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List of ancient Indian writers

Many writers contributed to the large body of early Indian literature (here roughly taken to predate the 13th
century Delhi Sultanate), consisting of poetry, drama, and writings on religion, philosophy, linguistics,
mathematics and many other topics.

Contents
Literature
Grammar
Astrology
Medicine
Mathematics
See also
External links

Literature
Writer Works
Abhinavagupta Tantraloka,
Adi Shankara Vivekachudamani, Aparoksanubhuti, Atma Shatakam, Manisha Panchakam, more..
Agattiyar Agattiyam
Amara Simha Amarakosha
Andal Tiruppavai, Nachir Tirumozhi
Akṣapāda Gautama Nyāya Sūtras
Anandavardhana Dhvanyaloka
Ashtavakra Ashtavakra Gita
Aśvaghoṣa Buddhacarita
Avvaiyar Purananuru
Badarayana Brahma Sutras
Bāṇabhaṭṭa Harshacharita, Kadambari
Bharata Muni Natya Shastra
Bharavi Kirātārjunīya
Bhartṛhari Vākyapadīya, Śatakatraya
Bhavabhuti Mahaviracharita, Malatimadhava, Uttararamacharita
Svapnavasavadatta, Urubhanga, Pratima-nataka, Abhisheka-natka, Pancharatra,
Bhāsa Madhyamavyayoga, Duta-Ghattotkacha, Duta-Vakya, Karna-bhara, Harivamsa (Bala-charita),
Pratijna Yaugandharayaanam
Bilhana Vikramankadevacharita, Caurapâñcâśikâ
Chanakya Arthashastra, Neetishastra
Daṇḍin Daśakumāracarita, Kavyadarsha
Dhanayala Bhavisayatta Kaha
Gunadhya Bṛhat-Katha
Hāla Gaha Sattasai
Harsha Vardhana Ratnavali, Nagananda, Priyadarsika
Ilango Adigal Silappatikaram
Jaimini Purva Mimamsa Sutras, Jaimini Bharata, Jaimini Sutras
Jayadeva Gita Govinda
Kalhana Rajatarangini
Abhijñānaśākuntalam, Meghadūta, Raghuvaṃśa, Kumārasambhava, Vikramōrvaśīyam,
Kālidāsa
Mālavikāgnimitram, Ṛtusaṃhāra
Kambar Kambaramayanam, Erezhupathu, Silaiezhupathu, Kangai Puranam, Sarasvati Anthati
Kshemendra Brihat-Katha-Manjari, Ramayana-manjari
Samayasāra, Niyamasara, Pancastikayasara, Pravacanasara, Atthapahuda,
Kundakunda
Barasanuvekkha
Nagakuthanaar Kundalakesi
Kuntaka Vakroktijivita
Lagadha Vedanga Jyotisha
Magha Shishupala Vadha
Mahendravarman I Mattavilasa Prahasana, Bhagavadajjuka
Mahidasa Aitareya Aitareya Brahmana
Mammata Bhatta Kâvyaprakâsha
Matanga Muni Brihaddeshi
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā, Śūnyatāsaptati, Vigrahavyāvartanī, Vaidalyaprakaraṇa,
Nagarjuna Vyavahārasiddhi, Yuktiṣāṣṭika, Catuḥstava, Ratnāvalī, Pratītyasamutpādahṝdayakārika,
Sūtrasamuccaya, Bodhicittavivaraṇa, Suhṛllekha, Bodhisaṃbhāra
Nandikeshvara Abhinaya Darpana, Bharatarnava
Padmagupta Navasahasānkacharitam
Rajasekhara Viddhasalabhañjika, Balabharata, Karpuramañjari, Bālarāmāyaṇa, Kāvyamīmāṃsā
Rati Ram Sahib Bhagvad Gita
Siddhasena Divakara Nyāyāvatāra, Sanmatisūtra
Sīthalai Sāttanār Manimekalai
Somadeva Kathasaritsagara
Sphujidhvaja Yavanajataka
Sriharsha Naishadhīya-charitam
Śūdraka Mricchakatika
Thiruvalluvar Thirukkural
Tirutakkatevar Civaka Cintamani
Umaswati Tattvartha Sutra
Valmiki Ramayana, Yoga Vasistha
Vallabhacharyajee Shree Subodhiniji, Shodash Granth, Anubhashya, Gayatri Bhashya and much more...
Vātsyāyana Nyāya Sutra Bhāshya, Kama Sutra
Vijñāneśvara Mitākṣarā
Vilambi Naganaar Nanmanikadigai
Vishakhadatta Mudrarakshasa, Devichandraguptam
Vishnu Sharma Panchatantra
Vyasa Mahabharata
Yajnavalkya Shatapatha Brahmana, Yoga Yajnavalkya, Yājñavalkya Smṛti

Grammar
Writer Works Apastamba Dharmasutra
Kātyāyana Varttika
Pānini Ashtadhyayi
Mahabhasya,
Patañjali
Yoga Sūtras
Pingala Chandaḥśāstra
Śākaṭāyana Lakṣaṇa Śāstra
Ṛgveda-
Prātiśākhya,
Bṛhaddevatā,
Shaunaka Caraṇa-vyūha,
six Anukramaṇīs
(indices) to the
Rigveda
Vararuchi Prākṛt Prakāśa
Yāska Nirukta

Astrology
Writer Works
Kalyāṇavarman Sārāvalī
Parashara Bṛhat Parāśara Horāśāstra

Medicine
Writer Works
Charaka Charaka Samhita
Kashyap Kashyap Samhita
Madhav Nidāna
Sushruta Sushruta Samhita
Vagbhata Ashtanga Sangraha, Ashtanga Hridaya Samhita

Mathematics
Writer Works
Aryabhata Āryabhaṭīya, Arya-siddhanta
Baudhayana Shulba Sutras, Shrauta Sutra, Dharmasūtra
Bhāskara I Āryabhaṭīyabhāṣya, Mahābhāskarīya, Laghubhāskarīya
Bhāskara II Siddhānta Shiromani (four volumes: Lilāvati, Bijaganita, Grahaganita and Golādhyāya)
Brahmagupta Brāhmasphuṭasiddhānta
Halayudha Mṛtasañjīvanī
Mahāvīra
Ganit Saar Sangraha
(mathematician)
Bhatadipika, Karmadipika, Paramesvari, Sidhantadipika, Vivarana, Drgganita, Goladipika,
Parameshvara
Grahanamandana, Grahanavyakhyadipika, Vakyakarana
Pancha-Siddhantika, Brihat-Samhita, Brihat Jataka, Daivaigya Vallabha, Laghu Jataka, Yoga
Varāhamihira
Yatra, Vivaha Patal
Virasena Dhavala
Baudhayana Sutras,

Baudhayana Rishi Baudhāyana Sulbasūtra, Baudhāyana Dharmasūtra

See also
List of historic Indian texts
Indian literature

External links
Sanskrit Works and Authors (http://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_trial/sanskritworkstemp1.html)
Mukherjee, Sujit (1999). A Dictionary of Indian Literature: Beginnings-1850 (https://books.googl
e.com/books?id=YCJrUfVtZxoC) Orient Blackswan.

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