 27 n., 36
sa-brahmachârin, ‘a religious student
with (others who follow the same
śâkhâ)’ . . . 103, 108, 179, 256
Sachau, Prof. E. ; his rendering of Albê-
rûnî's statements regarding the Gupta
and other eras . . . . . 24
Śachî, wife of the god Indra, mentioned
under the name of Paulômî . . 225
sâdyaskra, a particular sacrifice . 241 and n., 248
Sâgar District, inscriptions from the
18, 88, 91, 158
Sagara, an epic king, 21, 99, 105, 109, 116,
120, 124, 129, 134, 139, 155, 171, 190,
195, 200, 291, 299; — mentioned
with reference to the legend of the
excavation of the bed of the ocean by
his sixty thousand sons . . . 155
sa-gôtra, ‘belonging to the same gôtra
with (the person from whom the gôtra-
name is derived)’ . . 70, 96, 103, 108,
114, 118, 166, 179, 193, 198, 236, 239,
240, 245, 246, 256, 270, 295
‘Sah,’ or ‘Sâh,’ the imaginary family or
dynastic name of the Mahâkshatrapas
of Saurâshṭra, based on the custom of
omitting superscript vowels in the le-
gends on their coins . . . . 36 n.
Sahya mountains, a range in Western
India ; mentioned as one of the breasts
of the earth . . . . 86 n., 184 and n.
Śaiva inscriptions (for other instances of
Śaiva worship, see atyantamâhêśvara,
atyantasvâmîmahâbhairavabhakta, and
paramamâhêśvara) . 180, 182, 184, 35,
43, 48, 146, 149, 266
Śaka, a tribe, conquered by Samudragupta 14
Śaka era ; an era of northern origin, com-
mencing in A.D. 78, though usually re-
presented as commencing in A.D. 79:
according to the chief Hindu tradition,
its starting-point was the defeat of a
Śaka king by king Vikramâditya of Uj-
jain, 142 ; — according to a later tradi-
tion, it dates from the birth of king
Śâlivâhana of Pratishṭhâna ; but there
is no proof of his name being connected
with it before the thirteenth century
A.D., 142 n. ; — its real historical start-
ing-point was the commencement of the
reign of some particular king or kings
of the Śaka tribe, 142 ; — a curious in-
stance of confusion, by the Jain writer
Śîlâchârya, between the Śaka and the
Gupta eras, 32 n. ; — the difference in
the scheme of the Northern and South-
ern Śaka years, both commencing with
Chaitra śukla 1, . . 70, 71 ; — even in
Southern India, the Amânta arrange-
ment of the lunar fortnights was not
used with the Śaka era, for the civil
reckoning, till between A.D. 804 and
866, . . 79 n. ; — for the civil reckon-
ing, the Śaka year is luni-solar, com-
mencing with Chaitra śukla 1, and it is
sometimes used thus by astronomers ;
but also, for astronomical calculations, it
is sometimes taken as a solar year, com-
mencing with the Mêsha-Saṁkrânti,
101 n., 137 n. ; — a note on the epoch
and reckoning of the era, Appendix I.,
137 to 144 ; — instances of the use of
apparently current years of this era,
which have to be applied as expired
years, 80 n., 107 n. ; — quotations of
the reckoning of this era, both by
current and by expired years, from
Hindu almanacs, which give its total
duration as 18,000 years, 137 to 141,
138 n. ; — the present reckoning in
Southern India is by current years ;
while the reckoning in Northern, West-
ern, and Central India, is by expired
years, 140, 141 ; — the habitual quotation
of the latter reckoning has led to the
