340 M. M. Chakravarfci — Language and Literature of Orissa. [No. 4, 
placed in the latter half of the 15th century. This is corroborated by 
the fact that Nrsimha quotes from Vidyakara and fuddhi-Candrika. 
The Acarapradipa is a pretty Ion*? work and has not yet been print¬ 
ed. It treats of the daily or periodical rites ( acara ). The author ap¬ 
pears to have been well-read. He quotes freely from the epics, the 
eighteen Puranas, the various Hpapnranas, the thirty-six Dharma^istras, 
the numerous commentators on them, such as Laksmidhara, Hemadri, 
Madhavacarya, Devendra^rama Svami, Puraycarana-Candrika, Smrti- 
ratnamala, various Tantras, the Pancaratras, astrological works, etc. I 
have already pointed out that he quotes from the Vidyakara-Paddliati 
and fuddhi-Candrika. In fact he brings considerable knowledge to 
bear upon each subject, and takes considerable pains in elucidating the 
disputed points by gathering the various authorities and by attempting 
to reconcile or explain the discrepancies found. 
The author was a Vajapeyi Brahmin of Puri and was apparently a 
Vaisnava by religion. He begins his work with an invocation to the 
Lord Jagannatha enthroned on the blue hill, and refers with respect to 
Purusottama-Mahatmya. According to tradition he composed other 
Smrti works, to supplement the Acarapradipa. These are enumerat¬ 
ed by Hunter as: (l) Vyavastha-pradipa. (2) Prayr^citta-pradlpa. 
(3) Vajapeyi-Smj-ti. (4) Dana-Sagara. None of these works is avail¬ 
able locally. 
2. While searching Raghunandana’s work I came across two 
authors named Vardhamana, one of whom is distinguished from the other 
by the prefix Namja 1 or younger. Is this Navya-Vardhamana identical 
with Vardhamana Maliapatra, who according to Hunter’s list, composed 
a Smrti work named Vnrdhamana-Karika. Not having yet seen the 
latter work, I am unable to decide ; but if true, Vardhamana Maha- 
patra must be older than 16th century. 
Raghunandana does not appear to mention any other Smrti works 
of Orissa, and the omission by an author of such vast reading as his 
raises a fair presumption that the works not mentioned were not in use 
at or before his time. The other works however, which I have seen, 
are more or less treated as authorities and cannot therefore be recent. 
Their times should therefore be put between the 16th and 18th cen¬ 
turies. I proceed to discuss them one by one. The following works 
I have seen in MSS. 
(3). Smrti-Sara-Samgraha of V^vanatha Mi^ra. 
(4L Craddha-Dipa ) c i 
Kala Dipa J of I)lv y asiln,ia Maliapatra. 
1 “ 33 P- 8, and again (i 3{31^'f|T*ngrf|fT ” 
p. 26; of. also pp. 79, 90. 
