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Kane places the Mitākṣarā between 974 CE and 1000 CE, but he says, "there is no evidence to establish the exact time when the work was undertaken." [5] He places it after 1050 CE because it names Viśvarūpa, Medhātithi, and Dhāreśvara, other commentators, as authoritative sources.
Mitakshara is the treatise on Yājñavalkya Smṛti, named after a sage of the same name. Vijnaneshwara was born in the village of Masimadu, near Basavakalyan in Karnataka . He lived in the court of king Vikramaditya VI (1076-1126), the Western Chalukya Empire monarch.
Vijnaneshvaramu (IAST: Vijñāneśvaramu) is a 13th-century Telugu language dharma-shastra (Hindu law) text composed by Ketana in present-day southern India. It is based on the Sanskrit-language Mitakshara, a legal commentary on the Yajnavalkya Smriti. [1]
The Hindu legal system owes much to the Sanskrit work Mitakshara by Vijnaneshwara in the court of Western Chalukya King Vikramaditya VI. Perhaps the greatest work in legal literature, Mitakshara is a commentary on Yajnavalkya and is a treatise on law based on earlier writings and has found acceptance in most parts of India.
The Yajnavalkya text is also different from Manu text in adding chapters to the organisation of monasteries, land grants, deeds execution and other matters. The Yajnavalkya text was more referred to by many Hindu kingdoms of the medieval era, as evidenced by the commentary of 12th-century Vijñāneśvara, titled Mitakshara. [94]
Vijnaneshvaramu or Vijnaneshvariyamu is a legal dharmashastra text based on Mitakshara, Vijnaneshvara's commentary on Yajnavalkya Smrti. Like the other dharmashastra texts, Ketana adheres to the varna system, treating Brahmins and men favourably.
the author of Padamanjari, a commentary on the Kashikavritti commentary on Pāṇini, and Mitakshara, a commentary on Gautama's Apasthambha Dharmasutra the author of Śruti Sūkti Mālā and Harihara Tāratamya
Jīmūtavāhana is known for his three major works. These three works are probably the parts of a bigger comprehensive digest, the Dharma Ratna.. His Kalaviveka is an exhaustive analysis of the auspicious kala (timings) for the performance of religious rites and ceremonies.