mistaken idea that the era commenced
in A.D. 79, . . 141 and n. ; — but it
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regnal or dynastic years, and must have
been used as current years, 142, 143; —
the substitution of the Śaka era for the
Kaliyuga era, for astronomical purposes,
which would introduce the ordinary use
of its years as expired years, seems to
have taken place between A.D. 476
and 587 . . . . . 13, 144
śākhā, lit. a 'branch,' a Vēdic school,
following any particular recension of
one of the Vēdas ; names of śākhās men-
tioned in this series of records :—
Aupamanyava . . . . 199
Bahvṛicha . . . . 190, 257
Chhandōga-Kauthuma . . . 109
Kaṭha . . . . . 105
Maitrāyaṇīya . . . . 90, 160
Rāpāyaṇīya . . . . 71
Taittirīya . . . . 248
Vājasanēya . . . 105, 195, 199
Vājasanēya-Mādhyamdina . . 97, 120, 298
Vājasanēyi-Kaṇva . . . 170
Śakra, the god Indra, as 'the powerful
one' . . . . . . 67
Śākta or Tāntrika worship ; apparent
early instances of it (see also Vajrēś-
vara) . . . . 48 and n., 74, 226
Śaktināga, a grantee . . . . 128
Śākya, the name of the tribe or family of
Buddha, 277 ;—mention of Śākya Bhik-
shus, 272, 279, 280, 282; — and of a
Śākya Bhikshuṇī . . . . 274
Śālapaksha, a Balādhikṛita of Ādityasēna
of Magadha . . . . 210
Śālāturiya, a name of the grammarian
Pāṇini . . . . 183 and n.
Śālivāhana-Śaka, an expression that is fre-
quently used to denote the Śaka era;
but it is an anachronism for any period
earlier than the thirteenth century A.D. 142 n.
saṁ, an abbreviation of the word saṁvat-
sara, 'a year,' or of any of its declen-
sional cases that can be used in express-
ing a date . 81, 84, 93, 22 n., 30 n., 32, 89, 167
samadhigata-pañchamahāśabda, a custo-
mary epithet of feudatory nobles, indi-
cating that they are entitled to the pri-
vilege of the pañcha-mahāśabda, 296
and n. ; — three instances in which the
epithet is applied to paramount sover-
eigns, 297 n.; — an instance of the pri-
vilege being conferred on a feudatory
by his paramount sovereign . 297 n., 298 n.
Sāmanta, an official title, 41, 180, 182,
148 n., 223 and n. ; — used in a non-
technical sense . . . . 148 and n.
Sāmantadēva, a Hindu king of Kābul;
remarks on some of his coins, which
have been supposed to bear dates in the
Gupta era . . . . 57 to 60
Samāsa-Saṁhitā, an astrological work
by Varāhamihira, quoted by Utpala in
support of the heliacal-rising system of
the Twelve-Year Cycle of Jupiter . . 170
samasta-rājakīyānām=a-hasta-prakshē-
paṇīya (see also sarva), a fiscal term 171 and n.
Samataṭa, a country, Lower Bengal;
Samudragupta either included it in his
empire, or else extended his conquests
up to the confines of it . . 9 n., 14 and n.
Śambhu, the god Śiva, as 'he who exists
for happiness or welfare' . 36, 155, 240, 248
Sāṁdhivigrahika, an official or military
title, 16 and n., 120, 139, 171 ; —used
in connection with Kumārāmātya and
Mahādaṇḍanāyaka . . . . 16
saṁdhyā, a period at the commencement
of each of the four Hindu ages; the
saṁdhyā of the Kaliyuga lasts for
36,000 years of men, and is still running 139 n
saṁdhyāṁśa, a period at the end of each
of the four Hindu ages; the saṁdhyāṁśa
of the Kaliyuga is to last for 36,000
years of men . . . . . 139 n.
