History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c90.187

v7.c90.187

*Kālikā*—(an U. in 93 chapters pr by Venk. Press, Bombay); vide H in A.B O R.I vol. XXII pp. 1-23; Sharma in I. H. Q. vol 23 pp 322-326 (holding that Kālikā was completed during the reign of king Dharmapāla of Kāmarūpa); H. in B V. vol. 16 (1956) pp 35-40 questions the view of Sharma; 'Date of Kālikā' by Prof. Gode in J. O. R. (Madras) vol. X. pp. 289-294; Dr. Raghavan in J. O. R. (Madras) vol XII. pp. 331-360 (shows that there are three separate recensions of the Purāṇa). H. distinguishes between an earlier version and the extant one and places the latter in the 10th or 11th century, on the words of Matsya 53. 60-64 'tad-etebhyo vinirgatam', the Kalpataru explains 'vinirgatam' as 'udbhūtam' (sprung from) and gives the Kālikā as an illustration (Brahmacāri p 30) of an Upapurāṇa sprung from Mahāpurānas, the Kalpataru quotes from it about 100 verses on vrata, on dāna, 14 on gṛhastha, 12 on vyavahāra (about witnesses and ordeals), 5 each on niyatakāla and tīrtha and 2 on brahmacārin; Aparārka quotes it on pp. 15, 226, 377 (15 verses on marriage and house settlements for brāhmanas), 924; the Sm. C II. p. 442 quotes one verse from it on śrāddha. The Dānasāgara quotes many verses from it. The Venk ed mentions Viṣṇudharmottara in chap 91. 70 and 92. 21414b; the extant Kālikā would have to be placed before 1000 A D. Vide p 809 n 1317 above for the Kālikā saying that the howl of a female jackal is auspicious