FlourishedRohinīkhanda, (Mahārāṣṭra, India), 1039–1056
Śrīpati was an Indian (Hindu) astronomer. His father was Nāgadeva, and his grandfather was Keśava of the Kāśyapagotra. Śrīpati composed three astronomical works; the Siddhāntaśekhara, the Dhīkoṭidakaraṇa (1039), and the Dhruvamānasa (1056); a mathematical work, the Gaṇitatilaka; and two astrological works, the Jātakapaddhati (or Śrīpatipaddhati) and the Jyotiṣaratnamālā. Śrīpati is the only other astronomer, after Varāhamihira and Lalla , whose works spanned both astronomy and astrology. All other astronomers wrote exclusively on mathematical astronomy as far as extant texts are concerned.
Śrīpati’s Siddhāntaśekhara followed the Brāhma School of Brahmagupta , one of four principal schools of astronomy active in the classical period (late fifth to twelfth centuries). The Śiddhāntaśekhara is a treatise on mathematical astronomy and consists of 19 chapters.
At the same time, Śrīpati was much influenced by the Śiṣyadhīvṛddhidatantra...
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Hockey, T. (2014). Śrīpati. In: Hockey, T., et al. Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9917-7_1307
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