Saṁjayasēna, Mahāsāmanta & Mahārāja,
290 ; — his wife was Śikharasvāminī . 290
Saṁkara, also called Saṅghila, Aśvapati . 260
Saṁkaradēva (Lichchhavi of Nēpāl) 182, 186, 189
saṁkrānti, or saṁkramaṇa, 'the entrance
of the sun into a sign of the zodiac;' the
limits of the puṇyakāla or meritorious
time for performing religious duties on
these occasions, 178 n.; — the only
saṁkrānti mentioned in this series of
records is the uttarāyaṇa (the winter
solstice) . . . . . 199
Saṁkshōbha, Mahārāja (Parivrājaka),
115 ; — his Khōh grant of the Gupta
year 209, . 112 ;—an alteration in the
reading of the date of this record, 76 n.,
274 n. ;—its importance in proving the
Pūrṇimānta arrangement of the fort-
nights in the Gupta year, 76;—exami-
nation of the date . . . . 117
saṁrāj, a paramount sovereign' . 147 and n.
Samudragupta (Early Gupta), 17, 18, 11,
17 n., 21, 27, 44, 51, 54, 257 ; — his wife
was Dattadēvī, 21 n., 27, 44, 51, 54;—
description of his musical and poetical
accomplishments, 11, 12, 14, 15 ; — the
kings, tribes, and countries, conquered
by him, 12, 13, 14;—Garuḍa-tokens, i.e.
coins or banners bearing representa-
tions of Garuḍa, were given to him by
feudatories, 14 and n. ; — reference to
a city named Pushpapura, apparently
as his capital, 5, 12 ; — Āyōdhyā
represented, in a spurious grant, as a
camp of his, 256; — he was specially
selected by his father to succeed him,
12 n. ;—he specially selected Chandra-
gupta II. to succeed himself, 12 n., 27
n. ;—he may have had the biruda or
second name of Kācha, 18, 27 n.;—
he revived the aśvamēdha-sacrifice,
after it had been long in abeyance, 28
and n., 44, 51, 54, 257 ;—remarks on
some of his coins, 12 ns., 14 ns., 15 n.,
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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
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sarva-râjakhyânâm=a-hasta-prakshêpanî-
ya, (see also samasta), a fiscal term . 190
sarva-râj-ôchchhêttṛi, an epithet of Sa-
mudragupta, 27, 44, 51, 54, 257; — it
occurs also on the coins that bear the
name of Kâcha . . . . . . 27 n.
Śarvasvâmin, a grantee . . . . . 105
Sarvaṭa, a proper name . . . . . 190
Sarvavadha, Divira, a grantee . . . 123
Śarvavarman (Maukharî), 215, 218, 220,
221; — his Asîrgaḍh seal . . . 219
Śarvavarman, Mahârâja, mentioned in
the Nirmand grant of Samudrasêna . 290
śâsana, 'a charter' (see also tâmra-śâsana),
a technical term for a deed of conveyance
on copper-plates, 99 n., 194, 199, 218,
240, 242, 247, 249, 296; — an illustra-
tion of functions connected with such a
charter . . . . . . . . 99 n.
Śaśâṅkadêva, Mahâsâmanta, 284; — his
Rôhtâsgaḍh seal-matrix . . . . 283
Śaśâtaneya, apparently the name of a
gôtra . . . . . . . . 123
Sâs-bahû kâ bîṭâ, the modern popular
name of the great Stûpa at Sâñchi; with
which we have to compare Sâs-bahû kâ
dêhrâ, which is the modern popular
name of the temple at Gwâlior in which
there is the inscription of Mahîpâla of
the Vikrama year 1150 . . . . 30 n.
Śatasâhasrî-Saṁhitâ, the name of a sec-
tion of the Mahâbhârata, or of the
whole poem . . . . . . . 139
Satî, popularly Suttee, see cremation of
widows . . . . . 92 and n., 93
Śatrughnarâja, a proper name . . . 241
sattra, 'an almshouse,' 37, 38, 39, 40,
41, 45, 116 n., 265; — one of the five
great sacrifices, usually called atithi
. . . . . . 116 n., 124, 129, 132, 290
Sâtvata, a Vaishṇava sect . . . 271 and n.
Śaulkika, an official title . . . 52 and n.
