The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c13.s2.t3: 3. Jitendriya, Bālaka and Yogloka
The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c13.s2.t3
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3. Jitendriya, Bālaka and Yogloka
c13.s2.t3.1
Bengal's⁸ contribution to law during the eleventh century is mentionable. Jitendriya (c 1050), author of an original work on *Smriti*, was an inhabitant of Bengal. He is quoted by Jīmūtavāhana in *Kālaviveka* as well as *Dāyabhāga* but is eclipsed by him. The *Dāyabhāga* doctrine that the widow succeeds to her deceased husband's estate has been traced to Jitendriya.
c13.s2.t3.2
⁸ Kane, pp. 283, 284, 286.
c13.s2.t3.3
Bālaka (c 1100), also an inhabitant of Bengal, wrote an independent work on *Smriti*. He is quoted by Jīmūtavāhana, Raghunandana and Śūlapāṇi.
c13.s2.t3.4
Yogloka (c 1100), another inhabitant of Bengal, is the author of an independent *Smriti*. His views on *Kāla* and *Vyavahāra* were popular in his days. Jīmūtavāhana used to make fun of Yogloka's claims to being exponent of a new logic (*nava-tārkikam-manya*).
Linked texts (2)
- Kālaviveka — Jīmūtavāhana, Sanskrit
- Dāyabhāga — Jīmūtavāhana, Sanskrit