History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c92.s1.56

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*Śāradātilaka* of Lakṣmaṇa-deśikendra (disciple of Utpala); one of the most famous works on tantra. Aufrecht (p. 64) enumerates several commentaries, the most learned and lucid of which is the Padārthādarśa of Rāghavabhaṭṭa, composed in *saṁvat* 1550 (i. e. 1493-94 A. D.). Rāghavabhaṭṭa hailed from Mahārāṣṭra and was a resident of town Janasthāna (Pañcavaṭī) on the banks of the Godāvarī; pub. in Kashi S. S. and in Tāntrik Texts, vol. XVI and XVII. Śāradātilaka was composed about the 11th century A. D. Raghunandana expressly names Rāghavabhaṭṭa as the commentator of the Śāradātilaka in Jyotistattva p. 580.