________________ Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra www.kobatirth.org Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir (xxxvi) The time of Kyshua Mitra author IDAIET, can be fixel tentatively because he refers thrice to a Smrti-writer of Orissa named Gopinatha Vajapeyi, who was the Rajaguru of Gajapati Ramachandra Deva II (1726-1736 A. D.) of Khurda as stated in the introductory portion of the unpublished Sanskrit drama named 'Agte A1Z4 by Chayani Chandrasekhar'a son of Gopinatha e. g., gatshiTa tinaFETCOTTTag: F ATAT........ x x x वत्स्यान्वयपद्माकरदिनकर सप्तलोमयाजि वाजपेयि गोपीनाथराजगुरु द्वितीय तनय चयनिarestat traurt:...............X The reference to Gopinatia Vajapeyi with respect places Krslina Misra after ( 1736 A. D, in the middle of the lEth century, He quotes. from two books called '*Trait' and 'Tart' which were most pro'bably the works of the famous Gadadhara Rijaguru who wrote in the 1st quarter of the 18th century. As such the time fixed for him above is quite tenable. | The "" The importance of plante is stated in its last two verses in which the anthor claims the superiority of his work over previous ones in respect of treatment of both the Smirta and the Vaishnava methods of calculation of auspicious time for the observance of various fasts ani! festivals. It may be stat:d here that the Smrti works of Orissa compiled prior to (1650 make no separate mention of the Vaishnava fasts and festivals and the time of their observance. In the 'FIST of Divyas m'a Mahapatra (1640-1680) we find for the frst time the description of a cora FIGHT as o'serred by the followers of 'RIETIT. Gailadhara Rajagur (1700-1750) writes a separate chapter called 'Txizajt Tirol in which he makes discussion about different a caratkicsit as enjoined by Haribhakti vilasa and other works (74). He also describes the rites to be observed by the Gaudiya followers of Sri Chaitanya in the month of Kartika e. g., Figal tifo pleacaaez i5a5a T. STATTST sifa JF कादशी यावत् व्रतमाचर्यते। . (74) Klasare p. 142 (Orissa Edition) For Private and Personal Use Only
