History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c6.s86.3

v1.c6.s86.3

Since he quotes the Madanapārijāta, the Gaṅgā-vākyāvalī, Rudradhara and Vācaspati, he must be later than about 1500 A. D. He is quoted by Raghunandana in his Malamāsatattva and Āhnikatattva. So he cannot be later than 1560 A. D. His Śuddhi-kaumudī examines intercalary months¹⁰¹⁶ from śake 1414 to śake 1457 (i. e. from 1492 A. D. to 1535 A. D). Therefore it appears that he wrote his Śuddhikaumudī immediately after śake 1457 (i. e. 1535 A. D.). He wrote the Śrāddha-kaumudī and Varṣa-kriyākaumudī after the Śuddhi-kaumudī. Therefore we shall be very near the truth if his literary activity be placed between 1500 and 1540 A. D.