1897.] M, M. Chakravarti— Language and Literature of Orissa . 345 
I would therefore place Gadadhara’s work in the second quarter of the 
18th century. 
The Acara-Sara is a learned work, rather large in size. The MS. 
takes up 163 folios with six lines on each page. The text has got a 
table of contents of six folios, but its value has been 
minimised by absence of page references. The author quotes now and 
then from his grandfather’s work Nitiratnakara. 1 The author’s 
grandfather was a Vajapeyi and and on account of his learning got 
the title of Brhat-Pandita (fvilT). Gadadhara Rayaguru composed 
two other treatises to complete the series. These go by the name of 
f uddhi-Sara or compilation of purificatory rites and Kala-Sara or the 
compilation of periodical rites. These works preceded the Acara- 
Sara in their times of composition having been referred to in the 
latter treatise. 8 
8. The, last work on Smj-ti that I will notice and apparently the 
latest authority is Smfti-Dipika. It is a moderate sized volume com¬ 
piled about 120 or 130 years ago. Its author is V^vambhara Mi£ra 
who begins his work thus— 
tflTfjWTWTcTTfa W(5(TfT I 
wcrfftcwwggzar ^netfw n 
*tPrt sffcroi qftfesr i 
Translation :—Having read under my Guru the Qastras beginning 
with Manu, having carefully discussed the opinions of Hemadri, 
Madhava and others, and having remembered the truths enunciated by 
the Smartas Vajapeyis, Kamalakara, Divyasimha and others, I shall 
do something. Though there may be tens of millions of Smrti works 
(composed by) the learned, yet abstracting their substances fresh 
attempt will be made. The intellegent Vi 9 vambhara composed this 
Smrti-Dipika whose ten prak^as (chapters) make visible all the 
cardinal points. 
1 Acara-Sara MS. fol. 68 
; see also folios 69 and 139. 
2 Acara-Sara fol. 133 ” again Do - 
“ fTWr^T^Ti^irT ; for Kalasaia, see fol. 159 