Saurâshṭra, the modern Kâṭhiâwâḍ
country; mentioned under the name
of Surâshṭrâḥ, and as subject to Skan-
dagupta, 62, 63; — remarks on the
coins of the Kshatrapas or Mahâksha-
trapas of Saurâshṭra . . . . . 36 n.
Savitṛisvâmin, a proper name . . . 199
sâyana, 'inclusive of precession of the
equinoxes' . . . . . . . 146
Scindia's Dominions, inscriptions from
. . . 21, 34, 79, 142, 149, 150, 161, 258
sculptures accompanying inscriptions on
stone . . . . . . . 72, 269, 274
seals of charters; emblems on them, 125,
164, 191, 196, 219, 231, 255, 292; —
legends on them, 94, 101, 106, 112, 125,
164, 191, 196, 219, 231, 235, 244, 255,
292; — instances in which they are
attached to the plates by rings, 94, 101,
106, 112, 117, 121, 125, 130, 132, 135,
164, 172, 191, 196, 235, 244, 287,
292; — instances in which they are
attached to the sides of the plates by
soldering, 69, 219, 231, 255; — an
instance of a stone matrix for casting
seals . . . . . . . . . 283
seasons, references and allusions to the
various :—
Grîshma, the hot season . . . . 63 64
Hêmanta, the cold season . . . 86, 87
Śarad, the autumn . . . . . 77, 158
Śiśira, the dewy season . . . . 77, 87
Varshâḥ, the rainy season . . . . 63
Vasanta, the spring . . . . . 158
selection by kings of their successors,
and by a widow of her husband's suc-
cessor . . . . . . . . . 12 n.
Sênâpati, a military title 41, 167 and n.
. . . . . . . . . 168, 243 249
serpent-emblem on seals . . . . 283
Śêsha, the king of serpents, mentioned as
supporting the earth on one of his
hoods . . . . . . . . . 208
Shâhâbâd (Ârâ) District, inscriptions
from the . . . . . . . 213, 283
Shâhânushâhi, a dynasty or tribe, con-
quered by Samudragupta . . . 14
Shâhi, a dynasty or tribe, conquered by
Samudragupta . . . . . . 14
Shâhpur, a village in the Paṭna District;
the image inscription of Âdityasêna of
the (Harsha) year 66 . . . . 208
Shashṭhidatta, a proper name . . . 156
shôḍaśin, a particular sacrifice. 241 and n., 248
siddha, 'a perfect one,' the epithet of a
certain class of Jain saints; they are
always invoked in the plural . . 259 and n.
Siddha, a class of supernatural beings 84, 206
siddham, 'perfection has been attained,'
an invocation used at the commence-
ment of inscriptions, 25 and n., 32, 35,
54, 61, 67, 71, 84, 154, 247, 252, 254,
262; — it is the remnant of some such
expression as siddham bhagavatâ . 25 n.
Siddhânta-Śirômaṇi, an astronomical
work by Bhâskarâchârya; it was writ-
ten A.D. 1150-51, . . 156 n.; — its
author's explanation of the rule for
the Brahma-Siddhânta unequal-space
system of the nakshatras . . . . 166
Siddhasêna, Mahâpratîhâra and Mahâ-
kshapaṭalika, the Dûtaka of the grant
of Śîlâditya VII. of the (Gupta-Valabhî)
year 447 . . . . . . . . 190
sign-manual at the end of a charter,
indicated by the word sva-hasta, 171,
191; — actual representations of a sign-
manual . . . . . . 171 n., 191
Śikharasvâminî, wife of Saṁjayashêṇa . 290
Śîlâchârya, a Jain writer, author of the
Âchârâṅkâ, in which, in giving the date,
he makes a curious confusion between
the Gupta and the Śaka eras . . . 32 n.
