Text / Sourcedraftschool: pan-indian· Bṛhat Saṁhitā
Utpala's commentary on the Brihat Samhita
Bhaṭṭotpala-vivṛti
also: Bhattotpala commentary, Utpala
txt-utpala-vivrtiDefinition
The 10th-century commentary of Bhattotpala (Utpala) on the Brihat Samhita, transmitted with quotations from many otherwise-lost vastu and jyotisha authorities (Vishvakarman, Maya, Garga, Kashyapa, Nandin, Hiranyagarbha, Shakra, Gautama, Bharata and others).
Traditional
Prāṇa relevance
Prāṇa relation not yet traced — a complete, acceptable terminal state.
Sources
- txt-bs-bhat-1981ch. 53 notes, passimModern✓ verifiedUtpala's explanations, quotations, and Bhat's corrections of Utpala's arithmetic
Other attributes
- Text Class
- commentary
- Approx Date
- 10th century CE (TRADITIONAL — commonly given; verify in Phase 2)
- Attribution
- Bhattotpala
- Key Chapters
- ["on BS 53: house plans, cubit systems, storey rules, 8 house-deity calculation"]
- Commentary Note
- Bhat reports (under BS 53.57) that Utpala appears to have himself written an architectural work from which he quotes; title garbled in our OCR — recover from print in a later pass. Claims sourced here must NEVER be silently merged into Varahamihira.