[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [Early History of the Dekkan down to the Mahomedan Conquest](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.bhandarkar-1884) › c21.89 # Early History of the Dekkan down to the Mahomedan Conquest c21.89 Early History of the Dekkan down to the Mahomedan Conquest c21.89 - **Language:** English ### [c21.89](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.bhandarkar-1884.c21.89) His great work is called the \*Chaturvarga Chintâmaṇi\*, which is divided into four parts, viz, (1) \*Vratakhaṇḍa\*, containing an exposition of the religious fasts and observances; (2) \*Dânakhaṇḍa\*, in which the several gifts to which great religious importance is attached are explained; (3) \*Tîrthakhaṇḍa\*, which treats of pilgrimages to holy places; and (4) \*Mokshakhaṇḍa\*, in which the way to final deliverance is set forth. There is a fifth Khaṇḍa or part which is called \*Pariśeshakhaṇḍa\* or appendix, which contains voluminous treatises on (1) the deities that should be worshipped, (2) on \*Śrâddhas\* or offerings to the manes, (3) on the determination of the proper times and seasons for the performance of religious rites, and (4) on \*Prâyaśchitta\* or atonement All these works are replete with a great deal of information and innumerable quotations They are held in great estimation, and future writers on the same subjects draw largely from them A commentary called \*Âyurvedarasâyana\* on a medical treatise by Vâgbhaṭa and another on Bopadeva's \*Muktâphala\*, a work expounding Vaishṇava doctrines, are also attributed to him - [Previous: c21.88](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.bhandarkar-1884.c21.88) - [Next: c21.90](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.bhandarkar-1884.c21.90) - [Up: c21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.bhandarkar-1884.c21) ## Cites (4) - [Muktāphala](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.muktaphala) — Vopadeva, Sanskrit - [Caturvargacintāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.caturvargacintamani) — Hemādri, Sanskrit - [Vratakhaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.hemadri.vratakhanda) — Hemādri, Sanskrit - [Dānakhaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.bengali.padavali.danakhanda) — Baḍu Caṇḍīdāsa, Bengali --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.bhandarkar-1884.c21.89](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.bhandarkar-1884.c21.89) · Pramāṇa