Śrīpati (c. 1019 – 1066), also transliterated asShri-pati, was an Indianastronomer,astrologer andmathematician. His major works includeDhīkotida-karana (1039), a work of twenty verses onsolar andlunar eclipses;Dhruva-mānasa (written in 1056), a work of 105 verses on calculating planetarylongitudes, eclipses and planetarytransits;Siddhānta-śekhara a major work on astronomy in 19 chapters; andGaṇita-tilaka, an incompletearithmetical treatise in 125 verses based on a work byShridhara.
Śrīpati was born in Rohinikhand in present-dayMaharashtra, and lived during (c. 1019–1066.[1] His father was Naga-deva (sometimes written as Namadeva) and his grandfather was Kesava.[2]
Śrīpati followed the teachings ofLalla, and wrote on astrology, astronomy and mathematics.[1] He was mainly focused on astrology, and his work on astronomy was aimed at supporting his research on astrology; his work on mathematics, in turn, was aimed at supporting his work on astronomy, such as the study ofspheres.[2]
Śrīpati had introduced one of the main methods of house division inJyotiṣa, known asŚrīpati Bhāva system.
Dhīkotida-karana (1039) is 20-verse text that discusses solar and lunar eclipses.[1]
Commentaries on this text include:
Dhruva-mānasa (1056) is a 105-verse text on calculating planetary longitudes, eclipses and planetary transits.[1]
Siddhānta-śekhara (Siddhanta-shekhara) is a major work on astronomy in 19 chapters. Some of the notable chapters include:[2]
The work also contains the rules for the solution of simultaneousindeterminate equations of the first degree; these rules are similar to those given byBrahmagupta.[2]
Gaṇita-tilaka is an incomplete, 125-verse treatise on arithmetics, based on a work byShridhara. Its lost portion possibly consisted of the verses 19-55 of Chapter 13 ofSiddhānta-śekhara.[2]
Jyotiṣa-ratna-mālā (Jyotisha-ratna-mala) is a 20-chapter text on astrology, based on theJyotisha-ratna-kosha ofLalla. Śrīpati wrote a commentary on this work inMarathi language: this is one of the oldest surviving Marathi-language works.[2]
Commentaries on this text include:
Jātaka-paddhati, also known asŚrīpati-paddhatiḥ (Shripati-paddhati), is an 8-chapter text on astrology.[2]
According toDavid Pingree, the text is "one of the fundamental textbooks for later Indiangenethlialogy, contributing an impressive elaboration to the computation of the strengths of the planets and astrological places. It was enormously popular, as the large number of manuscripts, commentaries, and imitations attests."[16]
Commentaries on this text include:
Achyutha Pisharadi wroteHora-sarochchaya, a 7-chapter adaptation ofJātaka-paddhati.[20]
Daivajña-vallabha, a work on astrology, concludes with excerpts from several works ofVaraha-mihira. Some writers attribute this work to Varaha-mihira,[2] but according toDavid Pingree, it is more likely to be Śrīpati's work.[21] Narayana (Narayana Pandita?) wroteSubodhini, a Hindi-language version ofDaivajña-vallabha (1905).[22]
TheManasagari orJanma-patrika-paddhati attributed to Kalyana Rishi (fl. after 1629) includes extensive quotations and adaptations of content from Śrīpati'sRatnamala andShripati-paddhati.[23] also he had given the most useful method of division
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