1897.] M. M Cliakravarti— Language and Literature of Orissa. 337 
neous with Vidyakara or came a little later. He should be placed in the 
1st half of the 15th century. 
The text is in 26 stanzas only, but the stanzas are very long. The 
subject matter of agauca is dealt with in 25 lines, and as the author 
has forced a full treatment of the whole subject of agauca into a few 
lines, the work is difficult to understand without commentary. The 
author was probably led to make such compression in order to facilitate 
the task of committing it to memory. The work has often been referred 
to as an authority. I find however that its rules are not always 
observed in Orissa. For instance, it is laid down in line 11 that 
in the case of pudras dying between the 2nd and J6th year, whether 
married or unmarried, the agauca lasts 12 days ; and in the case of 
(Judras dying above the 16th year, the full period ( i.e . 30 days) 
should be observed. 1 In Orissa the £7udras however behave like the 
Brahmins, and actually observe the agauca for ten days only. 
Besides the printed edition, I have seen three MSS., one of which 
has the advantage of a tika. The tlka has been named £uddhi-vidhana- 
dipika. This MS. occupies 47 folios with six lines on each page and 
five lines on the last page. The name of the tika-kara is wanting. It 
closes with the following line 
Ov. * 
fajnueti n 
3. The third Paddhati is of fambhukara. I have not seen a 
complete copy of this book, but I have come across a fragment of it. It 
is named fambhukara-fraddhapaddhati. It begins abruptly with 
■$> wr ftiNm i mstrsfr-1 It ends with : 
The text takes up 8| folios with 4 or 5 lines on each page. It gives 
the usual directions and Mantras to be observed or recited while 
performing the funeral ceremonies of relatives. Rarely comments 
are made in prose. £ambhukara’s date is uncertain. Neither he nor 
his work is referred to either in the Acarapradipa or by Raghu- 
nandana. But several other commentators have quoted him as an 
authority, 8 notably Vi^vanatha Mi^ra in his Smrti-Sara-Saihgraha. 
1 Line 11 H ^ 
* Smrtisarasamgralia MS. t( ^ a g a i n on the next 
