[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930) › v1.c5.166 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c5.166 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c5.166 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c5.166](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v1.c5.166) Most prominent among Maithila \*nibandhakāras\* - compiled extensive digest called Smṛtiratnākara in seven sections on \*dāna\*, kṛtya vyavahāra, śuddhi, pūjā, vivāda and gṛhastha - contents of Kṛtyaratnākara, Gṛhastharatnākara, Dānaratnākara, Vivādaratnākara and other ratnākaras - he also compiled Kṛtyacintāmaṇi, the Rājanītiratnākara, Dānavākyāvali and Śivavākyāvali - contents of Rājanītiratnākara - he drew principally upon five viz. Kāmadhenu, Kalpataru, Pārijāta, Prakāśa and Halāyudha - authors and works quoted - personal history of Caṇḍeśvara - genealogy - he was minister of Harisiṁhadeva of Mithilā and later of Bhaveśa and weighed himself against gold in 1314 A. D. - literary activity between 1314-1370 A. D. - [Previous: v1.c5.165](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v1.c5.165) - [Next: v1.c5.167](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v1.c5.167) - [Up: v1.c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v1.c5) ## Cites (6) - [Vivādaratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vyavahara.vivada.vivadaratnakara) — Caṇḍeśvara, Sanskrit - [Smṛtiratnākara (Vivādaratnākara, Kṛtyaratnākara…)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrtiratnakara) — Caṇḍeśvara Ṭhakkura, Sanskrit - [Gṛhastharatnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.ahnika.nibandha.purvadesa.grhastharatnakara) — Caṇḍeśvara, Sanskrit - [Kṛtyaratnākara (Caṇḍeśvara)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.krtya.krtyaratnakara) — Caṇḍeśvara, Sanskrit - [Rājanītiratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.rajanitiratnakara) — Caṇḍeśvara Ṭhakkura, Sanskrit - [Dānavākyāvali (Vidyāpati)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.dana.prayoga.danavakyavali-vidyapati) — Vidyāpati, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v1.c5.166](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v1.c5.166) · Pramāṇa