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The Dānavākyāvalī is a purāṇa and smṛti digest work, composed by Vidyāpati alias ṭhakkura, son of Gaṇapati, prolific writer of Mithilā, patronized by several kings and queens of Mithilā. The text Dānavākyāvalī patronized by Mahādevī Viswāsadevī queen of Padma Siṃha (see, H.D.S. vol.1,p.2,pp. 1221). As this is a digest work it mentioned several Purāṇa text including; Viṣṇupurāṇa, matsyapurāṇa, kūrmapurāṇa, Ādityapurāṇa, Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa, śivapurāṇa etc. It contains the ritual of donation on several occassion. It is written in sanskrit language and devanāgarī script, folio no. 29 is missing and handwriting was changed from f. no. 16.b to end folio.
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