History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c24.s6.23

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The subject of water-divining was not developed further by any later scholar. We have, however, the *Viśvavallabha* of Cakrapāṇi⁵⁵ which deals with the subject of location of underground water in chapter 1. It is clearly based on the Bṛhatsaṃhitā of Varāhamihira from which many verses have been borrowed. We do find some elaboration and new information about the indicators of underneath water. There is some change in the scheme of the chapter with verses 32, 33 and 34 presented as separate sections dealing with water respectively in arid areas, marshy lands, and mountainous country. In the absence of the texts of other authorities mentioned by him, we cannot determine the extent to which Cakrapāṇi added details from his own experience.