314 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [Sept., 1916. 
i. The Kala-viveka. 
In the preface to the Bibliotheca edition (p. vii), the editor 
has remarked :—‘‘ In all the MSS. used 
Its Name. for collation, the work though treat- 
taila-niripanam. 
The object of the work is given in the introductory 
Its Object. ere (2: 
been ignored by some (writers), and 
treated briefly by others. Hence for the easy understanding of 
the ignorant this has been made by me.’’” It would seem 
therefore that no previous treatise specially dealing with Kala 
alone was known to the author. 
The work begins with a discussion of the appropriate 
on 
ssc aa oan f religious duties and works, particu- 
larly whether the prescribed month should be lunar or solar. 
It goes on next to discuss intercalary months, the four-monthly 
eriod of Visnu’s sleep, etc., discussing the times of various 
religious festivals according to tithis, and ending with the 
the Janma-mias-adi-viveka (p. 375). The Sankranti-viveka 1s 
so called in the body (p. 400), though the heading has been 
printed otherwise (samkranti-niripanam). - 
The work refers occasionally to sruti, Panini and Vart- 
tika-kira, but abounds with refer- 
ences to and extracts from the chief 
Puranas and Dharma-sastra sages. As it has to deal with time, 
it quotes from astronomical treatises such as the Sarya-siddhanta 
and the Brahma-siddhanta (whose author Brahmagupta 1s also 
named) and also from astrological works suc 
Its References. 
_ Among later works may be named, first the general com 
pilations from the Dharma-sastra Rsis, viz. the gat-trimsar 
mata (the opinion of the thirty-six), and the Smrti-samuceay? 
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