History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c6.s78.41

v1.c6.s78.41

In the Sūryasiddhāntaviveka of Madanapāla the father of Madanapāla is said to be Sahāraṇa⁹³³ which is a Prakrit equivalent of Sādhāraṇa. Madanapāla appears to have been a very great patron of learned men and is said to have emulated the fame of Bhoja.⁹³⁴ Besides the four works described above he compiled several other works, the most famous of which is his dictionary of drugs called Madanavinodanighaṇṭu. That work is very extensive, contains about 2250 verses and is divided into fourteen *vargas*, the last of which contains a *praśasti* of his family.⁹³⁵ This work contains the names of medical drugs, the qualities of drugs and of dishes and of the flesh of various animals. Some of the words given as synonyms for Sanskrit words occur in the modern Marathi.⁹³⁶ We saw above that his Smṛtikaumudī refers to Yantra-prakāśa and Siddhāntagarbha as two of his works. These two were works on astronomy.