382 Journ. of the Asiat. Soc. of Bengal. [Nov. & Dec., 1915. 
5. CANDESVARA THAKKURA. 
The dominating figure in the field of Maithili Smrti. Heis 
best known by his— 
(i) Smrti-ratn-Gkara, or briefly Ratn-akara {the sea), a 
general digest that consisted of seven sections as follows ! :— 
(a2) Krtya, dealing with fasts, festivals and their appropriate 
) 
mi, and Buddha-dvadasi vrata, or the worship of Buddha held on 
Sravanasukladvadasi. The last no longer exists and the former, . 
though observed, has lost its old importance. The Ratha-yatra 
was observed also with respect to Siva on Pausa sukla astami, 
and Durga on Aévina sukla navami. The Puja kalpa-taru of 
Laksmidhara also describes the Ratha-yatra of Siva, Brahma, 
and Durgai, and thus shows that in the old days the car- 
festival was common to the principal deities. 
The Kriya-ratn-akara * quotes a considerable number of later 
Smrti works, e.g., the 
Kalpa-taru (39 times). | Varsa-dipika (1). 
Kalpa-taru-kara (7). | Vasanta-raja (1). 
Kama-dhenu (7) | Viveka (1) 
Gopala (2) _ Visva-ripa (1) 
Vrata-sa gara (1). 
Dana-sagara (25). | 
Devesvara Dharma-dhikarani- | 
Samaya-pradipa (12). 
Skanda-yamala (1)- 
Sagara (20). = eae 
: | Smyti-maharnava-prakasa-karo 
Raja-marttanda, (3). | 
Laksmidhara (4). 
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(2). 
| Halayudha (2). 
1 The seven sections of the Ratn-akara are named thus ie 
da-ratn-Gkara, end verse 3 (Bib. Ind. ed., p. 670), and the 077 
akara, end verse 3 (R. Mittra, Notices VI, p. 135) :— 
2 As. Soc. Bengal MS., copied in Saka 1739 or 1817 A-D- Rare 
LOE ... ATFTS PL Gifs li in 185 folios, of which folios sede 
missing; and Ind. Govt. Maithili MS. No. 3604, 160 folios of coryP : 
leaves ; copied in La. sar 392 or 1511 A.D. ae ee? TAH 
Wa arafeas 
fafeatae gaa fate |i 
