348 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [Sept., 1915. 
iit. The Candrika Group. 
The Acara-candrika deals first with the duties of Sidras, 
and then describes the Ahnika or the daily rites of the twice- 
born.! It is mentioned in his Ddana-candrika, Sraddha- 
dipika, and Suddhi-tattv-arnava, and is quoted by Raghunan- 
dana in the Ahnika-tattva. 
The Sraddha-candrika is probably the most important 
work of Srinatha. But the only MS. of it I have seen isin 
palm leaf, old, crumbling and worm-eaten. In the introduc- 
ry verse No. 2 it is ascribed simply to an Acarya-curamani, 
but in the final colophon it is said to have been composed by 
Srinath@carya-curamani, son of Srikar-acarya.” 
vahanena), 
Parijata (1), Bhavadeva (1), the Ratnakara (1), Mahamahopadh- 
yaya Sridatta (1), Harinath-opadhyaya (1). besides his own 
Acara-candrika and Vivek-arnava. 
iv. The Dipika Group. 
__No MS. of the Gudha-dipika yet found, but it is mentioned 
in the author’s Krtya-tattv-arnava.* 
_ The ipikd seems to be a continuation of the 
Sraddha-candrika and is quoted in the Suddhi-tatte-arnava and 
by Raghunandana in his Yajuh-Sraddha-tattva. It gives the 
various prayogas of the rites of the funeral ceremony among the 
Chandogas. It quotes— 
a 
1 See Ind. Of. Cat., II ied in Saka 
teih ce ree on. if. Oat., III, p. 524, MS. No. 1648, cop 
2 Ind. Govt. MS. No. 3683, palmleaf MS., 14” x1}, fols. 843 45, 
occasionally 3, lines to a page. . la :— 
dfean daera sala fawter arevete: | 
Pa c 
areal ysrafaar soafataaad t [x Nn] 
Its final colophon in fol. 84b runs:—<¢fa @eTaela 
Se: ¢ ~ > Coe parole sara ll This 
ie <4 PAIS fee bt Do area tegat 
. is old, worm-eaten and cramblin and requires careful handling. 
3 Sans. Coll, MS. IT, 563, fols. la ib. 
a F. 45, p. 61:—qfa fagrerendtaneatfea™ 
Rearmed qraaay <fa | 3 
+ As 
