History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c6.s81.1

v1.c6.s81.1

This is a well-known Maithila writer on Dharmaśāstra, who composed several works. His Śuddhi-viveka has been published several times (at Benares in 1866, in 1878 and by the Veṅkaṭeśvara Press in Bombay, *saṁvat* 1978). That work is divided into three *paricchedas* and deals with purification from impurity on birth and death, the persons liable to undergo purifications, the meaning of the word *putra*, purification of the body and of various substances when polluted, purification of cooked food and water and women in their menses. He tells us that after⁹⁶² having examined seven works (*nibandhas*) on śuddhi and being encouraged by his father and brother he composed the Śuddhiviveka. He further says that he made the effort for the benefit of those who were not disposed to go through such works as the Ratnākara, Pārijāta, Mitākṣarā and the Hāralatā.⁹⁶³ Besides these he mentions the Ācārādarśa, Śuddhipradīpa, Śuddhi-bimba, Śrīdattopādhyāya, Smṛtisāra and Harihara.