Text / Sourcestubschool: pan-indian· Bṛhat Saṁhitā
Garga (architectural teaching)
Garga
txt-garga-vastuDefinition
The architectural teaching of sage Garga, which BS 56 explicitly summarizes (56.30); apparently no longer extant in Utpala's day.
Classical
Prāṇa relevance
Prāṇa relation not yet traced — a complete, acceptable terminal state.
Connections (1)
derived-from · 1
- BS 56.30: the author states he has incorporated all that Garga expounded, with authority drawn from Manu and others.
Sources
- txt-brihat-samhita56.30Classical✓ verifiedBS 56 summarizes Garga's architectural teaching
Notes from other books
- brihatBS XXXII (Utpala's commentary) states explicitly that GARGA and VRDDHAGARGA are two different persons (they hold differing earthquake- cause views). This is a captured datum bearing on the Garga-identity question (Q44/Q28); it is NOT a resolution of whether the architecture- Garga (56.30) = the jyotisha-Garga = the vrikshayurveda-Garga (55.27). Logged, not closed.
Other attributes
- Text Class
- mula
- Approx Date
- ancient; lost by Utpala's time per Bhat
- Attribution
- sage Garga
- Transmission Note
- Named by Varahamihira as his source for the temple chapter; not quoted by Utpala — known to us only by BS's attribution. Distinct from Gargi-samhita astrology material; keep separate until identity settled (Q28).