________________ Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra www.kobatirth.org Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir (iv) District it is known that a family of scholars proficient in Sruti, Smrti and Jyotishaasta which livel in the Kotaravanga vishaya or the present Kotarahanga pragana of the Puri district received the patronage of the Bhanja royal family e. g. izraz faqtira: qila To ZTIETITYTI FATT भारद्वाज गोत्रायाङ्गिरस बाहस्पत्य भारद्वाज़त्रिप्रवराय; यजुर्वेदासायिने, माध्यन्दिनीय शाखाय, अनन्तकण्ठपण्डिन प्रपौत्राय ज्योतिषक शीधर पौत्राय श्रुति-स्मृति ज्योतिःशास्त्र विद् धराधरपुत्राय शौत-स्मात्त-कर्म निपुण, ज्योतिः शास्तैकधीर दीक्षित जगधर 7FA07"> There was a well known Smrt:-writer name: Suicilara, referred to in the later Smrti works, who may be identifieil with the lata 17 of the above copper-plate grant, as both of tliem belong to the same aga. But nothing definite can be sail about the matter vintil anl unless the works written by thein are discoveroi ani taiel. NILAMBARA ACHARYA: Nilambara Acharya, father of tho poet Ucapana Acharya an! Govarcihana Acharya, author of the famons Arla kapta ati was known to posterity as a Smrti writer. His Cat, nay be fixou with some amcunt of certainty in the last quarter of the twelfth century, a: his son Udayana Acharya composoil the inscription of the Meghesvara temple (7) at Bhubaneswar during the reign of Anangabhima Deva II (1190-1198 A.D.) Udayana also compose:l the inscription of the Soblanesvara temple at village Niali (8) lying on the border of the Puri anl Cuttack districts. By the discovery of the above two insriptions it can be said without fear of contra liction that Nilambara Acharya, ths father of Ulayana telongol to Orissa. It is not possible to say at the present state of Otir knowledge, the names of Smrti works compiled by Nilanbara Acharya, This will only be poss ble after a thorough searh, collo:tion anl sturiy of manus -ripts that still remain in DW31, SAMKHADHARA: The next well-known Sinrti writer belonging to Or's:a (9) was Samkhadhara, the arithor o 'Smsti samuchchaya' which was accepted as (7) E I. Vol. VI. 1901 edited by K. Keilhorn. (8) J. B, O. R. S. Vol XVII, 1931. PP119-135. (9). Indian Historical Quarterly Vol. XXIII, No.2 June. 1946. For Private and Personal Use Only
