History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c6.s66.5
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c6.s66.5
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The date of the Smṛtyarthasāra can be fixed within approximate limits. As it names the Mit., the Kāmadhenu, the Kalpataru and Govindarāja, it is later than 1150 A. D. The Smṛticandrikā and Hemādri⁷⁸³ both quote it as an authority. For example, the Smṛticandrikā says that the Smṛtyarthasāra holds that the Tulasī is among the things the use of which is to be avoided in *śrāddha*. Therefore the Smṛtyarthasāra must have been composed between 1150 and 1200 A. D.