Indian Epigraphy: A Guide to the Study of Inscriptions in Sanskrit, Prakrit, and the Other Indo-Aryan Languages c17.42

c17.42

Ventura, Chevalier, 209 Verma, T. P., 21, 258 Verma Suri, Sri, 203 vernacularized spellings, 96 vernacular languages, 103 verse numbers, 163 Vertogradova, V. V., 154 Vidarbha, 146 Vietnam, 92, 150, 157, 169 Vigrahapāla (Cāhamāna king), 202 Vigraharājadeva (Cāhamāna king), 237 *vihāras*, 241 Vijayacandra (Gāhaḍavāla king), 166, 167 Vijayāditya III (Eastern Cālukya king), 113 Vijayamitra (Scythian king), 174 Vijayanagara kings, 149, 235 copper plate inscriptions, 114 forged inscriptions, 166 historical study from inscriptions, 231–32 Tamil and Grantha script, 41 Vijayasena (Sena king), 95, 111, 149 *Vijayaśrī-nāṭikā* (drama), 123, 237 Vikaṭa (Siddhamātṛkā), 39n.111 Vikramāditya (legendary king), 182, 184 (*see also* Vikrama era) Vikramāditya VI (Cālukya king), 191, 192, 234 Vikrama era, 61n.199, 143, 182, 183, 188, 200 used together with other eras, 173, 181, 185, 189, 191–92, 194, 195, 198 *Vikramorvaśīya*, 234 *Vinaya-piṭaka*, 11 Vindhyaśakti II (Vākāṭaka king), 91 Vipulaśrīmitra, 41n.116 *virāma*, 14, 212 Vīra-nirvāṇa (Jaina) era, 194 Vīraśaivas, 240 *visarga*, 30, 37, 56, 84, 89, 163 Viṣṇu (deity), 111, 122n.27, 156 Viṣṇu (Śrīvijaya king), 155 Viṣṇugupta (Gupta king), 124 Viṣṇukundins, 146 *Viṣṇu-smṛti*, 114, 165 visual arts, 244–48 (*see also* painting; sculpture) *viṣuva(t)-saṃkrānti*, 175 Viśvanātha temple, 122n.26 Vogel, J. Ph., 65n.208, 181, 196n.170 Vorob’eva-Desiatovskaia, M. I., 154 vowel system, 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 29–30 Aśokan inscriptions, 18, 30 Bhaṭṭiprōḷu inscriptions, 26, 27, 31, 34–35, 36 calligraphic embellishment, 69 decipherment (of Brāhmī), 204–5 Kharoṣṭhī, 43, 48, 55–56, 212 Tamil-Brāhmī inscriptions, 36 transliteration, 162–63 *See also* diacritics Vyāsa, 117 Vyāsa Dvaipāyana, 122 *Vyavahāraprakāśa*, 8n.3