History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c6.s63.37

v1.c6.s63.37

Similarly Jīmūtavāhana expatiates upon several⁷⁵⁵ minute astronomical and astrological details which were observed in the *śake* years 1013 and 1014 (i. e. 1091 and 1092 A. D.). It is impossible to suppossc that an author would enter into such minute details about a time which was anterior to his own by centuries. Generally astronomical works take for their calculations starting points or years which were within their own experience or very nearly so. Therefore it appears to be a sound conclusion to hold that the Kālaviveka was composed soon after *śake* 1013 or 1014 (i. e. 1091 and 1092 A. D.). Hence it follows that the literary activity of Jīmūtavāhana lay between 1090 and 1130 A. D. The Kālaviveka seems to be his first work. The Vyavahāramātṛkā would. naturally come before the Dāyabhāga. He seems to have contemplated writing⁷⁵⁶ on ṛṇādāna also, as he says in the Dāyabhāga that a certain matter would be expounded by him in ṛṇādāna.