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# Early Bengal digests (11th–13th centuries) (Prācīna-Gauḍa-nibandha)

Foundational Bengal nibandhas of the Pāla and Sena periods by Bhavadeva Bhaṭṭa, Jīmūtavāhana, Aniruddha Bhaṭṭa, Ballālasena, Halāyudha, and Kullūka Bhaṭṭa.

- **Contents:** 14 works, 3 readable
- **Words:** 146,224

## Main works

- [Dayabhaga (Dāyabhāga)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.dayabhaga) — Sanskrit; 1090–1130 CE; partly digitised
- [Danasagara (Dānasāgara)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara) — Sanskrit; 1169 CE; partly digitised
- [Kalaviveka (Kālaviveka)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.kalaviveka) — Sanskrit; 1090–1130 CE; partly digitised

## Contents (12)

- [Danasagara (Dānasāgara)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara) — Sanskrit; 1169 CE; Ballālasena; partly digitised
- [Dayabhaga (Dāyabhāga)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.dayabhaga) — Sanskrit; 1090–1130 CE; Jīmūtavāhana; partly digitised
- [Haralata (Hāralatā)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.haralata) — Sanskrit; 1150–1175 CE; Aniruddha Bhaṭṭa; catalogued, text not yet digitised
- [Kalaviveka (Kālaviveka)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.kalaviveka) — Sanskrit; 1090–1130 CE; Jīmūtavāhana; partly digitised
- [Prayashcittaprakarana (Prāyaścittaprakaraṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.prayascittaprakarana) — Sanskrit; 1080–1120 CE; Bhavadeva Bhaṭṭa; catalogued, text not yet digitised
- [Vyavaharamatrika (Vyavahāramātṛkā)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.vyavaharamatrka) — Sanskrit; 1090–1130 CE; Jīmūtavāhana; catalogued, text not yet digitised
- [Smritiviveka (Smṛtiviveka)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.smrtiviveka) — Sanskrit; 1150–1300 CE; Kullūka Bhaṭṭa; catalogued, text not yet digitised
- [Bhavadevanibandha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.bhavadevanibandha) — Sanskrit; 1080–1120 CE; Bhavadeva Bhaṭṭa; catalogued, text not yet digitised
- [Smritidarpana (Haladhara) (Smṛtidarpaṇa (Haladhara))](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.smrtidarpana-haladharadiksita) — Sanskrit; 1000–1800 CE; Haladhara; catalogued, text not yet digitised
- [Danakriya (Dānakriyā)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danakriya) — Sanskrit; 1000–1800 CE; Bhavadeva Bhaṭṭa; catalogued, text not yet digitised
- [Jimutasara (Jīmūtasāra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.jimutasara) — Sanskrit; 1000–1800 CE; catalogued, text not yet digitised
- [Shraddhadhyaya (Śrāddhādhyāya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.sraddhadhyaya) — Sanskrit; 1000–1800 CE; Halāyudha; lost

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