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1897.] M. M. Chakravarti— Language and Literature of Orissa. 
(5) . Praya^citta-Vilocana of Vasudeva Tripatlii. 
(6) . Praya^citta-Manohara of Murari Mi^ra. 
(7) . Acarasara of Gayadhara Rayaguru. 
(8) . Smrti-Dipika of Vi$vambhara M^ra. 
3. The MS. of Smrti-Sara-Samgraha is on 44 folios with six 
lines on each page and half a line on the last. It begins with 
*wr=fT cT*n»w sr^rsr i 
f|T ^ fsreretri ^vJctfrr 
Translation: —Having read and studied under teachers (Gurus) the 
p astras beginning with that of Manu, having long made efforts and 
having observed the right conduct, I, Qrl Vi^vanatha have composed 
(this) Smrti-Sara-Samgraha. The MS. ends with 
The MS. has got at the end a table of contents (^^^irfrp^T). 
The work is pretty old, for it is quoted in praddha-Dlpa, 1 which is 
also old. I think it is about three hundred years old and cannot be 
later than the beginning of the 17th century and might be even earlier. 
It quotes from the Vidyakara-Paddhati and Cambhukara-Paddhati. I 
was unable to find any mention of Nrsiriiha Vajapeyi’s works. As its 
name implies, it is a compilation from older Smrtis about the usual 
rites and festivals. I came across the following curious remark about 
an Oriya festival:— 
Translation : —Now the Prathamastami. In this Orissa now-a-days 
pujas and offerings are given (on this date). In other lands this festival 
does not exist, and no Rishi’s sayings exist. 
Evidently the festival of Prathamastami which is It eld on the first 
Astami of the month Agrahayana and which consists in offering pujas 
to the gods and in giving new cloths to the firstborn male, is a strictly 
local festival. 
4. The next author is Divyasimha Mahapatra. He composed 
two Smrti works praddlia-Dipa or lamp for funeral rites, and Ivala- 
Dipa or lamp for the periodical rites. I have seen two MSS. of each. 
1 graddha-Dipa MS. “ ” 
8 Smrti-Sara-Saragralia MS. Folio 118. 
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