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PREFACE. and Pratapasena, who were joint proprietors of Ekacakra. Suryasena's son was Devasena. Suryasena asked Alladanatha to write a book in his name. The works consulted are:Manusmrti, Visnu, Parasara, Apastamba, Mitaksara, Apararka, Arnava, Parijata, Smrtyarthasara, Smrticandrika, Matsyapurana, Kurma., Varaha, Vamana, Visnau, Markandeya and Bhavisya, the Parisista of Hemadri, Grhyaparisista of Ananta Bhatta, Kaladarsa, Cintamani, Tridandi, Krtya-kalpataru, Sakalapurana-samuccaya, Durgotsava, Ramakautuka, Samvatsarapradipa, Bhojaraja's works, Devadasa's works, Rupanarayana's works, Mahadeva's work, Vidyabhattapaddhati, and Visvarupa-nibandha. Eggeling says that the work is quoted in Nirnayadipika, dated 1518 A.D. The work was written at a time when the small kingdom of Delhi, founded by the Syaids and taken from them by the Lodis, was torn by dissensions among the noble men of the land. Several of the Hindu chiefs founded semi-independent principalities: among the founders of these may be mentioned Madanapala of Kastha, patron of the author of Parijata ; Madana Sinha, the patron of the authors of Madana-Ratna-pradipa. Uddharana of Ekacakra, the father of Suryasena, also appears to have been one of the number. Saroja-sundara (325) is a work on Smrti, for which see Ulwar 1537, Extr. 370. Aufrecht says that the author's name, Sarojasundara, is an invention of Peterson. Oudh III, 16 attributes the authorship of Saroja-sundara to Krsna Bhatta. Divya-simha-karika (128). Divyasimha is said to have written two works entitled Kala-dipa and Sradha-dapa. The present work is simply a versified abstract of these two works. Divyasimha was a Udiya Brahmana belonging to the Vatsyayana-gothra. He says that this work is written for tufa that is, for his own recapitulation. There are two works on Krtya or ceremonial rites,