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History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c6.s65: 80. Pradīpa

History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c6.s65

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80. Pradīpa

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The Smṛtyarthasāra of Śrīdhara enumerates the Pradīpa among its authorities after the Kāmadhenu.⁷⁷⁵ The Smṛticandrikā in a highly paronomastic verse appears to refer to a work called Pradīpa.⁷⁷⁶ The Sarasvatīvilāsa⁷⁷⁷ quotes the view of the Pradīpa that even the suretyship debt of a person must be paid by his grandson. The Jīvatpitṛkanirṇaya⁷⁷⁸ of Rāmakṛṣṇa (about 1600 A. D.) quotes the Pradīpa on the question that when brothers are separated they should perform separately the annual śrāddha of their father and other ancestors. Nandapaṇḍita in his commentary on the⁷⁷⁹ Ṣaḍaśīti cites the view of the Pradīpa that the sūtra of Paiṭhīnasi (a woman delivered of a son bathing after twenty nights from delivery is entitled to perform all religious rites, while one who is delivered of a female child is so entitled after a month) applies to the wife of one who is not a *dīkṣita* (one who has consecrated the Vedic fires). It has been shown above (note 689) how the Pradīpa criticizes Bhavadeva, according to the Vīramitrodaya, which in several places cites the views of the Pradīpa (vide pp. 78, 89, 215 & etc.).

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⁷⁷⁵ Vide note 651 above.

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⁷⁷⁶ पदे पदे प्रस्खलतां प्रदीपादिस्थितावपि । दृष्णां दृष्टिविषये चन्द्रिका प्रवितन्यते ॥ प्रदीप (lamp and a work) and चन्द्रिका (moonlight and the स्मृतिचन्द्रिका) are paronomastic.

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⁷⁷⁷ प्रातिभाव्यागतमपि पौत्रेणापि दातव्यमिति प्रदीपः । स. वि. p. 253; *vide* p. 361 *for another reference to* प्रदीप.

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⁷⁷⁸ प्रदीपेपि । विभक्तास्तु पृथक् कुर्युः प्रतिसंवत्सरादिकम् । एकेनैवाविभक्तेषु कृते सर्वैस्तु तत्कृतम् ॥ folio 20 b of जीवत्पितृकनिर्णय । (in Bhadkamkar collection).

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⁷⁷⁹ पैठीनसिः । सूतिकां पुत्रवतीं विंशतिरात्रेण स्नातां सर्वकर्माणि कारयेन्मासेन स्त्रीजननीमिति । इदमपि सर्ववर्णसाधारणमिति प्राञ्चः । अदीक्षितस्त्रीविषयमिति प्रदीपः । षडशीतिटीका folio 8a (in the Bhadkamkar collection); vide folio 38 b for another reference to प्रदीप.

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The foregoing discussion shows that the Pradīpa was probably an independent work on vyavahāra, śrāddha, śuddhi and other topics. Being mentioned by the Smṛtyarthasāra and Smṛticandrikā, it cannot be later than about 1150 A. D. As it criticizes Bhavadeva it cannot be earlier than 1100 A. D.

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Hemādri⁷⁸⁰ refers to the explanation of the word *kalā* occurring in a text of Gārgya offered by a Smṛtipradīpa. It is not unlikely that he means the same work as is referred to by others as Pradīpa.

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⁷⁸⁰ यदाह गार्ग्यः । यच्चकालस्तिथिद्वैधे षट्कलो यदि लक्ष्यते । पूर्वं तत्रोत्तरं कार्यं हीने पूर्वमुपक्रमेत् । कलात्र मुहूर्तं न तु घटिका । ... स्मृतिप्रदीपकृताप्यत्र कलाशब्दस्य मुहूर्त्तार्थतोक्ता । चतुर्वर्ग० (काल) p. 355.

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