History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c6.s83.4

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The Ācāracintāmaṇi deals with the daily rites of Vājasaneyins.⁹⁷⁴ The Āhnikacintāmaṇi is quoted in his Śuddhicintāmaṇi. The Kṛtyacintāmaṇi was published in Bengali characters at Benares in *śake* 1814 (vide JASB. for 1915, p. 395) and deals with the festivals that are celebrated on different days in the year. The Tīrthacintāmaṇi has been published in the B. I. series. It is divided into five *prakāśas*, viz. Prayāga, Puruṣottama (Puri), Gaṅgā, Gayā and Vārāṇasī and deals with such topics as the purpose of pilgrimages, the preliminaries of pilgrimage, the various rites to be performed at the several *tīrthas*, the subsidiary sacred places at the principal *tīrthas* etc. He mentions the Kalpataru, Gaṇeśvaramiśra, Jayaśarmā, the Mitākṣarā, Smṛtisamuccaya and Hemādri. In the introduction he explicitly states that he composed the work after carefully examining the Kṛtyakalpadruma and Pārijāta, the Ratnākara and other works.⁹⁷⁵ The Dvaitacintāmaṇi is mentioned in his Kṛtyacintāmaṇi. The Nīticintāmaṇi is mentioned in the Vivādacintāmaṇi (p. 72). The Vivādacintāmaṇi (text) was published at Calcutta in 1837 (which edition is used in this work) and was translated into English by Prasannakumar Tagore (in 1863) with a learned preface. It explicitly states that the author carefully studied the Kṛtyakalpadruma, Pārijāta and Ratnākara.⁹⁷⁶ The work deals exhaustively with the eighteen titles of law (*vyavahārapadas*). The principal authors and works, besides the usual *smṛtis* and *purāṇas*, mentioned in the work are noted below.⁹⁷⁷ In this work he mentions several vernacular equivalents for Sanskrit terms. The Vyavahāracintāmaṇi⁹⁷⁸ deals with judicial procedure, viz. the four principal topics thereof, viz. *bhāṣā* (the plaint), *uttara* (reply of defendant), *kriyā* (evidence), *nirṇaya* (decision). The Śuddhicintāmaṇi was printed at Benares in Bengali characters in *śake* 1814 (JASB for 1915, p. 396 *n* 2). The Śūdrācāracintāmaṇi deals with the duties of śūdras (Mitra's Notices, vol. VI, p. 22, No. 2001). The Śrāddhacintāmaṇi is a standard work and was printed at Benares in Bengali characters in *śake* 1814.