answers: Vijñāneśvara
context: which had greater influence in medieval India's judiciary practice than Manusmriti. It later became influential in the studies of legal process in ancient and medieval India, during the colonial British India, with the first translation published in German in 1849. The text is notable for its differences in legal theories from Manusmriti, for being more liberal and humane, and for extensive discussions on evidence and judiciousness of legal documents. The text most likely dates to the Gupta period, between roughly the 3rd and 5th centuries of the common era. There is some debate as to whether it is to be </s> Moggallāna Thera, is based on the "Amarakosha". Amarakosha The Amarakosha (Devanagari: अमरकोशः, IAST: Amarakośa) is the popular name for "Namalinganushasanam" (Devanagari: नामलिङ्गानुशासनम्, IAST: Nāmaliṅgānuśāsanam) a thesaurus in Sanskrit written by the ancient Indian scholar Amarasimha. It is the oldest extant kosha. The author himself mentions 18 prior works, but they have all been lost. There have been more than 40 commentaries on the "Amarakosha". The word "Amarakosha" derives from the Sanskrit words "amara" ("immortal") and "kosha" ("treasure, casket, pail, collection, dictionary"). The actual name of the book "Namalinganushasanam" means "instruction concerning nouns and gender". Amarasimha is said to have been </s> Mitākṣarā The is a ' (legal commentary) on the Yajnavalkya Smriti best known for its theory of "inheritance by birth." It was written by Vijñāneśvara, a scholar in the Western Chalukya court in the late eleventh and early twelfth century. Along with the Dāyabhāga, it was considered one of the main authorities on Hindu Law from the time the British began administering laws in India. The entire , along with the text of the ', is approximately 492 closely printed pages. Vijñāneśvara lived at Marthur near Gulbarga (Karnataka), near the end of the eleventh century during the reign of Vikramaditya
question: who wrote mitakshara a book on hindu law