History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c6.s73.12

v1.c6.s73.12

The Śrāddhasāgara is full of Pūrvamīmāṁsā discussions. The author says that he wrote it and the other two works (Vivādasāgara and Āśaucasāgara) at the order of his father. He quotes profusely from the Mahābhārata, the Mahāpurāṇas and Upapurāṇas and from the dharmasūtras and metrical smṛtis. He names the Kalpataru oftener than any other *nibandhakāra*. The other authors and works named are: Bhojadeva, Halāyudha (probably the author of Prakāśa on the Śrāddhakalpasūtra of Kātyāyana), Jīkana, Kāmadhenu, Medhātithi, Śaṅkhadhara. In one place we have a reference to Prabhākara and Kamalākarabhaṭṭa (on Kāla and Kāma being devatās) and in another place to Gauḍa-Maithila-Mayūkhabhaṭṭāḥ (which are probably marginal notes creeping into the ms. or refer to authors other than the well-known ones). He refers to the opinion of his own *guru* in opposition to that of the Kalpataru.