Top 100 name of Sanatan Dharma Great Pundit

Here is a list of 100 great Pandits (scholars) of Sanatan Dharma who contributed to Hindu philosophy, scriptures, literature, linguistics, astronomy, Ayurveda, and various fields of knowledge:

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Ancient Vedic & Upanishadic Pandits (Vedic Period)

1. Maharishi Vyasa – Compiler of the Vedas, author of Mahabharata and Puranas
2. Maharishi Valmiki – Author of the Ramayana
3. Rishi Vashistha – Guru of Lord Rama, Rigvedic sage
4. Rishi Vishwamitra – Composer of Gayatri Mantra
5. Maharishi Agastya – Father of Tamil literature, contributor to Rigveda
6. Rishi Bhrigu – Author of Bhrigu Samhita, Vedic astrologer
7. Rishi Atri – One of the Saptarishis, composer of Rigvedic hymns
8. Rishi Angiras – Contributed to Rigveda
9. Rishi Kashyapa – Progenitor of many lineages, Rigvedic sage
10. Rishi Gautama – Author of Nyaya Sutras
11. Rishi Kanva – Contributor to Rigveda
12. Rishi Bharadwaja – Great scholar of Ayurveda and Dhanurveda
13. Rishi Jamadagni – Father of Parashurama
14. Shukracharya – Guru of the Asuras, expert in astrology and scriptures
15. Rishi Yajnavalkya – Author of Shatapatha Brahmana, exponent of Advaita
16. Patanjali – Compiler of Yoga Sutras, Sanskrit grammarian
17. Rishi Jaimini – Author of Mimamsa Sutras
18. Maharishi Kanada – Founder of Vaisheshika school of philosophy
19. Rishi Kapila – Founder of Samkhya philosophy
20. Panini – Father of Sanskrit grammar, author of Ashtadhyayi

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Itihasa & Puranic Pandits

21. Narada Muni – Composer of Narada Bhakti Sutra
22. Lomaharshana – Compiler of many Puranas
23. Maharishi Markandeya – Author of Markandeya Purana
24. Parashara – Father of Vyasa, author of Vishnu Purana
25. Suta Goswami – Narrator of Bhagavata Purana
26. Garga Muni – Astrologer, author of Garga Samhita
27. Tulsidas – Author of Ramcharitmanas
28. Kamban – Tamil poet, author of Kamba Ramayanam
29. Kumarila Bhatta – Proponent of Purva Mimamsa
30. Madhvacharya – Founder of Dvaita Vedanta
31. Ramanujacharya – Founder of Vishishtadvaita Vedanta
32. Vallabhacharya – Founder of Pushtimarg, author of Shodash Granth
33. Basava – Founder of Lingayat sect
34. Gorakhnath – Nath yogi and scholar
35. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu – Founder of Gaudiya Vaishnavism
36. Mirabai – Poetess and devotee of Krishna
37. Surdas – Bhakti poet-saint, composer of Sur Sagar
38. Kabir Das – Mystic poet who criticized social evils
39. Sant Dnyaneshwar – Marathi saint, author of Dnyaneshwari
40. Sant Eknath – Marathi saint, author of Eknathi Bhagwat

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Mathematicians & Scientists of Sanatan Dharma

41. Aryabhata – Mathematician, astronomer, and author of Aryabhatiya
42. Brahmagupta – Mathematician, author of Brahmasphutasiddhanta
43. Varahamihira – Astronomer, author of Brihat Samhita
44. Bhaskara I – Mathematician known for early calculus concepts
45. Bhaskara II (Bhaskaracharya) – Wrote Lilavati and Siddhanta Shiromani
46. Sushruta – Father of Indian surgery, author of Sushruta Samhita
47. Charaka – Father of Indian medicine, author of Charaka Samhita
48. Nagarjuna – Buddhist philosopher, chemist, and metallurgist

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Philosophers & Commentators

49. Adi Shankaracharya – Founder of Advaita Vedanta, commentator on Upanishads
50. Vachaspati Mishra – Commentator on Hindu scriptures
51. Harsha – Sanskrit poet and philosopher
52. Appayya Dikshita – Shaivite scholar
53. Jayadeva – Author of Gita Govinda
54. Vidyaranya – Advaita scholar and statesman
55. Abhinavagupta – Kashmiri Shaivite philosopher
56. Utpaladeva – Kashmiri Shaivite thinker
57. Tiruvalluvar – Author of Tirukkural
58. Sant Namdev – Bhakti saint and poet
59. Raskhan – Muslim devotee of Krishna, poet
60. Sant Tukaram – Marathi saint, poet

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Modern Hindu Scholars (18th–21st Century)

61. Swami Vivekananda – Disciple of Ramakrishna, spread Vedanta in the West
62. Sri Aurobindo – Philosopher, author of The Life Divine
63. Ramakrishna Paramahansa – Mystic and spiritual leader
64. Swami Sivananda – Founder of Divine Life Society
65. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada – Founder of ISKCON
66. Swami Dayananda Saraswati – Founder of Arya Samaj
67. Ramakrishna Paramahamsa – Mystic saint
68. Sri Ramana Maharshi – Advaita philosopher
69. Swami Chinmayananda – Founder of Chinmaya Mission
70. Jagadguru Kripalu Maharaj – Radha Madhav Dham founder

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Other Great Pandits & Thinkers

71. Keshav Kashmiri – Sanskrit scholar, debated with Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
72. Dhanvantari – Legendary physician of Ayurveda
73. Bhavabhuti – Classical Sanskrit poet
74. Raghunatha Siromani – Logician in Navya Nyaya
75. Udayana – Philosopher in Nyaya tradition
76. Koenraad Elst – Modern Indologist
77. Rajiv Malhotra – Hindu intellectual
78. Gopinath Kaviraj – Scholar of Tantra and philosophy
79. Pandurang Shastri Athavale – Founder of Swadhyaya movement
80. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar – Founder of Art of Living
81. Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev – Mystic and author
82. Baba Ramdev – Yoga and Ayurveda promoter
83. Swami Ranganathananda – Vedantic scholar
84. Sri Yukteswar Giri – Guru of Paramahansa Yogananda
85. Paramahansa Yogananda – Author of Autobiography of a Yogi
86. Tirumalai Krishnamacharya – Father of modern yoga
87. Swami Karpatri – Traditionalist Hindu monk
88. Kavyakantha Ganapati Muni – Disciple of Ramana Maharshi
89. Swami Bharati Krishna Tirtha – Mathematician, Vedic scholar
90. Brahmananda Saraswati – Shankaracharya of Jyotir Math
91. Chinmayananda Saraswati – Vedanta teacher
92. Swami Tejomayananda – Current head of Chinmaya Mission
93. Swami Paramananda Bharati – Hindu spiritual leader
94. Mahesh Yogi – Founder of Transcendental Meditation
95. Swami Omkarananda – Scholar and spiritual teacher
96. Vijayananda Giri – Modern Hindu monk
97. Ram Swarup – Hindu thinker and author
98. Sita Ram Goel – Hindu historian and writer
99. David Frawley (Vamadeva Shastri) – Western scholar of Hinduism
100. Nityananda Misra – Sanskrit scholar and author