Encyclopaedia of Indian Philosophers

Philosophers, Saints, Sages, Thinkers, Acharyas, Rishis and Great Religious LeadersIt is stated by an eminent scholar that India has been a nation of philosophers having produced a galaxy of wise thinkers and geniuses from the earliest times beginning with the Vedas of hoary antiquity down to the modern period. Thus we find in the list of philosophers the names of Apantaratamas, Vasistha, Viswamitra, Vamadeva, Yagnavalkya, Sanatkumara, Sandilya and others as Vedic seers; Jaimini and Vyasa as the founders of the Purva-mimamsa and Uttara-mimamsa or Vedanta schools of philosophy respectively; Kumarila Bhatta and Sankaracharya the well-known commentators on the Miamamsa and Vedanta Sutras respectively. Kapila, Asuri and Panchashikhi as the founders and propagators of the Sankhya Philosophy; Patanjali as the author of the Yoga Sutras; Gotama and Kanada as the founders of the Nyaya and Vaisheshika schools of philosophy and Vatsyayana and Prasastapada the well-known commentators of the Nyaya and Vaisheshikha Sutras of Gotama and Kanada. The promoters of Bhakti Movement like Caitanya, Jnaneswar and Eknath. The Scientist-sages with the likes of Bhaskar-acharya, Varahmihara, Aryabhatta and others who gave the scientific theories to the ancient Indians. The above philosophers and several others have made themselves famous by their valuable and incomparable publications and treatises on philosophy.

On taking a historic survey and following the trend of thought of the Indian philosophers, one finds a regular evolution and development of thought that gave rise to different schools of philosophy in different periods. It culminated ultimately in the doctrine of Indian monism in the school of the Vedanta as the very essence of Indian philosophy as exposed by that eminent and world-renowned scholist and philosopher Sankaracharya in his commentaries on the Upanisads, Gita and the Vedanta. The churning process of philosophical outpouring continues to the present time with philosophical thinkers and religious leaders still leading the way for man to realize the ultimate truth of the supreme Reality and Cosmic truths.

This pioneering work of reference brings together the fundamental doctrines of almost all the lading philosophers, seer-saints, rishis, sages, acharyas, great religious leaders and thinkers from the ancient times to the modern era. This is a work that is unprecedented in its scope and coverage of these great men.

• ANCIENT INDIAN HISTORICAL TRADITION.
• BRAHMAN FAMILIES
• CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF RISHIS.
• THE BHARGAVAS.
•THE VASISTHAS.
• THE ANGIRASAS AND KASYAPAS.
• THE ATREYAS AND KASYAPAS.
• THE VISVAMITRAS.
• AGASTYAS, PAULASTYAS, PAULAHAS AND KRATUS.
• KSATRIYAN BRAHMANS.
• THE ANCIENT BRHAMANS AND THE VEDAS.
• THE VEDIC SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS AND THE BRAHMANS.
• HINDU PHILSOPHERS AND THEIR OPINIONS.
• KAPILA-SANKHYA DARSHANA
• PATANJULI DARSHANA
• JAIMINEE (MIMAMSA)
• GAUTAMA
• VAISHESHIKA PHILOSOPHY – KANADU
• VEDA-VYASA
• MANU The Law Books, Manu Smriti, Laws of Manu, Manava Dharma Shastra
• INTRODUCTION TO APASTAMBA.
• GAUTAMA. AN INTRODUCTION
• VASISTHA. AN INTRODUCTION
• INTRODUCTION TO BAUDHAYANA
• INTRODUCTION TO NARADA.
• INTRODUCTION TO BRIHASPATI.
• SANKHYANA-GRIHYA SUTRAS
• ASVALAYANA GRIHYA SUTRAS
• PARASKARA GRIHYA SUTRAS
• KHADIRA GRIHYA SUTRAS
• GRIHYA-SUTRA OF GOBHILA.
• GRIHYA-SUTRA OF HIRANYAKESIN.
• GRIHYA-SUTRA OF APASTAMBA.
• APASTSAMBA’S YAGNA-PARIBHASHA SUTRAS.
• VISHNU-INTRODUCTION
• SURYA-SIDDHANTA OF BHASKARACHARYA.
• GAUDAPADA
• SAMKARA
• BHASKARA SCHOOL OF PHILOSOPHY.
• YAMUNA’S DOCTRINE OF SOUL.
• RAMANUJA.
• MADHWA
• VALLABHA.
• SRI RAMAKRSNA.
• VALMIKI-RAMAYANA.
• VARAHAMIHIRA. THE PERIOD OF THE SIDDHANTAS.
• ARYABHATA AND LATER ASTRONOME
• VATSYAYANA
• PANINI.
• ASVAGHOSA AND EARLY BUDDHIST KAVYA.
• KALIDASA’S LIFE.
• KALHANA’S LIFE AND TIMES.
• VARARUCI
• THE CARVAKA PHILOSOPHY
• MATANGA
• BRAHMAN PARASURAMA
• SRI RAMANA MAHARISHI.
• SATYA SRI BABA OF PUTTAPARTI.
• RADHAKRISHNAN’S WORLD.
• WORKS OF THE ALVA
• THE AGE OF JNANADEVA.
• SRI MADHVACARYA.
• RABINDRANATH TAGORE.
• KRISHNAMURTI
• SRI CAITANYA
• LIFE OF RAMANUJA
• THE RELIGION OF THE ALVA
• NATHAMUNI
• ANANDAMAYI MA’S LILA
• RISHI GOTRAS
• EKNATH
• SANKARA AND HIS SCHOOL
• MANDANA, SURESVARA AND VISVARUPA
• MANDANA
• SURESVARA
• PADAMPADA
• VACASPATI MISRA
• SARVAJNATMA MUNI
• ANANDABODHA YATI
• VEDANTA DIALECTIC OF SRIHARSA
• CITSUKHAS’S SANKARA VEDANATA
• VIMUKTATMA (A.D.1200)
• RAMADVAYA (A.D.1300)
• VIDYARANYA (A.D.1350)
• NRSIMHASRAMA MUNI
• APPAYA DIKSITA
• PRAKASANANDA
• MADHUSUDANA SARASVATI
• THE ARVA
• ARAGIYAS FROM NATHAMUNI TO RAMANUJA.
• VENKATANATHA.
• MEDGHANADARAI
• VATSYA VARADA
• RAMANUJADAS ALIAS MAHACARYA
• KASTURI RANGACARYA.
• SAILA SRINIVASA.
• RANGACARYA.
• NIMBARKA’S PHILOSOPHY.
• VANAMALI MISRA.
• VIJNANA BHIKSU
• BALADEVA VIDYABHUSANA.
• JIVA GOSVAMI
• SIVA-JNANA-BODHA.
• ANUBHAVA SUTRA OF MAYI-DEVA.
• PHILOSOPHY OF SRIKANTHA.
• SRIPATI PANDITA’S IDEAS.
• THE MANVATARA TRADITIONS OF THE SEVEN RSIS.
• ANDAL.
• NAMMALVAR.
• JIDDU KRISNAMURTI.