Bhava Brihaspati

Bhava Brihaspati was a 12th-century ascetic of Pashupata sect of Hinduism. He was the teacher of Paramara kings of Malwa and Chaulukya king Jayasimha Siddharaja. ^{[1] [2]}

Born into city of Varanasi, he left his home and migrated to Malwa and temporarily resided in Dhara and in Ujjain. There he superintended the Shaiva monasteries, gained certain Paramara chieftains for the Shaiva faith and wrote a textbook on explaining about doctrines of Pashupata Shaivism. ^{[3] [2]}

References

1. Vaidya, C.V. (1926). Downfall of Hindu India(c.1000 to 1200 A.D.). Aryabhushan Press.
2. Thapar, Romila (2008). Somanatha. Penguin books limited. ISBN   978-93-5118-021-0.
3. G. Buhler, Vajeshaṅkar G. Ozhâ (1889). "The Somnâthpattan Praśasti of Bhâva Bṛihaspati". Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes. 3. Wiener Zeitschrift Für Die Kunde Des Morgenlandes 3: 2. JSTOR   23854140.