Hindu Law and Custom (Recht und Sitte) c7.356

c7.356

The Madanaratnapradīpa, in short Madanaratna³, is an encyclopaedia of law in 7 books, called Uddyotas. The Vyavahārodvekkoḍyota in my hands contains a very elaborate treatment of law proper distinguished by valuable quotations from the Smṛtis. The Mādhaviya is the youngest of the later works and authors cited therein, such as the Mitākṣarā, Kalpataru, Halāyudha, Asahāya, Smṛticandrikā, and in fact, Mādhava is mentioned frequently and with special respect, so that this work, according to a well-known rule, must be at least 100 years later and should thus be assigned to the latter half of the 15. century.