History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c6.s58.4

v1.c6.s58.4

Śrīdharācārya, in his Smṛtyarthasāra,⁶⁵¹ enumerates the Kāmadhenu among the works and writers who dwelt upon the teachings of the Smṛtis. The Vivādaratnākara⁶⁵² of Caṇḍeśvara speaks of the Kāmadhenu several times. In the Śrāddhakriyā-kaumudī certain verses from the Kāmadhenu are cited in connection with the rites on certain *tithis* of the month of Āśvina (p. 261). Śūlapāṇi in his Śrāddhaviveka names as his authorities the Kāmadhenu and other digests after the smṛtis.⁶⁵³ The Samayapradīpa⁶⁵⁴ of Śrīdatta notices that the Kāmadhenu read 'dvitīyā caitramāsasya,' while the Kalpataru read 'tṛtīyā.' The same reading of the Kāmadhenu is noticed in the Smṛtisāra of Harinātha (I. O. cat., No. 634, folio 79b). In the Rājanītiratnākara the Kāmadhenu is quoted on the definition of 'rājan' and on the two varieties of rulers (pp. 2 and 5). In Hemādri there is a quotation from Smṛtikāmadhenu (vol. IV, p. 992) about the freedom in *kali* from incurring sin on account of contact with great sinners.