A comparative study of various parametrizations of the dark energy equation of state is made. Astrophysical constraints from LSS, CMB and BBN are laid down to test the physical viability and cosmological compatibility of these parametrizations. A critical evaluation of the 4-index parametrizations reveals that Hannestad-M\"{o}rtsell as well as Lee parametrizations are simple and transparent in probing the evolution of the dark energy during the expansion history of the universe and they satisfy the LSS, CMB and BBN constraints on the dark energy density parameter for the best fit values.
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0510017,
title = {Parametrization of dark energy equation of state Revisited},
author = {Vinod B. Johri and P. K. Rath},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0510017},
year = {2008}
}