Hindu Law and Custom (Recht und Sitte) c7.331

c7.331

Of ancient South Indian works there are the Abhilasitārthacintāmaṇi or Mānasollāsa of the Cālukya king Bhūlokamalla-Someśvaradeva (1127-38), an encyclopaedia for princes about architecture, politics, amusements, etc.³ and the important Smṛticandrikā of Devaṇabhaṭṭa⁴, which is divided into 5 great Kāṇḍas or Adhyāyas on Saṃskāra, Āhnika, Prāyaścitta, Śrāddha and Vyavahāra with numerous sub-sections (prakaraṇas). The section on Dāyabhāga or the law of inheritance in this work has been published and translated. As the Smṛticandrikā quotes Aparārka (§11) and is quoted by Hemādri (see below), it must be dated at about 1200. This work enjoys a high esteem not only in Southern India but is frequently quoted also in North Indian works such as, e. g., the Viramitrodaya. In a passage of the Smṛticandrikā quoted by Hemādri (Śr. 1360) which, however, I cannot find in the corresponding part of the text of the Smṛtic., a view of the "author of the Smṛtyarthasāra" has been criticised. If the oft-quoted work of this name by Śrīdhara¹ is meant herewith, as is most probable, the latter must have been written before 1200, but however it is certainly not older than 1150 because Śrīdhara refers to the Kalpavṛkṣa (Kalpadruma of Lakṣmīdhara, see above) and to Govindarāja-matam. Govindarāja already mentioned as a commentator in §11 should here again be mentioned as the author of the Smṛtimañjarī², which is quoted by himself in his commentary on M. and by other ancient authors.