Śîlâditya, a biruda or second name, given
by Hiuen Tsiang, of Harshavardhana
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Śîlâditya of Mâlava, a king mentioned
by Hiuen Tsiang, 39, 40; — he has been
wrongly assumed to be the father of
Prabhâkaravardhana . . . . . 15
Śîlâditya I. (of Valabhî), 41, 181, 183; —
he had the biruda or second name
of Dharmâditya . . . . . . 181
Śîlâditya II. (of Valabhî) . . . 41, 185
Śîlâditya III., Śîlâdityadêva (of Valabhî) 41, 185
Śîlâditya IV., Śîlâdityadêva (of Valabhî) 41, 185
Śîlâditya V., Śîlâdityadêva (of Valabhî) 41, 187
Śîlâditya VI., Śîlâdityadêva (of Valabhî) 41, 188
Śîlâditya VII., Śîlâdityadêva (of Valabhî),
41, 189; — he had the biruda of Dhrû-
bhaṭa, i.e. Dhruvabhaṭa, 172 and n.,
189; — his Alînâ grant of the (Gupta-
Valabhî) year 447 . . . . . 171
Siṁha era, an era commencing in A.D.
1114, or perhaps in A.D. 1113; quoted
in the Verâwal inscription of the
Valabhî year 945 . . . . . 85
Siṁhala, one of the names of Ceylon;
mentioned as conquered by Samudra-
gupta . . . . . . . . 14
Sindhu, the river Indus; mentioned as
having seven mouths . . . . . 141
Śirpur, a town in the Râypur District;
mentioned under the ancient Saṁskṛit
name of Śrîpura . . . . . 293, 296
Śirûr, a village in the Dhârwâḍ District;
examination of the date of the inscrip-
tion of Amôghavarsha I., of the Śaka
year 788, which proves that the Amânta
arrangement of the lunar fortnights
was applied to the Śaka years, in
Southern India, between A.D. 804
and 866 . . . . . . . 79 n.
Śiśupâla, an epic king, 250; — probably
the name of the king whose inscription
is on the Pahlâdpur pillar . . . 250, 251
Śiva, the god, 'the destroyer' of the
Hindu triad (see also Bhûtapati, Hara,
Îśa, Îśvara, Jayêśvara, Kapâlêśvara,
Mahâdêva, Mahêśvara, Mihirêśvara,
Paramêśvara, Paśupati, Pinâkin,
Śambhu, Śarva, Sthâṇu, Śûlapâṇi,
Sûrabhôgêśvara, Svâmi-Mahâbhairava,
and Tripurântaka; and, for his wife,
see Pârvatî), 241, 248; — mentioned in
connection with the liṅga, 180 and n.,
182, 241, 248; — mention of the river
Gaṅgâ flowing through his matted hair,
16; — other references to his matted
or braided hair, 87, 163; — mention of
him as the father of Kârttikêya, 206; —
a reference to his bull Nandi or Nandin,
as an emblem on his banner, 147; — a
reference to his destruction of Kâma-
dêva, 87; — spoken of as employing
Brahman for creation, preservation,
and destruction; and also as being
himself the creator, with a necklace
of skulls, a serpent round his neck, and
the crescent moon on his forehead, 155

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and n.; — other references to him as
'the creator,' 185 and n., 186, 290; —
other references to the moon on his
forehead, 87, 163, 206; — a probable
early instance of his form, in combina-
tion with Pârvatî, as Ardhanârîśvara,
224; — a form of Śiva in combination
with the Sun . . . . . . 288
Śivadâsa, a proper name . . . . 112
Śivadêva, Bhaṭṭâraka, the Dûtaka of the
inscription of Śivadêva II. of the (Har-
sha) year 143 (?) . . . . . 182
Śivadêva I., Mahârâja (Lichchhavi of
Nêpâl), 177, 178, 189, 191; — he had the
epithet of 'the banner or glory of the
Lichchhavikula,' 177, 178; — notice of
his Gôlmâḍhitôl inscription of the
(Gupta) year 316, . 177; — the value
of this record in proving the use of the
Gupta era in Nêpâl, and in fixing the
chronology of the early rulers of that
country, 96, 177, 184; — notice of
another of his inscriptions, the date
of which is lost . . . . . 178
Śivadêva II. (Ṭhâkurî of Nêpâl), 182, 187,
