History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c6.s65.1

v1.c6.s65.1

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.).