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[NV.8.] 
8. Srikara Acarya (probably 
arhiya) ne .. Fourth quarter of the fif- 
teenth. 
9, Srinatha Acaryacuramani 
(son of 8 # .. Last decade of the fifteenth 
and first quarter of the 
sixteenth. 
10. Haridisa Tarkacarya .. Beginning of the sixteenth. 
ll. Raghunandana Bhattacarya 
(Rarhiya, Vandyaghatiya). First and bea quarters of 
i t 
he sixteenth. 
12. Acyuta Cakravartti (son of 10) Second quarter of the six- 
teenth. 
13, Ramabhadra Nyayalankara 
Bhattacarya (son of 9) .. Second and third quarters 
of the sixteenth. 
14. Govindananda Kavikankana- 
carya (Vaidik) -- 
Do. 
I. Jimita-vahana. 
The Daya-bhaga of Jimitavahana forms the basis of the 
modern law of inheritance and partition in Bengal. In fact he 
may be considered a pillar of the Bengal school of Hindu law. 
Unfortunately very little authentic is known of him and of 
is works. Even his time is as yet unsettled. I have there- 
fore gathered here all the information available to give some 
\dea of the man and of his productions. 
A. HIS WORKS. 
His existing works are according to the colophons part of 
mits Dharina ratna. eneral treatise on Smrti named 
"  _Dharma-ratna (the ornament of the 
Dharmasastra). Only three of his works have been as yet brought 
to light, viz. :-— ; 
i. KGla-viveka (a discussion of the appropriate times) ; 
ii. Vyavahara-mairka (the alphabets of legal procedure 
and evidence) ; i : 
iii. Daya-bhaga (division of property on inheritance). 
All the three works have been printed.’ 
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edited by Pandit Madhusiidana Smrtiratna, an tka hes been published 
1 
by Sir Asutosh Mukerjea; the Da iga has mata ve ahd 
*N using here the Bengali edition edited by Pandit Bharatcandra © 
Mani, 2 vols. (1863-66). 
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i the Memoirs of the Asiatic Society, vay’ > peon often printed, but I 
