Utpala or Bha??otpala (Bha??a-utpala) is the name of a 10th-century Indian commentator of V?r?ha Mihira's Brihat Samhit?. Brihat Samhit? is a Samhit? text of Jyoti?a (Indian astrology and astronomy) . Samhit? is one of three branches of Jyoti?a (Samhit? has many other meanings outside Jyoti?a).
He is known for quoting six verses from Surya Siddhanta which are not found in its extant version. These six verses can be found in the 'Introduction' by S.Jain to the translation of Surya Siddh?nta made by E. Burgess.
He is also the author of a commentary on Brahmagupta's Kha??a-kh?dyaka (7th century). In this, he is a successor of Prthudaka and a predecessor of Amaraja.
He was from Kashmir.
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Name
In Sanskrit, the neuter noun utpala has two meanings, both given by Amarako?a (a lexicon of circa. 400 AD). The first meaning is white lotus also known as kuvalaya in Sanskrit, according to Amarako?a. The second meaning of utpala is a variety of medicinal plant known as 'koo?h' in Hindi and 'kus?ham, vy?dhi, paribhavyam or p?ribhavyam, v?pyam, p?kalam' according to Amarko?a.
Monier-Williams gives following meanings of utpala: (1) the blossom of the blue lotus Nymphaea caerulea (-Mah?bh?rata, R?m?yana, Su?ruta, Raghuvamsa, Meghdoota, etc.),(2) a seed of Nymphaea caerulea (-Su?ruta), (3) the plant Costus speciosus (-Bhagavata Pur?na), (4) any water-lily, any flower, (-lexicons) (5) a particular hell (-Buddhist literature), (6) name of a N?ga, (7) names of several persons, including an astronomer, (8) its feminine form utpal? meant a river (-Harivam?a), (9) its feminine form utpal? also meant a kind of cake made of unwinnowed corn (-lexicons);
An unrelated homonym, compounded from ud "apart" + pala "flesh" means 'fleshless, emaciated' (-lexicons) and is the name of a particular hell (-lexicons).
- Monier-Williams, Monier (1899), A Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass .
- ??stri, Hargovinda (1978), Amarko?a with Hindi commentary, V?r?nasi: Chowkhamb? Sanskrit Series Office
Lotus
Utpala is a kind of flower which is usually appeared in the Thangka of Tibetan. It rises from mud, and is like water lily or lotus. Utpala is a symbol of the pure. Several traditional deities of Tibet including T?r? have been depicted holding Utpala flowers in hands. T?r? is a famous deity in Buddhism and is also worshipped by Shakti-worshipping Hindus as well esp. in Eastern India,e.g., Mithila.
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See also
- Indian science and technology
- Indian mathematics
- Hindu astronomy
Notes
References
- David Pingree, The Beginning of Utpala's Commentary on the Kha??akh?dyaka, Journal of the American Oriental Society (1973).
- B. Chatterjee (trans.), The Khandakhadyaka (an astronomical treatise) of Brahmagupta; With the commentary of Bhattotpala, 2 vols., Calcutta (1970).
- Surya Siddh?nta (Text with translation and Notes) [A Text-Book of Hindu Astronomy], translation by E.Burgess, with Sanskrit text and edited by S.Jain. Oriental Book Centre,5824 New Chandrawal, Near Shiv Mandir, Jawahar Nagar, Delhi-110007,2005; ISBN 81-8315-017-9.
- Yoga Yatra Vivritti of Bhattotpala
- Brihat Jatak Vivritti of Bhattotpala
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