Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi

male, deceased (1948)
Indian, civil disobedience, non-violence, Indian independence movement, activist, death by firearm…sanskrit
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. In India, he is recognized as the "Father of the Nation" and October 2nd, his birthday, is commemorated each year as...
Sri Aurobindo

Sri Aurobindo

male, deceased (1950)
Old Pauline, Founder of religions, From Vadodara, bangla, revolutionary, Religious leader…sanskrit
Sri Aurobindo (Bangla: শ্রী অরবিন্দ "Sri Ôrobindo", Sanskrit: श्री अरविन्द "Srī Aravinda") (August 15, 1872–December 5, 1950) was an Indian/Hindu...

Padmasambhava

male
Pema Jungne, Pre Islamic Heritage of Pakistan, Hindu and Buddhist Heritage of Afghanistan, lama, Lian Hua Sheng Shang Shi, padma 'byung gnas…sanskrit
Padmasambhava (Ch: 蓮華生上師, Pinyin: "Lian Hua Sheng Shang Shi"; Tib: "Pema Jungne", Wylie: "padma 'byung gnas"), in Sanskrit meaning "lotus-bor...
Monier Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams

male, deceased (1899)
Indian Institute, mutiny, Indian, British, indian subcontinent, Orientalist…sanskrit
Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1819-1899) studied, documented and taught Asian languages in England, and compiled one of the most widely-used...
N. S. Rajaram

N. S. Rajaram

male, 66 years old
Indigenous Aryans, Navaratna Srinivasa Rajaram, Indian politics, Pseudohistory, Pseudoscience, paganism…sanskrit
Navaratna Srinivasa Rajaram (born 1943 in Mysore, India) is an author and mathematician. He is notable for his extensive publications on the...
Vinoba Bhave

Vinoba Bhave

male, deceased (1982)
Indian, social entrepreneur, Sallekhana, hindi, acharya, teacher…sanskrit
Vinoba Bhave, born Vinayak Narahari Bhave (September 11, 1895 - November 15, 1982) often called "Acharya" (In Sanskrit and Hindi means teacher), is...
Nisargadatta Maharaj

Nisargadatta Maharaj

male, deceased (1981)
jivan-mukta, sanskrit, moksha, consciousness, advaita vedanta, zen
Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj (April 17, 1897 – September 8, 1981) is a master of spirituality, considered to have attained the supreme state of mo...
Naropa

Naropa

male, deceased (1100)
Mystic, Indian, nalanda, enlightenment, Mahasiddhas, Tibetan language…sanskrit
Naropa (Tibetan; Sanskrit: "Nadaprada", 1016-1100) was an Indian Buddhist mystic and monk, the pupil of Tilopa and brother, or some sources say...

Pingala

male
Shalatula, Ancient Sanskrit grammarian, Pre Islamic Heritage of Pakistan, Mathematics of Poetry, Pascal's triangle, Mahabhashya…sanskrit
Pingala was an ancient Indian mathematician, famous for his work, the "Chandas Shastra" (', also "Chandas Sutra" '), a Sanskrit treatise on prosody...
Lahiri Mahasaya

Lahiri Mahasaya

male, deceased (1895)
Hindu, guru, sanskrit, Yogi, kriya yoga, yoga
Shyama Charan Lahiri, best known as Lahiri Mahasaya (September 30, 1828 - September 26, 1895), was an Indian yogi and a disciple of Mahavatar...