Authors & Sages

A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

ए.सी. भक्तिवेदान्त स्वामी प्रभुपाद

Gaudiya Vaishnavism (ISKCON)

1896–1977 CE

1 book

Adi Shankaracharya

आदि शङ्कराचार्य

Advaita Vedanta

~788–820 CE (traditional; some scholars argue earlier)

27 books

Amarasiṃha

अमरसिंह

Sanskrit lexicography

c. 4th–7th century CE

1 book

Ānandamayī Mā

आनंदमयी माँ

Shakta Bhakti / Hindu mysticism

1896–1982 CE

1 book

Annambhaṭṭa

अन्नंभट्ट

Nyaya-Vaisheshika

c. 17th century CE

1 book

Arunagirinathar

அருணகிரிநாதர்

Tamil Shaiva Bhakti / Murugan devotion

c. 15th century CE

1 book

Āryabhaṭa

आर्यभट

Indian astronomy and mathematics

476–550 CE

1 book

Balarāma Dāsa

बलराम दास

Odia Vaishnavism

c. 15th century CE

Bāṇabhaṭṭa

बाणभट्ट

Classical Sanskrit prose

c. 7th century CE

2 books

Bharata Muni

भरत मुनि

Natyashastra tradition

c. 200 BCE – 200 CE

1 book

Bharavi

भारवि

Classical Sanskrit Mahakavya

c. 6th–7th century CE

1 book

Bhaṭṭi

भट्टि

Classical Sanskrit grammar-kavya

c. 7th century CE

Bhavabhūti

भवभूति

Classical Sanskrit drama

c. 8th century CE

3 books

Bhāvamiśra

भावमिश्र

Ayurveda

c. 16th century CE

1 book

Bhoja

भोज

Sanskrit polymath / Paramara dynasty

c. 1000–1055 CE

1 book

Caraka

चरक

Ayurveda

c. 2nd century BCE – 2nd century CE

1 book

D.V. Gundappa

ड़ी.वी. गुण्डप्प

Kannada modern literature / Vedanta

1887–1975 CE

1 book

Daṇḍin

दण्डिन्

Classical Sanskrit prose and poetics

c. 7th century CE

2 books

Dattatreya

दत्तात्रेय

Nath / Avadhuta tradition

Mythological / timeless (traditional)

2 books

Dattila

दत्तिल

Early Indian music theory

c. 1st–4th century CE

1 book

Dayārām

दयाराम

Gujarati Vaishnavism / Pushtimarg

1777–1852 CE

1 book

Dharmarāja Adhvarīndra

धर्मराज अध्वरीन्द्र

Advaita Vedanta

c. 17th century CE

Dnyaneshwar

ज्ञानेश्वर

Varkari (Maharashtra) / Nath

c. 1275–1296 CE

2 books

Eknath

एकनाथ

Varkari (Maharashtra)

c. 1533–1599 CE

2 books

Gaudapada

गौडपाद

Advaita Vedanta

c. 6th–7th century CE

1 book

Gheranda

घेरण्ड

Hatha Yoga

c. 17th century CE

1 book

Govinda Dīkṣitar

गोविन्द दीक्षित

Carnatic music and Smarta

c. 17th century CE

1 book

Harṣa

हर्ष

Classical Sanskrit drama

c. 590–647 CE

2 books

Hemāḍpant

हेमाडपंत

Medieval Maharashtra / Smarta

c. 13th century CE

Jayadeva

जयदेव

Vaishnava Bhakti

c. 12th century CE

1 book

Jīmūtavāhana

जीमूतवाहन

Dharmashastra / Dayabhaga school

c. 11th–12th century CE

1 book

Kabirdas

कबीरदास

Sant tradition / Nirguna Bhakti

c. 1440–1518 CE (traditional)

3 books

Kalidasa

कालिदास

Classical Sanskrit literature

c. 4th–5th century CE

6 books

Kalyāṇavarma

कल्याणवर्म

Sanskrit astrology

c. 9th century CE

1 book

Kamban

கம்பர்

Tamil tradition / Vaishnava

c. 12th century CE

1 book

Kāśīrāma Dāsa

काशीराम दास

Bengali Vaishnavism

c. 17th century CE

Kāśyapa

काश्यप

Ayurveda (pediatrics)

c. 6th–10th century CE

1 book

Kautilya

कौटिल्य

Dharmashastra / Political philosophy

c. 350–275 BCE

1 book

Kṛṣṇamiśra

कृष्णमिश्र

Sanskrit allegorical drama / Vedanta

c. 11th century CE

1 book

Kṛttivāsa Ojhā

कृत्तिवास ओझा

Bengali Vaishnavism

c. 15th century CE

1 book

Kumāradāsa

कुमारदास

Classical Sanskrit Mahakavya

c. 5th–6th century CE

Mādhava Kandalī

माधव कन्दली

Assamese Vaishnavism

c. 14th century CE

Mādhavakara

माधवकर

Ayurveda

c. 7th–8th century CE

Māgha

माघ

Classical Sanskrit Mahakavya

c. 7th–8th century CE

Manikkavacakar

மாணிக்கவாசகர்

Tamil Shaiva Bhakti (Nayanmars)

c. 9th century CE

1 book

Mantreśvara

मन्त्रेश्वर

Sanskrit astrology

c. 13th century CE

1 book

Manu

मनु

Dharmashastra

Mythological / c. 200 BCE – 200 CE (text)

