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ṚṢIPUTRA An astrologer first mentioned by Varāhamihira (ca. 550), and one whose ślokas are often cited by Bhaṭṭotpala (fl. 966) and others. See P. V. Kane [1948/49] 15-16. He quotes Atri, Parāśara, Vasiṣṭha, Aṅgiras, Garga, Devala, Bṛhaspati, Uśanas, Gautama, and Bhārgava. According to CC, vol. 1, p. 73 he is Krauṣṭhuki, the son of Garga and an interlocutor in the *Gargasaṃhitā*.