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PREFACE. xi of Mukundavana may be called a Tantrika work, as, it begins with a dissertation on the relations between the disciple and his preceptor, and, as, it is divided into patalas; but as Raghunandana quotes it, it has been placed amongst the smrti works. It is a sectarian work of great value, and the sect to which it is a standard hand-book is still to be found in Bengal. Crikara and his son Crinatha belong to a period anterior to Raghunandana. The father has not written much, but the son is the author of a long series of smrti works ending with the compound word Tattvarnava. Raghunandana was at great pains in refuting many of his theories. In the present volume is noticed a commentary on the Craddhaviveka, No. 376, by Culapani, which may be said to be a joint work of the father and the son, because though the work is given to the world in the name of the son, yet the author says that he is simply putting down what he has heard from his father. There are in this volume three works ending with the word Kaumudi, namely, Dana-kaumudi, No. 163; Cuddhikaumudi, No. 367; and Craddhakriyaprayoga-kaumudi, No. 373, all of which belong to a series entitled Kriya-kaumudi by Govindananda Kavikankanacaryya, the son of Ganapati Bhatta, at whose command the series was written. There is another work, however, entitled Mantrapuraccaranam, No. 271, attributed to Govinda Kavikankanacaryya who appears to have been a very different person from the author of the Kriya-kaumudi. Craddhapradipa, No. 375, by Pradyumna Carma hailing from Sylhet is a MS. copied in the Caka year 1448 that is 1526 A.D. The book was written with a view to supersede a larger and more difficult work entitled Craddhaprakaca current in that part of the country. Pradyumna was the son of Cridhara Carma, who had jurisdiction over Hakadiddi (jurisdiction perhaps as a judge or as a Dharma Castri, who decided cases against Hindu religion, Hindu rituals and Hindu customs). Cudrahnikacar, No. 371, by Jadavendra Carma is a work on the daily duties of a Cudra composed under the order of