189, 190, 191; — his wife was Vatsadêvî,
184, 187; — notice of his inscription of
the (Harsha) year 119, . 182; — and of
an inscription of the year 143 (?),
which is probably one of his records . 182
Śivagupta Mahâbalâdhikṛita, the Dûtaka
of the grants of Śarvanâtha of the
(Gupta or Kalachuri) years 193 and
197 . . . . . . . 129, 134
Śivakapadraka, the name of some land
in the village of Antaratrâ . . . 170
Siwanî, the chief town of the Siwanî-
Chhapârâ District; the grant of
Pravarasêna II . . . . . 243
Skambhasêna, a proper name . . . 170
Skanda, a name of the god Kârttikêya . 51
Skandabhaṭa, Sâṁdhivigrahika, writer
of the grant of Dharasêna II. of the
(Gupta-Valabhî) year 252 . . . 171
Skandadêva, Yuvarâja, the Dûtaka of
a Nêpâl inscription of the (Harsha)
year 82 . . . . . . . 181
Skandagupta (Early Gupta), 17, 51, 52,
55, 62, 64, 67, 71; — he had the biruda
or second name of Kramâditya, 18; —
mentioned as restoring the fallen for-
tunes of his family by conquering the
Pushyamitras, 55; — as defeating the
Hûṇas, 56; — apparently as overcoming
the Nâgas, 62 and n.; — and as estab-
lishing his fame in the countries of the
Mlêchchhas, 62; — remarks on two of
his coins, 25 n., 46 n.; — his Bihâr
pillar inscription, 47; — his Bhitarî
pillar inscription, 52; — his Junâgaḍh
rock inscription of the (Gupta) years
136, 137, and 138, . . 56; — his Kahâum
pillar inscription of the year 141, . . 65;
— his Indôr grant of the year, 146, . .
68; — a Sâñchi inscription of the year

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131, perhaps of his time, 260; — a
Mathurâ image inscription of the year
135, of his time, 262; — a Kôsam image
inscription of the year 139, of his
time, 266; — a Gaḍhwâ inscription of
the year 148, perhaps of his time . 267
Skandaguptabaṭa, apparently the name
of an ancient village in Bihâr . . 51
Skandanâga, a grantee . . . 128
Skandârya, a grantee, 243; — another of
the same name . . . . 243
skandhâvâra, 'a camp,' in jaya-skandhâ-
vâra . . . . . 217, 257
Smara, the god Kâmadêva, as 'he who
excites memory' . . . . 85, 158,
169, 181, 223, 225, 278
snake emblem on seals . . . . 283
Sômanâthadêvapattana, or the city of the
god Sômanâtha (Śiva), an ancient
name of the modern Verâwal . 85
Sômârya, a grantee . . . . 243
Sômaśarmârya, a grantee . . . 243
Sômatrâta, a proper name . . . 270
Sômila, a proper name . . . 67
Sônpat, a town in the Dehli District; the
seal of Harshavardhana of Kanauj, or
more properly of Thâṇêsar . . 231
sovereigns, paramount, titles of; i.e. of
sovereigns supreme in their own domi-
nions, but not necessarily reigning over
the whole of India . . . . 10 n.
spashṭa, an astronomical term, to be
translated by 'apparent' . . 145 n.
spashṭa-tithi, 'an apparent tithi;' the
method of determining it from the
mean tithi . . . . . 154
spurious inscription, an instance of a . . 255
Śramaṇa, 'a Buddhist (and Jain)
ascetic' . . . . . 32, 277
śrêṇî, 'a corporation or guild' . 71, 85, 86, 87
śrî, an honorific prefix to names, rendered
in the case of paramount sovereigns
and their wives by 'glorious,' of feuda-
tories and other ordinary persons by
'illustrious,' of priests, teachers, &c,
by 'saintly,' of gods by 'holy,' and of
towns, &c., by 'famous;' generally śrî
is used before consonants and śrîmat
before vowels, but there are exceptions
to this . . . . . . 10 n
Śrî, the goddess Lakshmî . . 164, 206, 205
Śrîgupta, an early Mahârâja mentioned
by I-tsing; he is not to be identified
with the Mahârâja Gupta (Early
Gupta) . . . . . . 8 n.
