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Category: Indian

October 21, 2020 Indian

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

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October 20, 2020 Indian

Bhartrihari

Flourishing some time in the 5th century CE, Bhartrihari was the second great name in the Grammarian tradition. Building on

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September 14, 2020 Buddhist / Indian

Buddhaghosa

Flourishing sometime in the 5th century CE, and probably coming to Sri Lanka from the Indian Subcontinent, Buddhaghosa is the

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September 2, 2020 Indian / Jainism

Umaswati

The second great Jain thinker of the late classical Indian period, Umaswati wrote the Tattvartha Sutra – the authoritative text

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August 21, 2020 Buddhist / Indian

Vasabandhu

Half brother to Asanga, the founder of the Yogacara movement in Mahayana Buddhism, Vasubandhu started his life as a proponent

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July 19, 2020 Indian

Kundakunda

Living around the 2nd to 3rd century CE, Kundakunda represents the Jain side of the amazing intellectual renaissance that was

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June 13, 2020 Buddhist / Indian

Mahayana

Mahayana is the second of the three great Buddhist sectarian traditions, the other two being Theravada and Vajrayana. Emerging with

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June 6, 2020 Buddhist / Indian

Theravada

Early in its development, the Buddhist movement fractured into many factions over differences in the rules regulating the community of

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May 30, 2020 Hindu / Indian

Smartism

Around the first century CE numerous new and revitalised strands of Hindu religious and philosophical thought emerged from the post-Brahminical

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