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we arrive at the end of the fifteenth century or the beginning 
of the sixteenth as the time of composition of the T'ithi-viveka- 
fika, The same time may be ascribed to the Sraddha-viveka- 
vwakhya composed according to the instructions of his father, 
and therefore when his father was living. ‘The commentary 
Sara-maiijart quoted in the Sraddha-viveka-vyakhya would then. 
be still older.! Srinatha flourished thereforein the last decade 
of the fifteenth and the first quarter of the sixteenth century. 
This conclusion about Srinatha’s time is corroborated by 
the mention of him in Raghunandana’s yajur-vedi-Sraddha- 
tattva as his guru or preceptor.? Raghunandana flourished 
in the first and second quarters of the sixteenth century, as 
I will show infra. Therefore as his guru, Srinatha cannot be 
later than the first quarter of the same century. 
As son of Srinatha, Ramabhadra Nyayalankara Bhatta- 
carya, would be later. He is not named by Raghunandana and 
was probably younger than him. He may be said therefore to 
have lived in the second and probably the third quarter of the 
age. 
It would seem that in Navadvipa (the admitted home of 
haga, In fact by their ecmmentaries he, his son, 1 hi: 
Pupils like Raghunandana, established the reputation of Jimu- 
‘avahana for all time to come. 
V.—Raghunandana Bhattacarya. 
In the Bengal School of Smrti the three most influential 
Writers are Fimitavahads, Silapani and Ragunandana. The 
i. Sans. Coll. MS. II, 433; the Sara-manjari is quoted in folios 20b. 
» 60b. 
; ; _ 280, 
2 Ast. Tatt.. Sr. ed., ii. 276, Be ATSAPRaTal ATITTE, p. 280. <fa 
t awecur: | Besides quoting some of his works by name, 
WIT: are ales referred to in Mala-masa (i. 445, 470), Sarhskara : ot : 
ah (i ithi (i i. 54), Ekadaai (ii. 3, 57). 
(ii. 223), Tithi (i. 96), Durg-otsava (1. 9%), 
andoga eg aia ae The guru is never mentioned by are vad 
tr by his title Acarya-curamani in Yajur-vrs-otsarga (1. 365) and Yaj 
3 t 
—Mddha (ii. 273). 
