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Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra
www.kobatirth.org
Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
INTRODUCTION
XXV
बाग
धिक
UG
* foreafua (Transportation)
*धनदण्ड (Fine)
पौड़न
अङ्गच्छेद
___*सबखहरण (Forfeiture of Property)
प्रमापण* (Death)
*ताड़न
*gata
विडम्बन Penal Servitude, (Whipping) Imprisonment,
(Detention in Reformatories.
The Author The Author, Vardhamāna Upādhyāya, was the son of the poet Bhavesa, and belonged to the Bilvapañcaka family of Mithila. His patron was the King Bhairava of Tīrabhukti (modern Tirhoot Division of Bihar), who was the husband of Jayā, the celebrated patroness of Vācaspati Mifra, who wrote the work Dvaitanirnaya at the instance of that noble lady. In the sixth verse of the introduction Vardhamāna has spoken of Gandaka Misra as his elder brother and of Sankara and Vācaspati as his teachers. There were many persons of the name of Vācaspati and three persons of the name of Vacaspati Miśra. Here, Vardhamāna undoubtedly refers to the famous faqat Vācaspati Miśra of Mithila, the author of Dvaitanirnaya. Be. cause both Vardhamana and this Vācaspati Misra are writers on Smrti, residents of Mithila, and contemporaries, as appears from the fact that their respective patrons are Bhairava and Jaya, husband and wife.
Vācaspati Miśra flourished in the first half of the sixteenth century, and so Vardhamāna must belong to that period. Moreover, Vardhamāna is quoted by Raghunandana whose time is the second half of the sixteenth century.
The author has written nine works on Smrti, viz., Dandaviveka, Dvaitaviveka, Gangākrtyaviveka, Paribhāṣāviveka, Smrtitallvaviveka, Dharmapradipa, Smrtiparibhāṣā, Smrtitattvāmrta, and Smrtitatlvāmsta-sūroddhara, which is an abridgment of the preceding work. Of these nine works, the first two, viz.,
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1 1912 jaft: Fragent a À yra: निखिलनिबन्धसमासप्रयासमेनं ममाऽनुजानन्त ॥
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