Hindu Law and Custom (Recht und Sitte) c7.346

c7.346

Somewhat earlier, namely at about 1360-70, the Madanapārijāta was composed by Viśveśvara³ in the North-West under the auspices of Madanapāla (cf. §11). This work published in the Bibl. Ind. in nine Stabakas, deals with the sacred law and of forensic law it deals only with the law of inheritance (St. 8). The author mentions Hemādri and Aparārka, the Kalpadruma and the Smṛtyarthasāra, the Mitākṣarā and the Smṛticandrikā as his sources. According to Aufrecht he copies largely from Mādhava’s commentary on Parāśara though, however, he does not mention it anywhere. Quotations from the Pārijāta are often found in other works, but as this title is very common they need not be taken to refer to this work. After the Pārijāta our author wrote also the Mahārṇava or Karmavipāka and the Smṛtikaumudī, on the rights and duties of the Śūdras, in which the Smṛtimañjarī (see above) is quoted, and lastly his medical work Madanavinoda dated in the year 1375.