Names and Dates of Cited Indian Philosophers

• Grammar
• Philosophy
• Aesthetics

Organized chronologically within traditions with philosophical identification in parentheses and texts referred to within the entry. Note that absolute and comparative dating for many of these authors is controversial and this timeline is a rough guide only.

Grammar

• 6^th to 3^rd century BCE, Yāska: Nirukta(Semantic Explanation)
• 4^th century BCE
  • Pāṇini: Eight Chapters (Aṣṭādhyāyī)
  • Vājapyāyana
  • Vyāḍi
• 3^rd century BCE, Kātyāyana
• 2^nd century BCE, Patañjali: Great Commentary (Mahā-bhāṣya)
• 5^th century CE, Bhartṛhari: Treatise on Sentences and Words (Vākya-padīya)

Philosophy

• 6^th century BCE
  • Mahāvīra (Jaina)
  • Siddhartha Gautama (Buddhist)
• 1^st century CE, Kundakunda (Jaina)
• 3^rd century CE, Akṣapāda Gautama (Nyāya): Aphorisms on Logic (Nyāya-sūtra, abbr. NS)
• 4^th to 5^th century CE
  • Śabara (Mīmāṃsā)
  • Vātsyāyana (Nyāya): Commentary on the Aphorisms on Logic (Nyāya-sūtra-bhāṣya, abbr. NySBh)
  • Vasubandhu (Buddhist): Commentary on the Treasury of Dharma (Abhidharma-kośa-bhāṣya)
• 5^th to 6^th century CE, Diṅnāga (Buddhist)
• 6^th century CE
  • Dharmakīrti (Buddhist): Pramāṇa-vārttika
  • Sthiramati (Buddhist): Commentary on the Thirty Verses (Triṃśikā-bhāṣya)
• 7^th century CE
  • Kumārila Bhaṭṭa (Mīmāṃsā): Exposition on Ritual Practice (Tantra-vārttika, abbr. TV)
  • Maṇḍana Miśra, (Mīmāṃsā): The Demonstration of Brahman (Brahma-siddhi)
  • Śālikanātha Miśra (Mīmāṃsā): Monograph in Five Chapters (Prakaraṇa-pañcikā)
• 9^th century CE, Jayanta Bhaṭṭa (Nyāya): Flower Garland of Logic (Nyāya-mañjarī)
• 10^th century CE, Vācaspati Miśra (Nyāya, Mīmāṃsā): Drop of Truth (Tattva-bindu) and Thorough Investigation of Truth (Tattva-samīkṣā)
• 11^th century CE, Ratnakīrti (Buddhist)
• 13^th century CE
  • Malliṣeṇa (Jaina): Flower Garland of Conditional Predication (Syād-vāda-mañjari)
  • Nāgārjuna (Buddhist): Vigraha-vyāvartaṇī
  • Prabhākara (Mīmāṃsā)

Aesthetics

• 6^th to 7^th century, Bhāmaha: Ornaments of Poetry (Kāvyâlaṅkāra)
• 9^th century CE
  • Ānandavardhana: Light on Suggestion (Dhvanyāloka)
  • Mukula Bhatṭa: Fundamentals of the Communicative Function (Abhidhāvṛttimātṛkā)
  • Rudraṭa: Ornaments of Poetry (Kāvyâlaṅkāra)
• 10^th century CE
  • Abhinavagupta: The Eye (Locana Commentary on Dhvanyāloka)
  • Bhaṭṭa Nāyaka: Mirror of the Heart (Hṛdaya-darpana)
• 11^th century CE
  • Mahima Bhaṭṭa: Analysis of “Manifestation” (Vyakti-viveka)
  • Mammaṭa: Illumination of Poetry (Kāvya-prakāśa)