1 book

Matanga

मतङ्ग

Classical Indian music theory

c. 5th–9th century CE

1 book

Mirabai

मीराबाई

Vaishnava Bhakti

c. 1498–1547 CE

1 book

Nandikeśvara

नन्दिकेश्वर

Abhinaya and Natya

uncertain

1 book

Narada

नारद

Vaishnava Bhakti

Timeless / divine (traditional)

2 books

Narottama Dāsa Ṭhākura

नरोत्तम दास ठाकुर

Gaudiya Vaishnavism

c. 1520–1587 CE

1 book

Nisargadatta Maharaj

निसर्गदत्त महाराज

Advaita Vedanta (Navnath Sampradaya)

1897–1981 CE

1 book

Panini

पाणिनि

Vedanga (Grammar / Vyakarana)

c. 4th century BCE

1 book

Paramahansa Yogananda

परमहंस योगानन्द

Kriya Yoga (Self-Realization Fellowship)

1893–1952 CE

3 books

Parashara

पराशर

Dharmashastra / Vedic

Legendary (father of Vyasa)

1 book

Pṛthuyaśas

पृथुयशस्

Sanskrit astrology

c. 6th century CE

2 books

Ramakrishna Paramahamsa

रामकृष्ण परमहंस

Vedanta / Shakta / Bhakti

1836–1886 CE

2 books

Ramana Maharshi

रमण महर्षि

Advaita Vedanta

1879–1950 CE

6 books

Ramanuja

रामानुज

Vishishtadvaita Vedanta / Sri Vaishnava

1017–1137 CE (traditional)

2 books

Rupa Goswami

रूप गोस्वामी

Gaudiya Vaishnavism

c. 1489–1564 CE

3 books

Sāralā Dāsa

सारला दास

Odia Vaishnavism

c. 15th century CE

1 book

Śārṅgadeva

शार्ङ्गदेव

Classical Indian music theory

c. 13th century CE

1 book

Śārṅgadhara

शार्ङ्गधर

Ayurveda

c. 13th–14th century CE

1 book

Shandilya

शाण्डिल्य

Bhakti

Unknown (ancient)

1 book

Somadeva

सोमदेव

Classical Sanskrit narrative

c. 11th century CE

1 book

Śrī Harṣa

श्री हर्ष

Advaita Vedanta, Navya-Nyaya

c. 12th century CE

1 book

Śūdraka

शूद्रक

Classical Sanskrit drama

c. 1st–4th century CE

Surdas

सूरदास

Vaishnava Bhakti (Pustimarga / Vallabha Sampradaya)

c. 1478–1583 CE

1 book

Suśruta

सुश्रुत

Ayurveda (surgery)

c. 6th century BCE

1 book

Swami Ramdas

स्वामी रामदास

Vaishnava / Ram bhakti

1884–1963 CE

2 books

Swami Sivananda

स्वामी शिवानन्द

Vedanta / Integral Yoga

1887–1963 CE

7 books

Swami Vivekananda

स्वामी विवेकानन्द

Vedanta (Ramakrishna Order)

1863–1902 CE

8 books

Swatmarama

स्वात्माराम

Nath / Hatha Yoga

c. 15th century CE

1 book

Thiruvalluvar

திருவள்ளுவர்

Tamil tradition

c. 300 BCE – 400 CE (estimated)

1 book

Tikkana

तिक्कन

Telugu literature / Kavi-trayam

c. 13th century CE

Tukaram

तुकाराम

Varkari (Maharashtra)

c. 1608–1650 CE

2 books

Tulsidas

तुलसीदास

Vaishnava Bhakti (Ramanandi Sampradaya)

c. 1497–1623 CE

2 books

Udayana

उदयन

Nyaya-Vaisheshika

c. 10th–11th century CE

Vāgbhaṭa

वाग्भट

Ayurveda

c. 6th–7th century CE

2 books

Valmiki

वाल्मीकि

Sanatana Dharma / Vaishnava

c. 500–100 BCE (scholarly estimate)

1 book

Varāhamihira

वराहमिहिर

Indian astronomy and astrology

c. 505–587 CE

4 books

Vasugupta

वसुगुप्त

Kashmir Shaivism

c. 875–925 CE

2 books

Vēmana

वेमन

Telugu folk poetry / Siddha tradition

c. 17th century CE

1 book

Veṅkaṭamakhi

वेङ्कटमखि

Carnatic music theory

c. 17th century CE

Vidyāpati

विद्यापति

Maithili Vaishnavism / Bhakti

c. 1352–1448 CE

1 book

Vidyaranya

विद्यारण्य

Advaita Vedanta

c. 1296–1386 CE

1 book

Vijñāneśvara

विज्ञानेश्वर

Dharmashastra / Mitakshara school

c. 12th century CE

1 book

Viśākhadatta

विशाखदत्त

Classical Sanskrit drama

c. 4th–9th century CE

1 book

Viṣṇuśarmā

विष्णुशर्मा

Sanskrit fable literature

c. 3rd–4th century BCE

1 book

Vyasa

व्यास

Vedanta / Sanatana Dharma

c. 3000 BCE (traditional) / c. 500–100 BCE (scholarly)

27 books

Yajnavalkya

याज्ञवल्क्य

Vedanta / Dharmashastra

c. 900–700 BCE (traditional)

2 books

Yamunācārya

यमुनाचार्य

Sri Vaishnavism

c. 918–1038 CE