An introduction to late classical Indian thought
The late classical period covers the time following the collapse of the Mauryan empire through the Brahminical synthesis and developments
The late classical period covers the time following the collapse of the Mauryan empire through the Brahminical synthesis and developments
Flourishing some time in the 5th century CE, Bhartrihari was the second great name in the Grammarian tradition. Building on
Flourishing sometime in the 5th century CE, and probably coming to Sri Lanka from the Indian Subcontinent, Buddhaghosa is the
The second great Jain thinker of the late classical Indian period, Umaswati wrote the Tattvartha Sutra – the authoritative text
Half brother to Asanga, the founder of the Yogacara movement in Mahayana Buddhism, Vasubandhu started his life as a proponent
Living around the 2nd to 3rd century CE, Kundakunda represents the Jain side of the amazing intellectual renaissance that was
Mahayana is the second of the three great Buddhist sectarian traditions, the other two being Theravada and Vajrayana. Emerging with
Early in its development, the Buddhist movement fractured into many factions over differences in the rules regulating the community of
Around the first century CE numerous new and revitalised strands of Hindu religious and philosophical thought emerged from the post-Brahminical