History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c6.s94.21

v1.c6.s94.21

बाजबाहुद्र (and probably the son) of Lakṣmaṇacandra, is praised for his continual liberality to the learned men of Benares.¹¹²⁵ It was at the command of Baz Bahadurcandra and for pleasing him that Anantadeva compiled his Smṛtikaustubha.¹¹²⁶ At the end Anantadeva tells us that Baz Bahadurcandra conquered several mountain forts in the Himālayas.¹¹²⁷ After giving a pedigree of his patrons' family Anantadeva gives some information about himself. He was a descendant of the great Maratha saint Ekanātha whom he describes as endowed with Vedic sacrifices and as a devotee of Kṛṣṇa.¹¹²⁸ That this Ekanātha is the same as the great Maratha saint is vouchsafed by Kāśīnātha, author of Dharmasindhu, in another work of his.¹¹²⁹ Anantadeva was the great-great-grand-son of Ekanātha and he was the grandson of Ananta and son of Āpadeva, the author of the Mīmāṁsānyāyaprakāśa *alias* Āpadevī-.