Vaastusuutropani.sad

[Michael Witzel]

Sure, Arlo, there have been many stories, but I leave that to the 
Vastusastra specialists.

(One was that the Gajura of Konarka  --now lying on the ground-- was 
misplaced in a 'refurbished' Vastusastra MS as being on top of the 
temple, but wrongly so... or something like that. From 25 year old 
memory.)

What struck me in the Vastu* Up. was that the comm. (worked on by D. 
Bhattacharya) was all about Saunaka mantras, not as expected in Orissa 
about Paippalada ones, and that the MS shown in photo was a palm leaf 
with ... Devanagari script.

You draw your own conclusions....

I have some old notes on this case (on paper) but would have to locate 
them...

Best,
Michael


On Mar 6, 2007, at 12:36 PM, Arlo Griffiths wrote:

> Dear Indologists,
>
> I seem to recall having heard that the same suspicion that surrounds 
> the authenticity of some of the other texts from Orissa in whose 
> publication Sadasiva Ratha Sharma has been involved, also surrounds 
> the Vaastusuutropani.sad, published by A. Boner -- S.R. Sharma -- B. 
> Bäumer (3rd rev. edition, Delhi 1996).
>
> Is anybody aware of reviews of this publication?
>
> Thank you!
>
> Arlo Griffiths
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