dharmashAstra authority who wrote kRtya-ratnAkara, gRhastha-ratnAkara, shuddhi-ratnAkara, vivAda-ratnAkara, vyavakAra-ratnAkara, pUjA-ratnAkara; war minister of harisimhadeva, defeated nepali-s and mlecCha invaders (likely Tughlaq’s invasion of Tirhut in 1324).