[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Polity, Pleasure & Law](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti) › [Law and Social-Religious Duty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma) › [Law and procedure](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vyavahara) › [Adoption](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vyavahara.dattaka) › Dattakanirnaya (Nilakantha Dikshita) # Dattakanirnaya (Nilakantha Dikshita) (Dattakanirṇaya (Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita)) दत्तकनिर्णय (नीलकण्ठ दीक्षित) Probably composed by Nīlakaṇṭha. - **Language:** Sanskrit - **Date:** 1580–1660 CE - **Author:** [Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita](https://indike.org/pramana/person/nilakantha-diksita) - **Text:** not yet digitised (catalogue entry) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vyavahara.dattaka.dattakanirnaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vyavahara.dattaka.dattakanirnaya) · Pramāṇa