Names and Dates of Cited Indian Philosophers

• Grammar
• Philosophy
• Aesthetics

Timeline is organized chronologically within traditions. Author’s philosophical identification, where known, is in parentheses. The timeline includes only 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 (Mahābhāṣya)
• 5^th century CE
  • Bhartṛhari: Treatise on Sentences and Words (Vākyapadīya)

Philosophy

• 6^th century BCE
  • Mahāvīra (Jaina)
  • Siddhartha Gautama (Buddhist)
• 1^st century CE
  • Kundakunda (Jaina)
• 1^st to 2^nd century CE
  • Nāgārjuna (Buddhist): Refutation of Objections Vigrahavyāvartaṇī
• 3^rd century CE
  • Akṣapāda Gautama (Nyāya): Nyāyasūtra, abbr. NS)
• 4^th to 5^th century CE
  • Śabara (Mīmāṃsā)
  • Vātsyāyana (Nyāya): Commentary on Nyāya (Nyāyabhāṣya, abbr. NBh)
  • Vasubandhu (Buddhist): Commentary on the Treasury of Dharma (Abhidharmakośabhāṣya)
• 5^th to 6^th century CE
  • Diṅnāga (Buddhist)
• 6^th century CE
  • Dharmakīrti (Buddhist): Commentary on the Epistemic Instruments (Pramāṇavārttika)
  • Sthiramati (Buddhist): Commentary on the Thirty Verses (Triṃśikābhāṣya)
• 7^th century CE
  • Kumārila Bhaṭṭa (Mīmāṃsā): Exposition on Ritual Practice (Tantravārttika, abbr. TV)
  • Prabhākara (Mīmāṃsā)
  • Maṇḍana Miśra, (Mīmāṃsā): The Demonstration of Brahman (Brahmasiddhi)
• 9^th century CE
  • Śālikanātha Miśra (Mīmāṃsā): Monograph in Five Chapters (Prakaraṇapañcikā)
  • Jayanta Bhaṭṭa (Nyāya): Flower Garland of Logic (Nyāyamañjarī)
• 10^th century CE
  • Vācaspati Miśra (Nyāya, Mīmāṃsā): Drop of Truth (Tattvabindu) and Thorough Investigation of Truth (Tattvasamīkṣā)
• 11^th century CE
  • Ratnakīrti (Buddhist)
• 13^th century CE
  • Malliṣeṇa (Jaina): Flower Garland of Conditional Predication (Syādvādamañjari)

Aesthetics

• 6^th to 7^th century
  • Bhāmaha: Ornaments of Poetry (Kāvyālaṅkāra)
• 9^th century CE
  • Ānandavardhana: Light on Suggestion (Dhvanyāloka)
  • Rudraṭa: Ornaments of Poetry (Kāvyālaṅkāra)
• 9^th to 10^th century CE
  • Mukula Bhatṭa: Fundamentals of the Communicative Function (Abhidhāvṛttamātṛkā)
• 10^th century CE
  • Abhinavagupta: The Eye (Locana Commentary on Dhvanyāloka)
  • Bhaṭṭa Nāyaka: Mirror of the Heart (Hṛdayadarpana)
• 11^th century CE
  • Mahima Bhaṭṭa: Analysis of “Manifestation” (Vyaktiviveka)
• 12^th century CE
  • Mammaṭa: Illumination of Poetry (Kāvyaprakāśa)