342 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. ([Sept., 1915. 
his time falls roughly in the third quarter of the fifteenth century. 
The Sraddha-v° having been quoted by him as an authority no 
less than eighteen times, Silapani would be consider ably older, 
and could not have flourished later than the first quarter of the 
same century. 
The upper limit is fixed by the mention of Candesvara’s 
works the Krtya-cintamani and the Ratnakara in Sulapani’s 
Samkranti-viveka, and of the Kala-Madhaviya in the Dur 
in the first and second quarters of the fourteenth century, he 
having performed the Tula-purusa gift on the banks of the 
Vagvati river in Saka 1236 (1314 a.D.).2 The Kala-Madhaniya 
or the Kala-nirnaya of Madhavacarya is still later. Madhava- 
pani. So considering all these facts we shall not be far from 
truth if we hold that Silapani flourished in the beginning of 
ec I now conclude with a few words about the sequence in 
Silapani’s works. The commentary Dipa-kalika must have 
a great name. The Sraddha-v°, followed by the Prayascitta-v - 
and the Suddhi-v° appears to belong to his mature O8% and 
is marked by subtle discussions and close reasonings. The 
1 The Sarmkranti-v°, Benares ed. (Sk, 1814), a verse quoted from the 
Krtya-cintamani (p. 152), and Bawa qeaae-carat IecsTaTet: (P- 156). 
The Durg-olsava-v®, Sans. Coll. MS. IT, 335, <f@ @S 
FAAS (fol. 3b). 
2 The Vivada-ratnakara, Bib. Ind. Ed., p. 670-1 :— 
=~ 
caauysray: fad wre 
aefa yaera araaatfaaaie | 
a . 
r 2 SaaTe: 80] tad 
8 For the latest inscription of Bukkaraya I dated Sake 1290, 99° °°” 
s Vol, RIV, p. 233. 
+ The KGla-nirnaya, Bib. Ind. ed., p. 2 :— 
aera aryararat wale areca TAT | 
aqaziaarae fans aay i 8h 
Ant. 
