Raghunandana (c. 16th century CE) was an Indian Sanskrit scholar from the Bengal region. His writings include 28 Smriti digests on Hindu law and a commentary on the Hindu law code prevalent in Bengal, the Dayabhaga .
7-452: The Dāya-Tattva is a Hindu law treatise written by Raghunandana regarding the proper procedure for inheritance following the death of the father. It is considered by many to be a follow-up text to Jīmūtavāhana 's digest, the Dāyabhāga . Raghunandana is considered to be a "disciple" of Jīmūtavāhana , and his texts subsequently differ only slightly from the Dāyabhāga . The Dāya-Tattva
14-658: A book on him titled the Samaj-samskarak Raghunandan (Raghunandan, Culture Giver/Enhancer) in 1964 in the Bengali language . Raghunandana authored 28 Smriti digests on civil law and rituals, collectively known as the Astavimsati-tattva . The English scholars compared Raghunandana's digests to the Comyns' Digest , and called him the " Comyns of India". The titles of these digests end in
21-561: Is followed in the Bengal region of India. Raghunandana is considered by many to be one of Bengal's greatest jurists. Raghunandana Raghunandana was born at Nabadwip to a Bengali Brahmin named Harihara Bhattacharya. He was a pupil of Srinatha Acharya Chudamani. His writings mention the works of Brihaspati Rayamukuta, a contemporary of the Bengali sultan Jalaluddin Muhammad Shah & Madhavacharya and are mentioned in
28-531: The Viramitrodaya of Mitramisra (early 17th century). Thus, it can be inferred that Raghunandana lived around the 16th century CE. Other earlier texts cited by him include the Nirṇayāmṛta . Tradition has it that he was a junior contemporary of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu & a batch-mate of Navya-Nyaya scholar Raghunatha Siromani . The various estimates of his lifespan include: Bani Chakravarti wrote
35-830: The Dayabhaga-vyakhya[na] , is a commentary on Jimutavahana 's Hindu law treatise, the Dayabhaga . During the British Raj , when Hindu law was used in the courts, the Calcutta High Court termed Raghunandana's Dayabhaga-tika as the best commentary on the Dayabhaga . William Jones , a puisne judge at the Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William , mentioned that the local Hindu scholars often referred to Jimutavahana's treatise, but it
42-643: The word tattva (literally "essence"). 27 of these works are mentioned at the beginning of the Malamasa-tattva . The 28 digests include: The Chandoga-vrsotsarga-tattva , Rgvrsotsarga-tattva and Yajur-vrsotsarga-tattva are collectively known as the Vrsotsarga-tattva . The Deva-pratishtha-tattva and Matha-pratishtha-tattva are collectively known as the Pratishtha-tattva . Raghunandana's Dayabhaga-tika , also known as
49-719: Was Raghunandana's work that was "more generally approved" in Bengal. The commentary quotes several other scholars and works, including Medhatithi , Kulluka Bhatta, the Mitakshara , the Vivada-Ratnakara of Chandeshvara Thakura , Shulapani and the Vivada-Chintamani of Vachaspati Mishra (often critically). There have been some doubts about the authorship of this commentary. Both Henry Thomas Colebrooke (1810) and Julius Eggeling (1891) suspected that it
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