390 Journ. of the Asiat. Soc. of Bengal. [Nov. & Dec., 1915. 
of the fifteenth century. This is confirmed by the statement of 
Madhusadana who wrote his astrological work while Dhirasimha 
was ruling, and for Dhirasimha we have got a date, La. sam 
391. Sridatta being the elder uncle of Madhusidana, more 
than a full generation (30 years) must have intervened, and 
this brings us to a date earlier than La-sam 291. 
10. VIDYAPATI UPADHYAYA. 
He wrote many works, of which the following were on 
hi 
i) The Ganga-vakyavali,' dealing with various rites and 
duties to be observed on the banks of the sacred river Ganges. 
It collects together quotations on the subject from the Maha- 
bharaia, the Ramayana, the Chandoga-parisisia, the Maitraya- 
niya-parisisia, Yogi-Yajfiavalkya, Puranas, Smrti-karas and 
others, among which may be mentioned the following :— 
Kalpa-taru (3). Darpana (1). 
Kalpa-taru-kara (2). Parijata (1). 
Kalpa-druma kara (1). Bhoja-raja (2). 
Kal-ottara (1). Mitaksara (}). 
Ganeévara Miégra (2). Raja-marittanda (1). 
Gangeya (6) [Smrti-maharnava}-prakasa (1). 
Chandog-ahnika (1). Smrti-samuccaya (2). 
It mentions Sapta-grima as Daksina-Prayaga and as muk- 
ta-vent and is herein followed by Vacaspati Misra (Tirtha-cinta- 
mani), Ganapati (Ganga-bhakti tarangini) and Raghunandana 
(P rayascuta-tattoa). Itis quoted by Ganapati in the ganga-bhaktr- 
tarangint, by Srinatha in the Krtya-tattv-arnava, and by Raghu- 
nandana in several of his tattvas, while the author (kara) 18 
named by Govindananda in the Varsa-kriya and the Suddht- 
kaumudi : 
In the remaining folios, it mentions the Kalpa-taru (1), i 
Dana-sigara (1), Bhipila (1), Bhoja-raja (1), the Rainakara 
(3), Laksmidhara (1), and the Sagara (8). It is quoted once 
by Raghunandana in the Vivaha tattva. 
Oe a 
rian on 15th August 1897). (a fresh copy comple y 
2 
ns. College MS., II. 322, fol. 121b, 122a:—aal efaarane 
were AAT 44) | SANA? GU yaaa awa | AEA aai 8a4 
phi t: (Rae GaTsagesiyara ease we! 
epg nd. Govt. MS. 5545 (Nagri); cf. R. G. Bhandarkar’s Rep- for 
, P. 352, in which the MS. is dated Sarnvat 1539 or 1482 4-P- 
