Pitambara Sidhanta Vagisa
Pitambara Siddhanta Vagisa Bhattacharyya | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1530 Kamrup |
| Died | 1620 |
| Occupation | Smriti writer |
| Language | Kamrupi |
| Notable works | Gudhartha- prakasika on Laksmanacarya's Saradatilaka, Tirtha Kaumudi |
Pitambara Sidhanta Vagisa (1530-1620) was 16th century litterateur from Kamrup and contemporary of likes of Damodara Mishra.[1]
Works
Smriti writers Pitambara Siddhantavagisa, Damodar Misra & Shambhunatha Siddhantavagisha and others developed what may be called a Kamarupa school of Dharmashastra. It was royal patronage from the Kamata kingdom, & later the Ahom kingdom that helped in the dissemination of Sanskrit learning and culture throughout the Brahmaputra valley.[2]
Under the patronage of the Kamata king Naranarayana, Siddhantavagisha wrote 18 Smriti digests. Brihat Rajavamshavali of King Harendranarayana of Coochbihar records their names as [3]
- Danda kaumudi - dealing with criminal law
- Preta kaumudi - dealing with funerary rites & afterlife
- Vrishotsarga kaumudi - dealing with the rite of vrishotsarga
- Pramana kaumudi - dealing with judicial procedure
- Shraddha kaumudi - dealing with sraddha ceremony
- Durgotsava kaumudi - dealing with Durga Puja
- Ekadashi kaumudi - dealing with rites to be performed on ekadashi
- Shuddhi kaumudi - dealing with rites of purification
- Pratistha kaumudi - dealing with rites of consecration
- Sankalpa kaumudi - dealing with the rites of sankalpa
- Prayascitta kaumudi - dealing with the rites of penitence
- Tirtha kaumudi - dealing with the rites of pilgrimage
- Kala kaumudi - dealing with festivals to be celebrated throughout the year
- Diksha kaumudi - dealing with the rites of initiation
- Sambandha kaumudi - dealing with the concept of family relationships & choice of potential spouses
- Tithi kaumudi - dealing with rites to be observed on specific days of the fortnight
- Daya kaumudi - dealing with laws of inheritance
- Achara kaumudi - dealing with proper conduct
Siddhantavagisha is also stated to have authored a Sanskrit drama named Usha-harana, dealing with the affair of Usha, the daughter of the Prahlada's great-grandson Banasura (who is believed to have reigned from Sonitpur) with Aniruddha, the grandson of Krishna as described in the Harivamsa & a Gudhartha-dipika, a commentary on the 11th century Tantrika manual named Sharadatilaka Tantra.
See also
References
- ^ Samiti, Kamarupa Anusandhan (1985). Journal of the Assam Research Society - Volume 28. p. 97.
- ^ Misra, Udayon (1991). Nation building and development in north east India. Centre for Rural and Industrial Development (Chandīgarh, India). p. 136.
- ^ Vasu, Nagendra-nath (1926). The Social History Of Kamarupa Vol.2.
