76. Pārijāta
Volume I: Part II pp. 655–656
... pp. Several works on dharma end in Pārijāta - an ancient work called Pārijāta quoted by Kalpataru - it dealt with at least vyavahāra, dāna - composed between 1000-1125 A. D.
— Synopsis by P.V. Kane, from History of Dharmaśāstra
76. Pārijāta
76. Pārijāta
Several works bear the appellation Pārijāta such as the Vidhānapārijāta (composed in 1625 A. D. ), the Madanapārijāta (about 1375 A. D. ) and the Prayogapārijāta (between 1400-1500 ). But there was an ancient work called Pārijāta quoted by even some of the earliest nibandhakāraṣ The Vivādaratnākara regarded the Kalpataru, Pārijāta Halāyudha and Prakāśa as its most eminent predecessorṣ1 The Dānaratnākara2 quotes several times the views of Pārijāta on giftṣ The Smṛtisāra of Harinātha sets out at length the order of succession to a sonless man according to the Pārijāta (vide I. O. Mṣ No. 301, folio 134 a ). One of the striking opinions of the Pārijāta was that the widow of a sonless man should raise offspring by niyoga and give the wealth of the deceased to the son so borṇ
From the above it appears that the Pārijāta was an independent work on vyavahāra, dāna and other topics, as it held views similar to those of Bhojadeva and Halāyudha on the widow's rights and as it is not quoted by the Mit. or other earlier works it must be assigned to a date between 1000-1125 A. D. In I. L. R. 12 Cal. 348 at p. 356 the learned judges hold that the Pārijāta frequently cited as an authority by the Vivādaratnākara is the Madanapārijāta. But this is entirely wrong. The latter work, it will be shown ( vide sec. Madanapārijāta ) was composed about 1375, while the Vivādaratnākara was composed about 1320 A. D. The Kṛtyaratnākara mentions the Pārijāta nine times (on pp. 31, 54, 58, 59, 61, 66, 74, 92, 606 ) and Vivādaratnākara quotes it six timeṣ The Pārijāta was liberal enough to state that the Pāñcarātra, Pāśupata and similar doctrines, where not opposed to the Veda, are authoritative as to those parts (Kṛtyaratnākara p. 31 ).
Raghunandana in Dāyatattva ( vol. II. p. 177 ) lumps together ‘Smṛti-mahārṇava, Kāmadhenu and Pārijāta’ and again on p. 195 of the same puts together the Mitākṣarā, Pāri- jāta, Halāyudha and holds that a certain passage in the Kalpataru (that differs) is due to a mistake of the copyist (vide foot-note895 below ).