Śrīpati

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. 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 of spheres. Śrīpati had introduced one of the main methods of house division in Jyotiṣa, known as Śrīpati Bhāva system. == Works ==

Dhīkotida-karana Dhīkotida-karana (1039) is 20-verse text that discusses solar and lunar eclipses. 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 ==See also==