Todarnanda

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The Todarnanda is a Sanskrit encyclopedic work of civil and religious law, astronomy, medicine and philosophy. The work was compiled from 1572-1589 under the patronage of Raja Todar Mal, a Tandon Khatri who was the Finance Minister of the Mughal Empire under the reign of Emperor Akbar.[1] The work is made up of 80,000 verses and is equivalent to the Mahabharata in size.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kane, Pandurang Vaman (1930). History Of Dharmasastra Vol. 1. pp. 472–474.
  2. ^ Das, Kumudranjan. Raja Todar Mal. pp. 207–216.