404 Journ. of the Asiat. Soc. of Bengal. [Nov. & Dec., 1915. 
Misaru Misra gives no information of himself or of his an- 
cestors. Both the works he attributed to Lachimadevi, wife of 
Candrasimha, the younger brother of Bhairavasimhadeva. 
This places him in the third and fourth quarter of the fifteenth 
century. Jolly would place Lacchimadevi in the fourteenth 
century, an assertion for which no reasons are assigned. ! 
10. RUDRADHARA UPADHYAYA. 
He wrote several works in Smrti 
(i) The Varsa-krtya,’ dealing with a number of festivals 
and optional fasts, beginning with the ee of Behula. It is 
probably a supplement to No. ii, and quote 
Kalpa-taru (3). Ratn-akara te 
Gaura-nibandha (2). Siva-vakyavali (1). 
Yogisvara (1). Srikara-nibandha (2). 
(ii) The Vrata-paddhati,? a manual of the rites to be per- 
formed in connection with vratas. It quotes very few niban- 
dhas and is largely based on Sridatta’s Samaya-pradipa. 
Kalpa-taru (3). Ratn-akara (4). 
Gaur mand (2). Varsa-pradipa (1). 
Samaya-pradipa (15). 
akin (1). 
(iii) The Suddhi-viveka +, on estas 2 in three paricche- 
It was composed though works like the Ratn-akara, the 
Parijaia, the Mitaksara, the Hara-laia and others existed on 
the subject. It quotes— 
Ac&r-adarsa (3). | Sraddha-kalpa (1). 
rehecnibe (4). Sraddha-kalpa-tarw. 
ileleievtiey ul | Sraddha-maijari (1). 
Miah ). Sridattopadhyaya (1), 
Ter “Sittra 
R lee Gans oe | Smrti-sara-krt (1). 
A - Harihara Misra (1). 
Suddhi-pradipa (1). | Hara-lata (10). 
Suddhi-bimba (1). | Hara-lata-kara (4). 
It should be distinguished from the — of the same 
name by ae and by Srinathicaryacuram 
(iv) The Sraddha-viveka,® * dealing with the faneral rites; in 
four tard seni It quotes 
yo 
1 The Tagore Law Lecture p. 27 ‘In the fourteciiil century 
Queen Lakhimadevi of Mithila (Tiehat) composed, the Vivada-Ca wee 
The Varsa-krtya, printed in Nagri (Benares ?). 
8 For the Vrata-paddhati, see Ind. Govt. ‘MS. 5742 (44 mr 
: + The § t-viveka, printe 
For the co ae og in ihe Mesa pr. ed. (Sarhvat 103) 
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