The Sociology of Philosophies

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40 Varuna (in Taittiriya Up.)
41 Mahachamasya (same)
42 Pippalada (in
Prashnopanishad)
43 Pratardana (in Kaushitaki Up.)


200 b.c.e.

44 Mahadeva Buddhist (f.
Chaitiya sect, stupa
worship) 
45 Kumaralabdha (f.
Sautrantika?) 
1 c.e.


46 Upatissa (Pali Theravada
compendium) 
47 “Pañchashikha” (early
Samkhya figurehead?) 
100 c.e.


48 Kumaralata (Sarvastivadin)
49 Matracheta (Buddhist court
poet)
50 Buddhadeva (Sarvastivadin) 
51 Bhadanta Ghoshaka
(Sarvastivadin) 
51a “Gautama” (Mithila? f.
Nyaya) 
52 Upavarsha
(Vedanta/Mimamsa, 1st
Brahmasutra cm.) 
(53) Charaka (compiled medical
text) 
54 Lakulisha? (f. Shaiva
dualism) 
200 c.e.


55 Dharmashri (Sarvastivadin) 
56 Upashanta (Sarvastivadin) 
57 Paurika? (earliest distinctive
Samkhya) 
58 Pañchadhikarana (same) 
59 Pantañjali (not Yogin; early
Samkhya) 


60 Varshaganya? (crystallized
Samkhya) 
61 Shabara? (Mimamsa, cm.
“Jaimini”) 
300 c.e.
62 Harivarman (Sautrantika) 
63 Saramati (Yogacara) 

Figure 5.4. Conflict of Buddhist and
Hindu Schools, 400–900
Persons listed here and for Figure 5.5
include philosophers of Kashmir
Shaivism and continuation of all Indian
networks to 1500–1800 not shown in
Figures 5.4 and 5.5.
400
64 Sanghamitra (Shri Lanka, crit.
Theravada) 
65 Buddhadatta (Shri Lanka) 
66 Dhammapala (Shri Lanka) 
66a Shrilabdha (Sautrantika) 
i 67 Buddhamitra (Sautrantika)
68 Vindhyavasin (revised older
Samkhya, debated 67)
69 Madhava (Samkhya
“heretic,” debated 73)
i 70 Vasubandhu’s pupil
(brother-in-law of 71)
i 71 Vasurata
72 Chandramati (unorthodox
Vaisheshika) 
500
73 Gunamati (Sarvastivadin, crit.
Samkhya, Vaisheshika, and
Jainism)
74 Ashvabhava
74a Vasuvarman (Sarvastivadin) 
75 Guñaprabha (converted from
Yogacara to Sarvastivada,
attacked Mahayana) 

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