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Utpala or (') is the name of a 10th-century Indian commentator of Vārāha Mihira's ''Brihat Samhitā''. ''Brihat Samhitā'' is a Samhitā text of (Indian astrology and astronomy) . Samhitā is one of three branches of (Samhitā has many other meanings outside ). 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 Siddhānta made by E. Burgess.〔Many publishers have published this translation of ''Surya Siddhānta'' by Burgess which was originally published in 1858. Orient Book Centre of Delhi published this translation of Surya Siddhānta by Burgess edited by S. Jain who wrote an introduction 50 pages long.〕 He is also the author of a commentary on Brahmagupta's ' (7th century). In this, he is a successor of Prthudaka and a predecessor of Amaraja. He was from Kashmir.〔Bina Chatterjee (introduction by), ''The Khandakhadyaka of Brahmagupta'', Motilal Banarsidass (1970), p. 13〕〔Lallanji Gopal, ''History of Agriculture in India, Up to C. 1200 A.D.'', Concept Publishing Company (2008), p. 603〕〔Kosla Vepa, ''Astronomical Dating of Events & Select Vignettes from Indian History'', Indic Studies Foundation (2008), p. 372〕〔Dwijendra Narayan Jha (edited by), ''The feudal order: state, society, and ideology in early medieval India'', Manohar Publishers & Distributors (2000), p. 276〕 ==Name== In Sanskrit, the neuter noun ''utpala'' has two meanings, both given by ' (a lexicon of circa. 400 AD). The first meaning is ''white lotus'' also known as ''kuvalaya'' in Sanskrit, according to .〔' 1.10.37〕〔For electronic edition of Amarakoṣa definition see: ().〕 The second meaning of ''utpala'' is a variety of medicinal plant known as '' in Hindi and ', vyādhi, paribhavyam or pāribhavyam, vāpyam, pākalam' according to .〔' 2.4.126〕〔For electronic edition of Amarakoṣa definition see: ().〕 Monier-Williams gives following meanings of ''utpala'': (1) the blossom of the blue lotus ''Nymphaea caerulea'' (-Mahābhārata, Rāmāyana, Suśruta, Raghuvamsa, Meghdoota, etc.),(2) a seed of ''Nymphaea caerulea'' (-Suśruta), (3) the plant ''Costus speciosus'' (-Bhagavata Purāna), (4) any water-lily, any flower, (-lexicons) (5) a particular hell (-Buddhist literature), (6) name of a Nāga, (7) names of several persons, including an astronomer, (8) its feminine form ''utpalā'' meant a river (-Harivamśa), (9) its feminine form ''utpalā'' 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). *. * 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Utpala」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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