Śrīpati

Śrīpati ( – 1066), also transliterated as Shri-pati, was an Indian astronomer, astrologer and mathematician. His major works include Dhīkotida-karana, a work of twenty verses on solar and lunar eclipses; Dhruva-mānasa (written in 1056), a work of 105 verses on calculating planetary longitudes, eclipses and planetary transits; Siddhānta-śekhara a major work on astronomy in 19 chapters; and Gaṇita-tilaka, an incomplete arithmetical treatise in 125 verses based on a work by Shridhara.

Biography

Śrīpati was born in Rohinikhand in present-day Maharashtra, and lived during (–1066. His father was Naga-deva (sometimes written as Namadeva) and his grandfather was Kesava.

Śrīpati followed the teachings of Lalla, and wrote on astrology, astronomy and mathematics.

Commentaries on this text include:

A tika on Jataka-karma-paddhati by Raghunatha A tika by Devidasa (fl. 1600–1625) of Kanyakubja Bhavartha-manjari by Achyuta (fl. 1505–1534) Hora-tantram Praibhasha, a Malayalam-language commentary

Achyutha Pisharadi wrote Hora-sarochchaya, a 7-chapter adaptation of Jātaka-paddhati.

Other

Daivajña-vallabha, a work on astrology, concludes with excerpts from several works of Varaha-mihira. Some writers attribute this work to Varaha-mihira, but according to David Pingree, it is more likely to be Śrīpati's work. Narayana (Narayana Pandita?) wrote Subodhini, a Hindi-language version of Daivajña-vallabha (1905).

The Manasagari or Janma-patrika-paddhati attributed to Kalyana Rishi (fl. after 1629) includes extensive quotations and adaptations of content from Śrīpati's Ratnamala and Shripati-paddhati. also he had given the most useful method of division