Big names Madam. May I offer bigger ones you never heard?
Tura Kavaseya-Early founder of Advaita
Kapila Kardama-Father of Empiricism
Medatithi Gautama-Father of Logic
Kanada Kasyapa-Father of Atomism
Dignaga & Dharmakirti-Rigorous Baudhas!
Ganesa Upadhyay-Advanced Neo-Logic
Akṣapāda Gautama-Father of both deduction & induction
Pracetasa Manu-Earliest teacher of political philosophy
Visnugupta Kautilya-Father of Economic thought
Pāṇini Dākṣīputra-Father of linguistics
Nāgārjuna-Creator of tetra valued logic
Bhartṛhari-Sphoṭa theory of sound
Good thing our forefathers don't have graves. Or they'd be turning in it everyday, seeing how their 5000 years worth of effort has gone waste on this generation.
*Gangeśa Upādhyāya was the founder of Navya-Nyaya who lived in the 13th century. Composed Tattvacintāmaṇi. His analytical methods surpassed the ancient Nyaya system of Aksapada Gautama and revived logic in India.
Who was Tura Kavaseya?
Here is a paper I published with Voronezh university of Russia. As per Upanishadic testimony, he is the earliest teacher of Vedanta philosophy. I have attempted to gather information of him from Vedic texts. Enjoy!
#KnowYourRishis
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