History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c6.s87.13

v1.c6.s87.13

Aufrecht placed Raghunandana between 1430-1612 A. D. Dr. Jolly ( Tagore Law Lectures p. 10 ) places him early in the 16th century. In I. L. R. 48 Cal. 643 ( F. B. ) at p. 695 it is said that Raghunandana belongs to the latter half of the 15th century. As Raghunandana's works are quoted and criticised by the Vīramitrodaya ( pp. 79, 531, 683, 697, 703 etc., ) and by Nīlakaṇṭha, Raghunandana is certainly earlier than 1600 A. D. As he names Mādhavācārya, Śūlapāṇi, Rāyamukuṭa, Rudradhara and Vācaspati, he is later than about 1500 A. D. If tradition is to be believed that he was a fellow-student of Caitanya he must have been born about 1490 A. D. Caitanya is said to have been born in 1485 or 1486 A. D. ¹⁰²³ In his Jyotiṣtattva he mentions *śake* 1421¹⁰²⁴ in connection with the position of Viṣuva. That shows that the work was not composed probably very much long after that date ( i. e. 1499-1500 A. D. ) In the same Tattva ( vol. I. p. 568 )