History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c6.s93.7

v1.c6.s93.7

In all his works Mitramiśra mentions hundreds of authors and works. The portion on vyavahāra is full of long-drawn controversies in which he refutes the views of numerous predecessors. The Vīramitrodaya enters into polemics far more frequently than Nīlakaṇṭha. He generally upholds the Mitākṣarā of Vijñāneśvara against all its critics, particularly the writers of the Bengal school. But he does not slavishly admire the Mitākṣarā in every thing. Now and then he rebukes even Vijñāneśvara. For example, he does not approve of what the Mitākṣarā says about the son called *Kānīna*.¹¹⁰² He finds fault with Vijñāneśvara's explanation of the verse 'anyodaryastu' as extremely forced and far-fetched and as simply exhibiting the author's pedantry.¹¹⁰³ Out of the host of works and writers that he names in the vyavahāra section the important ones are noted below.¹¹⁰⁴