- 
388 Journ. of the Asiat. Soc. of Bengal. [Nov. & Dec., 1915. 
quotes Harihara several times, and so must be later than his 
time, the third quarter of the thirteenth century (s.v., Sridatto- 
padhyaya). He does not quote from Candesvara’s works, and 
vice versa. Probably they were near contemporaries. His time 
may therefore be put in the first half of the fourteenth century. 
8. PADMANABHA DATTA. 
He is the author of the well-known grammar, the Supadma, 
and its varioussupplements. In his Paribhasa he speaks of having 
written an Acara-candrika in Smrti, which must be a compila- 
tion on the Acara section.'! No MS. of the work has yet been 
found, and no quotations therefrom yet traced. He wrote it 
under the supervision of his father. It should be distinguished 
from the work of the same name by Gauriya Srinathacarya- 
curamani. 
Padmanabha Datta’s time is fairly well ascertained. He is 
son of Damodara Datta, who was son of Sridatta. One is temp- 
ted to identify his grandfather with Sridattopadhyaya the 
smrti writer No.3. Apart from this he himself says that he com- 
posed his Prsodar-ddi-vrtti, a part of his grammatical Un-ad- 
vriti in Saka 1297 Caitra or 1375 a.p.2 So his Smrti work 
may be placed in the second half of the fourteenth century. 
Padmanabha Dattaisanearly example of that wide diffusion 
of Sanskritic knowledge in Mithila which formed the charac- 
teristic of the later Kamesgvara period. In addition to various 
works on grammar, his forte, he composed a poem, the G i 
carita, a commentary on Sankaracarya’s poem Ananda-lahart 
and one on Magha’s epic, a work on metres, the Chando-ratna, 
and a lexicon, the Bhuri-prayoga. 
B. Later Period. 
9, SRIDATTA MISRA. 
He wrote mi! Paddhati of Smrti in several sections. Of these. 
one has survived. viz., 
i ae 
section, is dated La. sarh 363 or 1482 a.p. 49 wren Whe (R. Mittra. 
Notices, V, p. 232, No. 1913). eee ae | gee 
‘ aan ni aribhasa, nd. Off, Cat., p. 244, No. 890; cf. the Pariohae 
bec of Raman&tha Siddhanta, H. Shastri, Notices, Vol. I, p. 444 
Re Sale | Haare sar | 
a <fear aragara: 4 [<1] 
2 The Prsodar-adi-vriti (H. Sastri, Notices, Vol. I, p. 225, No- 228) 
end verse 10 :— ‘ ’ ’ ices, a es 
= i 
all marae Ss arty ca: feaat | 
UATNe Urea eS Kez [Re I) 
