Achyuta Pisharati (1550–1621) was a renowned Sanskrit grammarian, astrologer and mathematician of his time. He was a student of Jyestadeva and a member of Madhava of Sangamagrama's Kerala school. He is remembered mainy for his part in the composition of his student Melpathur Narayana Bhattathiri's devotional poem, Narayaneeyam.
He discovered the technique of 'the reduction of the ecliptic'. He authored Sphuta-nirnaya , Raasi-gola-sphuta-neeti (raasi meaning zodiac, gola meaning sphere and neeti roughly meaning rule), Karanottama (1593) and a four- chapter treastise Uparagakriyakrama on lunar and solar eclipses.
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Nice work. Keep it up. Wish I had seen before I completed my PPT on the topic...
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