Indian philosophers
Ancient philosophers
Vedic History
- Seven Rishis; Atri, Bharadwaja, Gautama, Jamadagni, Kasyapa, Vasishtha, Viswamitra.[1]
- Rishaba — Rishi mentioned in Rig Veda and later in several Puranas, and believed by Jains to be the first official religious guru of Jainism, as accredited by later followers
- Yajnavalkya — one of the vedic sages, greatly influenced Buddhisticthought
1000–600 BCE
600–400 BCE (Sectarianism)
- Cārvāka (?) — materialism
- Siddhartha Gautama (circa 563–483 BCE) — founder of Buddhism
- Mahavira (599–527 BCE) — heavily influenced Jainism, the 24thTirthankara of Jainism
- Kanada – founder of Vaisheshika
321–184 BCE (Mauryan Empire)
- Aksapada Gautama (circa 2nd century BCE)
- Chanakya (circa 350–275 BCE)
184 BCE–100 CE
- Patanjali — Yoga Sutra
- Badarayana (lived between 200 BCE and 400 CE) — (Author of Brahma Sutra)
- Aksapada Gautama – founder of Nyaya philosophy
100–300 (Cholas, Cheras, Pandavas)
- Nagarjuna (circa 150–250 CE) — Madhyamaka Buddhism
300–550 (Gupta Empire)
- Bhartrhari
- Bodhidharma (circa 440–528) — Zen Buddhist
- Buddhaghosa (5th century)
- Dignaga (5th century)
- Uddyotakara
- Vasubandhu (?)
- Vatsyayana (?)
600–900
- Candrakirti (born circa 600) — Madhyamaka Buddhist
- Dharmakirti (circa 7th century)
- Adi Shankara (circa 788–820) — Advaita Vedanta school
900–1100 (Muslim dominance)
- Abhinavagupta (circa 975–1025)
- Ramanuja (1017–1137 CE) — qualified non-dualism
- Udayana
1100–1500
- Basaveshwara (1134–1196)
- Shri Madhvacharya (1238–1317)
- Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1486–1534)
- Gangeśa Upādhyāya (13th century)
1500–1800 (Mughal Empire)
- Gadadhara Bhattacharya
- Shah Wali Allah
- Vallabhacharya (1479–1531)
Modern Indian philosophers
1800–1900 (British rule)
20th century
- Allama Iqbal (1877–1938)
- Swami Vivekanand (1863–1902)
- Sri Aurobindo (1872–1950)
- Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948)
- Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888–1975)
- Amartya Sen (born 1933)
- Osho (1931–1990)
- Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895–1986)
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