History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.1021

v4.c63.1021

The principal Sanskrit works of the Dāyabhāga school are three viz. the Dāyabhāga of Jīmūtavāhana, the Dāyatattva of Raghunandana and the Dāyakramasaṅgraha of Śrīkṛṣṇa Tarkālaṅkāra. The Mitākṣarā school is subdivided into four sub-schools in which besides the Mitākṣarā, the supreme authority, other works are referred to as supplementary to it and as modifying some of its doctrines viz. the Benares school (which regards the Vīramitrodaya as of high authority), the Mithilā school (which relies on the Vivādaratnākara, the Vivādacandra and the Vivādacintāmaṇi), the Mahārāṣṭra or Bombay school (where the Vyavahāramayūkha is of the highest authority in Gujerat, Bombay Island and Northern Konkan even superseding the Mitākṣarā in some matters and the Vīramitrodaya and the Nirṇayasindhu are also relied upon), the Draviḍa or Madras school (where the Smṛticandrikā, the Vyavahāranirṇaya of Varadarāja, the Parāśara-mādhavīya and the Sarasvatīvilāsa are also works of authority). In spite of some differences in the rules accepted in different provinces in all of which the Mitākṣarā is of high authority, all the provinces except Bengal are held to be governed by one school. Vide *Ambabai v. Keshav* I. L. R. (1941) Bom. 250.