śrîmat, an honorific prefix to names,
rendered in the same way as śrî; the
use of it is not confined to feudatories,
but it is applied in the case of para-
mount sovereigns also . . . . 10 n.
Śrîmatî, or Śrîmatîdêvî, wife of Mâdhava-
gupta . . . . . . 208, 217
Śrîpura, the ancient name of Śîrpur . 293, 296
Śrîsâhikâ, an ancient village in the Pûr-
varâshṭra or Eastern Country . . 199
Śrîvâpikâ, a well at Śrîsâhikâ . . 200
Sthâṇu, the god Śiva, as 'the immovable
one' . . . . . . 148
sthapati-samrâj, apparently meaning
'chief of architects' . . 120 and n., 124
Sthavira, a Buddhist priestly title . . 279
stone, inscriptions on, are usually denoted
by the term praśasti . . . 87 u.
Stûpa, the technical name of a certain
kind of Buddhist monument, 30 and
n.; — in two records the term ratna-
griha seems to be used to denote a
Stûpa, 33 and n., 34, 262; — in the
neighbourhood of Sâñchi, the popular
term for a Stûpa is bîṭâ . . . 30 n.
śu, an abbreviation of śukla or śuddha,
'the bright fortnight;' used in connec-
tion with di (see also under ba di),
91, 97, 210, 277, 291; — used by itself 93, 191
Sudarśana, a lake at Girinagara . 63, 64
Sudêvarâja, or Mahâ-Sudêvarâja, Râja
(of Śarabhapura), 199; — his Râypur
grant, 196; — reference to another
grant by him, which requires to be re-
edited . . . . . . 14
Sugata, a name of Buddha, as 'the one
who has attained a good state' . . 232 n.
Śukra, the regent of the planet Venus,
and the preceptor of the demons . 86
Sûkshmaśiva, the engraver of the Aphsaḍ
inscription of Âdityasêna . . 208
Sukuli dêśa, an ancient territorial divi-
sion in the neighbourhood of Sâñchi . 32
Sulabhaka, a proper name . . . 290
Śûlapâṇi, the god Śiva, as 'holding the
trident in his hand' . . . 147. 149, 286
Sûlisagrâma, an ancient village in the
neighbourhood of Nirmand . . . 290
Sumêru, another name of the mountain
Mêru, 86, 147; — mentioned as the
abode of Indra, 278: — and as one of
the breasts of the earth . . . 86 and n.
sun; inscriptions of sun-worship, 68, 79,
126, 161, 208, 214, 288; — sun worship
indicated elsewhere by the title para-
mâdityabhakta, 168, 232; — invoca-
tions of the Sun as a god, 71, 84, 163; —
worship of the Sun combined with that
of Vishṇu, 126; — and with that of
Śiva, 288; — ancient temples of the
Sun, at Indôr in the Bulandshahar Dis-
trict, 70; — at Mandasôr, 80; — at
Âśramaka, 126; — at Gwâlior, 162; —
and at Dêô-Baraṇârk, 218; — an image
of the Sun at Shâhpûr, 210; — the Sun
connected with Varuṇa in the name of
Varuṇârkâ, 215; — the Sun mentioned
under the name of Varuṇavâsin, 218; —
mention of the chariot and horses of
the Sun, 78, 163; — cows spoken of as
'daughters of the Sun,' 195 and n., 200,
299; — a symbol of sun-worship, or
perhaps the wheel-emblem . . 219 269