49. Eran (Sagar Dist., M.P.) Pillar inscr: (of Goparаja) of the time of Bhаnugupta (Bh. No. 1290) G. 191 Mаgha di. 3. It is on a small pillar, afterwards converted into a liкga or phallic emblem of Щiva, which stands under some tall trees near the left bank of the Bиnа, about half a mile to the south-east of Еraн, and half-way between it and the neighbouring village of Pеhеjеjpur (The 'Pahlechpur' of Gen. Cunningham's map - Archeol. Surv. Ind. Vol. X Pl. xxiii.)
Cunningham, ASI.AR. Vol. X. p. 89 f.; Fl. No. 20; Hiralal, Inscrs. in C.P. & Berar, p. 49, No. 83; D. C. Sircar, SI. Bk. III, No. 38, pp. 335-36; B. Upadhyava, SAII. pt. II, p. 80, IE.AR. 1951-52, p. 21, No. 127, App. B; R. B. Pandey, HLI. (1962), pp. 108-9.


TEXT.
1 Оm saмvatsara-щatе еka-navaty-uttarе Srаvaнa-bahula-pakшa-sap[t]amy[ам]
2 saмvat 100 90 1 Щrаvaнa ba di 7 || [-]la(?)kшa-vaкщаd=utpannо [- -]
3 rаj-еti-viщrutaх tasya puttrо=ti-vikkrаntо nаmnа rаj=аtha Mаdhavah || Gоparаja[х]
4 sutas=tasya щrиmаn=vikhyаta-pauruшaх Sarabharаja-dauhittraх sva-vaкщa-tilakо=dhu(?)nа(?) [||]
5 щrи-Bhаnuguptо jagati pravиrо rаjа mahаn=Pаrtha-samо=ti-щуraх tеn=аtha sаrddhan=tv=iha Gоpar[а]j[о]
6 mittrаn=uva(?)tyа(?)ra(?) kil=аnuyаtaх || Kрitvа [cha*] y[u]ddhaм su-mahat-prak[а]щaм svarggaм gatо divya-narе(?)[ndra-kalpaх]
7 bhakt=аnuraktа cha priyа cha kаntа bh[а]r[y]=а[va]lag[n]=аnagat=аg[n]i-r[а]щim ||

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Commentaries and variants

Fleet: From the original stone.
L.2 ba i.e, bahula-paksha. (Fl.)
L.2-4 Metre, Щlоka (Anushтubх); and in the next verse (Fl.)
L.5 Metre, Indravajrа; and in the following verse (Fl.)
L. 7 The metre is faulty here, as the cha, which should remain short, is lengthened by the following double consonant, pr. (Fl.)