History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c6.s73.7

v1.c6.s73.7

He gives us a little information about himself in the introductory verse.⁸⁶⁴ He came of a Vārendra Brāhmaṇa family of Bengal (Gauḍa) residing in Nandana and was the son of Bhaṭṭa Divākara. He wrote his commentary in Kāśī in the company of *Paṇḍits*. On Manu VI. 14 he mentions the names of certain vegetables that were current in Malwa and among the Vāhīkas.⁸⁶⁵