One living map of
Indian philosophy
Learn, research, explore and visualize five millennia of thought. Choose where to begin — tap a card to see how it works.
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The most richly connected knowledge systems. Each opens into an encyclopedic hub of its schools, concepts, texts and thinkers.
Māyā ≠ illusion, but dependent appearance.
“Brahman is real; the world is an appearance.”
Upaniṣads — primary source
How does Advaita differ from Viśiṣṭādvaita?
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Walk five millennia, era by era
A chronological ribbon of texts and thinkers from the Vedic age to the medieval commentators — filter by tradition and watch ideas unfold across BCE and CE.
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Pan and zoom through an interactive node-link map of 96 relationships — trace how a concept threads through schools, texts and thinkers.