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Calcutta; and going back earlier we find both Vidyapati and 
Vacaspati Misra attributing some of their own works to their 
patrons. 
akaras (Vivada) and the Krtya-cintamani mention his perform- 
ance of the Tula-purusa ceremony in Saka 1236, and must be 
later than that date. It seems probable that his compilations 
were generally completed after a.p. 1314 and some part after 
1324 a.p. They may be therefore placed roughly between 1315- 
30 a.D. His uncle Ganesvara composed his work, the Sugai 
sopana, a little earlier, say in the beginning of the fourteenth 
century ; while his younger cousin Ramadatta compiled his 
work a little later, say in the second quarter of the same 
century. 
Candesvara influenced later writers considerably. The seg 
style, the extensive information and the up-to-date remarks 0 
his compilations, backed by the high position of the family, at 
use of even the Ratn-akara after the middle o 
century. 
7. HARINATHOPADHYAYA. 
He wrote the Smrti-sara, a general digest of Smrti. It 
consists of two parts, viz.,— ; 
(a) Acara which deals with the samskaras (eight scoot ed 
to the author),” ahnika or the daily duties of a twice DOT 
1 R. Mitra, Notices, VI. p. 135, No. 2069, end verse 2:— 
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® In the nibandhas, the number of Sarnsk@ras or periodical eet, 
ved by a twice-born, varies. Harinatha takes them to Devan 
the Gauriyas (Bhavadeva aud Halayudha) ten, the southerners ( 
na Bhatta and Sridhara) sixteen, and the Mitaksara forty-eight. 
