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The Madanaratnapradipa or "the Madanaratna is an extensive digest on Dharmaśāstra no part of which has yet been printed ...... the work was divided into seven sections called uddyotas on samaya (or kāla ), ācāra, vyavahāra, prāyaścitta, dana, Suddhi and śānti" (Kane). The present codex is on śānti and deals with propitating gods, planets, etc. The work was composed by Ratnākara, Gopinātha, Viśvanātha and Gangādharabhatta under the orders of King Madanasimha, son of Saktisimha, son of Sūryadāsa, son of Devidāsa, son of Damodara, son of Mahipāladeva, all ruling at Delhi. According to Kane the work was composed between 1300 and 1500 A.D. Our colophon says that the work was composed by Viśvanātha, a resident of Benaras and son of Bhattapūjya, a Srimali Gurjara (Brahmana). For further details, see Kane
referred to below. Age - Samvat 1877. Author-Visvanātha, by order of Madanasimha.
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ॐ नमः श्रीगणेशाय नमः॥ यत्सूडासूरशिरोमणिधृष्टपीठ. मुत्संगभूषणमुमाहरयोरुदारं । धाम स्वनंधयसूधाकरधाम नौमि बत्केण वारणमभीप्सितवारणं तत् ॥१॥ अनोपसर्गनिवहेत निपीडतस्य । शांत्यै जनस्य करणावरुणालयोयं । श्रीशक्तिसिंहतनयो विनयोदितश्री
राजा विवेचयति शांतिशांतिकपौष्टिकानि ॥ २ ॥ etc. Ends-fol. 154a
ग्रहाश्च विविधा प्रोक्ता तेषां मंत्रा विधानतः !
अंशुजा मूलमंत्राश्च विधिवत्कथिते बुधैः ॥ इति वसोर्धारादिविधिः॥
महाराजाधिराजस्य मदनेंद्रस्य शासनात् श्रीमालीगुर्जरेण भट्टयुजात्मजेन वा भविश्वनाथेन काशीतीर्थनिवासिनां शांतिकं पौष्टिकं वापि यथाशा प्रकीर्तितं ॥ छ ।
