History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c82.310

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The literature on *muhūrta* (auspicious time for undertaking anything) is extensive. Almost all works on Kāla mentioned above such as Hemādri on Kāla, the Kāla-mādhava, Kālatattvavivecana, Nirṇayasindhu are in a way works on muhūrta, since they discuss the proper times for performing the saṁskāras and religious rites. Among the works the names of which begin with the word muhūrta are: Muhūrtakalpadruma (published by Nirn Press, Bombay) composed by Vitthala Diksita in 1628 A.D.; Muhūrta-gaṇapati composed in 1685 A. D. by Gaṇapati Raval, son of Harishankar; Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi composed at Benares in śake 1522 (1601 A. D.) by Rāma, son of Ananta, with a commentary called Pīyūṣa-dhārā composed in śake 1525 (1604 A.D.) by Govinda, son of Nīlakaṇṭha elder brother of Rāma (published in 1945 by the Nirn. press); Muhūrtatattva by Gaṇeśa, son of Keśava (ms in Bhau Daji collection of Bombay Asiatic Society); Muhūrtadarśana (also called Vidyāmādhavīya) by Vidyāmādhava with a commentary called Muhūrta-dīpikā (about 1363 A.D.) by his son Viṣṇu, edited by Dr. Shamsastri (published