Jayarasi Bhatta

male
Indian philosopher, indianphilosophy, Skepticism, Indian, atheist, epistemology
Jayarasi Bhatta (or Jayaraasi Bhatta, fl. 7th c.) was an Indian philosopher who belonged to the Carvaka School (also known as the Lokayata or...
Sukumar Azhikode

Sukumar Azhikode

male, 83 years old
philosopher, Hindu, literary criticism, writer, kerala, Indian…indianphilosophy
Dr. Sukumar Azhikode (b. May 26, 1926 Azhikode, Kerala, India) is a teacher, critic and orator, acknowledged for his contributions to Malayalam...
Ernst Waldschmidt

Ernst Waldschmidt

male, deceased (1985)
Archaeologist, German, Orientalist, indianphilosophy, Central Asia, Berlin University
Ernst Waldschmidt was a German orientalist and Indologist. He taught at Berlin University since 1936. He was a specialist on Indian philosophy, and...

Olga Fröbe-Kapteyn

female, deceased (1962)
dutch, feminism, Feminist, Theosophist, Academic, darmstadt…indianphilosophy
Olga Fröbe-Kapteyn was an English-Dutch spiritualist, theosophist and scholar. Born in London to a feminist/social activist mother and engineer f...

Mowni

male
mathematics, indianphilosophy, European classical music, Western literature, Tamil-language writer, Kumbakonam
Mowni was the pen name of Tamil fiction writer S. Mani Iyer (1907- 1985). Born at Semmangudi, Mowni, is one of the rare writers of Tamil fiction....

Babrius

male
fable, Indian philosopher, Roman era poet, indianphilosophy, greek, syriac
Babrius was the author of a collection of fables written in Greek. Practically nothing is known of him. He is supposed to have been a Roman, whose...