History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c6.s74.12

v1.c6.s74.12

The Samayapradīpa treats of the proper times for various *vratas*.⁸⁷⁴ It is divided into three chapters (*paricchedas*). The first is called Samayapariccheda and dilates upon the definition of *vrata*, on the procedure about fasts, *nakta* and the *vratas* of Gaṇeśa and other deities, the second is called Saṁvatsara-kṛtya-pariccheda and treats of *vratas* from the *pratipadā* to the *amāvāsyā* in the several months and the third is called prakīrṇaka (miscellaneous) dealing with the *vratas* on *saṅkrānti* (the Sun's passage into another Zodiacal sign) etc. In this work Śrīdatta often refers to the views of the Gauḍas and contrasts them with his own. He also refers to Gauḍanibandha. No other writers or works except those that are already enumerated under Ācārādarśa and Pitṛbhakti are named in this work. On folio 7a there is a name which is somewhat indistinct and appears to be ‘Mitāmitrādibhiḥ’. The Samayapradīpa is mentioned in the Kṛtya-ratnākara (pp. 400, 479, 505) of Caṇḍeśvara and in Śūlapāṇi's Durgotsavaviveka.⁸⁷⁵ Śrīdatta is more frequently quoted in the Śrāddhakriyākaumudī of Govindānanda than almost any other author or work.