Jyotihshastra: Astral and Mathematical Literature c6.67

c6.67

Though Bhaṭṭotpala quotes from both Nārada (on BS 11, 5) and Vasiṣṭha (on BS 5, 3; 32, 2; and 57, 8) in his *vivṛti* on the BS, none of these citations occurs in the currently available Nāradasaṃhitā and Vasiṣṭhasaṃhitā; the relation of his citations of verses of Bṛhaspatisaṃhitā⁵³ to the extant Bṛhaspatisaṃhitā cannot as yet be determined. Other authorities on omens whom Bhaṭṭotpala was able to quote in 967 include Nandin,⁵⁴ Bhānubhaṭṭa,⁵⁵ and Śālihotra, as well as the authority, Samudra, after whom the science of physiognomy was later named *sāmudrika* (on BS 67 and 69).