- Source: Pitambara Sidhanta Vagisa
Pitambara Sidhanta Vagisa (1530-1620) was 16th century litterateur from Kamrup and contemporary of likes of Damodara Mishra.
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.
Under the patronage of the Kamata king Naranarayana, Siddhantavagisha wrote 18 Smriti digests. Brihat Rajavamshavali of King Harendranarayana of Coochbihar records their names as
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
Ananta Kandali
Bhusana Dvija
