Ananda Coomaraswamy
Ananda Coomaraswamy | |
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Coomaraswamy in 1916 | |
| Born | 22 August 1877 |
| Died | 9 September 1947 (aged 70) Needham, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Nationality | British Ceylonese American |
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| Philosophical work | |
| Era | Modern philosophy 20th-century philosophy |
| Region | Indian philosophy Western philosophy |
| School | Perennialism Traditionalist School |
| Main interests | Metaphysics, philosophy of art, history |
| Notable works | The Dance of Shiva (1918), Hinduism and Buddhism (1943) |
Ananda Kentish Muthu Coomaraswamy (Tamil: ஆனந்த குமாரசுவாமி, Āṉanta Kentiś Muthū Kumāracuvāmi; Sinhala: ආනන්ද කුමාරස්වාමි Ānanda Kumārasvāmī; 22 August 1877 − 9 September 1947) was a Ceylonese metaphysician, historian and a philosopher of Indian art who was an early interpreter of Indian culture to the West. He has been described as "the groundbreaking theorist who was largely responsible for introducing ancient Indian art to the West".