Theory of Government in Ancient India (Post-Vedic) c9.s1.63

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followed in Bengal, was not illiberal. But a great scholar and commentator, Mâdhavâchârya, who flourished in the south in the fourteenth century, was highly conservative. In his commentary on Parâśara, he calls himself a supporter of the Purâṇic doctrines and gives an unprecedented prominence to the Purâṇas. Devânnabhaṭṭa, author of Smṛiti Chandrikâ, was another ultra-conservative. In his chapter on Deśadharma, he refuses to attach any weight to what is not supported by Vedas and Smṛitis. Aparârka, a Raja of Konkan, who flourished about the twelfth century, further elucidates and expands the meaning of Yâjñavalkya. The line of commentators has continued down to modern times. The Vaijayantî Commentary on Viṣṇu was composed in the 17th century.