Telliyavaram Mahadevan Ponnambalam Mahadevan (24 August 1911 – 5 November 1983) was an Indian writer, philosopher, and

Advaita ''Advaita Vedanta'' (; sa, अद्वैत वेदान्त, ) is a Hindu sādhanā, a path of spiritual discipline and experience, and the oldest extant tradition of the orthodox Hindu school Vedānta. The term ''Advaita'' ( ...

scholar. He was a professor of philosophy at the

University of Madras The University of Madras (informally known as Madras University) is a public state university in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Established in 1857, it is one of the oldest and among the most prestigious universities in India, incorporated by an a ...

. His doctoral thesis was titled "The Philosophy of Advaita".

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