History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c74.113

v5.c74.113

¹³²¹ The last verse of the Gaṅgāvākyāvalī is कियन्निबन्धमालोक्य श्री-विद्यापतिसूरिणा । गङ्गावाक्यावली देव्याः प्रमाणैर्विमलीकृता ॥. This verse shows that the famous Maithila scholar Vidyāpati at least provides the authorities on which the work is based Some scholars hold that it is really Vidyāpati who wrote the work for commemorating the queen who had honoured and patronized him. The 2nd introductory verse claims the work as Viśvāsa-devī's own In the दानवाक्यावली of धीरमति the last verse is निबन्धान् सम्यगालोक्य...सूरिणा। दानवाक्यावली देव्या....कृता ॥ (D. C ms. No 216 of 1881-82.