List of teachers of Vedanta

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This is a list of teachers of Vedanta, a Hindu philosophical system.

Pre-19th century

• Vasishta Maharishi
• Shakti Maharishi
• Parashara Maharishi
• Krishna Dwaipayana Vyasa
• Sri Shuka Acharya
• Badarayana
• Gaudapada
• Govinda Bhagavatpada
• Adi Shankara Bhagavatpada
• Sureśvara
• Padmapāda
• Hastamalakacharya
• Totakacharya
• Appayya Dikshitar
• Vācaspati Miśra
• Ramanujacharya
• Vedanta Desika
• Madhvacharya
• Vidyaranya
• Nimbarkacharya
• Vishnuswami
• Vallabhacharya
• Caitanya Mahaprabhu
• Dnyaneshwar
• Vyasathirtha
• Madhusudhana Saraswati
• Nimbarka
• Baladeva Vidyabhushana
• Vijnanabhiksu
• Srimanta Sankardeva
• Mahadevendra Saraswathi V

19th-21st century

• Bannanje Govindacharya
• Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
• Ramana Maharshi
• Srila Prabhupada
• Swami Vivekananda
• Swami Dayananda Saraswati
• Swami Sivananda Saraswati
• Swami Satyananda Saraswati
• Swami Chinmayananda Saraswati
• Swami Ganapathi Sachchidananda
• Swami Krishnananda
• Swami Parthasarathy
• Swami Rama Tirtha
• Mannargudi Raju Sastri
• Jayendra Saraswati
• Nisargadatta Maharaj
• Sacchidananda Shivabhinava Narasimha Bharathi
• Chandrashekhara Bharati III
• Bharati Teertha Swamigal
• Sri Vidhusekara Bharathi
• Bhakti Hridaya Bon Swami
• Bhakti Prajnana Kesava Goswami
• Satchidananda Saraswati
• Paramahansa Yogananda
• Sacchidanandendra Saraswati
• Swami Tejomayananda
• Swami Ranganathananda, Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission
• Atmananda Krishna Menon
• Swami Chidaananda Puri
• Acharya Prashant
• Sadhu Bhadreshdas

See also

• List of teachers of Advaita Vedanta

References