Pitambara Sidhanta Vagisa (1530-1620) was 16th century litterateur from Kamrup and contemporary of likes of Damodara Mishra.^[1]

Works

Smriti writers Pitambara Siddhantavagisa, Damodar Misra & Shambhunatha Siddhantavagisha and others developed what may be called a Kamarupa school of Smritis. It was royal patronage that helped in the dissemination of Sanskrit learning and culture.^[2]

Under the patronage of King Naranarayana of Kamata kingdom, Siddhantavagisha wrote 18 Smriti digests. Brihat Rajavamshavali of King Harendranarayana of Coochbihar records their names as ^[3]

1. Danda kaumudi - dealing with criminal law
2. Preta kaumudi - dealing with funerary rites & afterlife
3. Vrishotsarga kaumudi - dealing with the rite of vrishotsarga
4. Pramana kaumudi - dealing with judicial procedure
5. Shraddha kaumudi - dealing with sraddha ceremony
6. Durgotsava kaumudi - dealing with Durga Puja
7. Ekadashi kaumudi - dealing with rites to be performed on ekadashi
8. Shuddhi kaumudi - dealing with rites of purification
9. Pratistha kaumudi - dealing with rites of consecration
10. Sankalpa kaumudi - dealing with the rites of sankalpa
11. Prayascitta kaumudi - dealing with the rites of penitence
12. Tirtha kaumudi - dealing with the rites of pilgrimage
13. Kala kaumudi - dealing with festivals to be celebrated throughout the year
14. Diksha kaumudi - dealing with the rites of initiation
15. Sambandha kaumudi - dealing with the concept of family relationships & choice of potential spouses
16. Tithi kaumudi - dealing with rites to be observed on specific days of the fortnight
17. Daya kaumudi - dealing with laws of inheritance
18. Achara kaumudi - dealing with proper conduct