Śrīpati
INDIAN MATHEMATICIAN AND ASTRONOMER
Shripati; Sripati; Siddhanta Sekhara; Dhikotidakarana; Śrīpatibhaṭṭa
Śrīpati (1019 – 1066) was an Indian astronomer, astrologer and mathematician, the author of Dhikotidakarana (written in 1039), a work of twenty verses on solar and lunar eclipses; Dhruvamanasa (written in 1056), a work of 105 verses on calculating planetary longitudes, eclipses and planetary transits; Siddhantasekhara a major work on astronomy in 19 chapters; and Ganitatilaka, an incomplete arithmetical treatise in 125 verses based on a work by Shridhara.