History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c5.174

v1.c5.174

An extensive digest on dharmaśāstra, variously styled - seven *uddyotas* of it on *samaya*, *ācāra*, *vyavahāra*, *prāyaścitta*, *dāna*, *śuddhi*, *śānti* - contents of uddyotas on *samaya*, *dāna*, and *śānti* - work composed under Madanasiṁhadeva, son of Śaktisiṁhadeva - pedigree of the family - Madanasiṁha called together four learned men, Ratnākara, Gopīnātha, Viśvanātha and Gaṅgādhara, and entrusted composition of work to them - date of Madanaratna between 1350-1500, probably about 1425-50.