History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c6.s63.25

v1.c6.s63.25

Besides the smṛtikāras,⁷⁴⁸ the Mahābhārata and the Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa the following authors are referred to by name in the Dāyabhāga :—Udgāhamalla, Govindarāja (as author of Manuṭīkā), Jitendriya, Dīkṣita, Bālaka, Bhojadeva or Dhāreśvara, Viśvarūpa and Śrīkara. Udgrāhamalla is referred to on the distribution of strīdhana and it is said that Udgrāhamalla (i. e. his view) is throttled⁷⁴⁹ by the text of Devala. It appears therefore that Udgrāhamalla was not a smṛti writer, but a *nibandhakāra*. Dīkṣita⁷⁵⁰ is credited with the view that, among daughters, those who have sons or are likely to have sons are preferred to those who are either barren, widowed or who give birth to daughters alone and the Dāyabhāga approves of this yiew. There is one more writer who is referred to twice with great respect as *Niravadyavidyoddyota*.