# 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
* Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
* Anandmurti Gurumaa