[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Religion and philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion) › [A History of Indian Philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dasgupta-1922) › v2.c19.11 # A History of Indian Philosophy v2.c19.11 A History of Indian Philosophy v2.c19.11 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dasgupta-1922.v2.c19.11) lived in the fifth century A.D. The author of the \*Yoga-vāsiṣṭha\*, whoever he may have been, flourished at least some time after Kālidāsa. It may also be assumed that the interval between Kālidāsa’s time and that of the author of the \*Yoga-vāsiṣṭha\* had been long enough to establish Kālidāsa’s reputation as a poet. There is another fact which deserves consideration in this connection. In spite of the fact that the views of the \*Yoga-vāsiṣṭha\* and Śaṅkara’s interpretation of Vedānta have important points of agreement neither of them refers to the other. Again, the views of the \*Yoga-vāsiṣṭha\* so much resemble those of the idealistic school of Buddhists, that the whole work seems to be a Brahmanic modification of idealistic Buddhism. One other important instance can be given of such a tendency to assimilate Buddhistic idealism and modify it on Brahmanic lines, viz. the writings of Gauḍapāda and Śaṅkara. I am therefore inclined to think that the author of the \*Yoga-vāsiṣṭha\* was probably a contemporary of Gauḍapāda or Śaṅkara, about A.D. 800 or a century anterior to them. - [Previous: v2.c19.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dasgupta-1922.v2.c19.10) - [Next: v2.c19.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dasgupta-1922.v2.c19.12) - [Up: v2.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dasgupta-1922.v2.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dasgupta-1922.v2.c19.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dasgupta-1922.v2.c19.11) · Pramāṇa