| Writer | Works |
| Abhinavagupta | Tantraloka, Abhinavabharati |
| Adi Shankara | Vivekachudamani, Aparoksanubhuti, Atma Shatakam, Manisha Panchakam, more.. |
| Agattiyar | Agattiyam |
| Amara Sinha | Amarakosha |
| Andal | Tiruppavai, Nachir Tirumozhi |
| Akṣapāda Gautama | Nyāya Sūtras |
| Anandavardhana | Dhvanyaloka |
| Ashtavakra | Ashtavakra Gita |
| Aśvaghoṣa | Buddhacarita |
| Avvaiyar | Purananuru |
| Badarayana | Brahma Sutras |
| Bāṇabhaṭṭa | Harshacharita, Kadambari |
| Bharata Muni | Natya Shastra |
| Bharavi | Kirātārjunīya |
| Bhartṛhari | Vākyapadīya, Śatakatraya |
| Bhavabhuti | Mahaviracharita, Malatimadhava, Uttararamacharita |
| Bhāsa | Svapnavasavadatta, Urubhanga, Pratima-nataka, Abhisheka-natka, Pancharatra, Madhyamavyayoga, Duta-Ghattotkacha, Duta-Vakya, Karna-bhara, Harivamsa (Bala-charita), Pratijna Yaugandharayaanam |
| Bilhana | Vikramankadevacharita, Caurapâñcâśikâ |
| Chanakya | Arthashastra, Neetishastra |
| Daṇḍin | Daśakumāracarita, Kavyadarsha |
| Dhanayala | Bhavisayatta Kaha |
| Gunadhya | Bṛhat-Katha |
| Hāla | Gaha Sattasai |
| Harsha Vardhana | Ratnavali, Nagananda, Priyadarsika |
| Ilango Adigal | Silappatikaram |
| Jaimini | Purva Mimamsa Sutras, Jaimini Bharata, Jaimini Sutras |
| Jayadeva | Gita Govinda |
| Kalhana | Rajatarangini |
| Kālidāsa | Abhijñānaśākuntalam, Meghadūta, Raghuvaṃśa, Kumārasambhava, Vikramōrvaśīyam, Mālavikāgnimitram, Ṛtusaṃhāra |
| Kambar | Kambaramayanam, Erezhupathu,Silaiezhupathu, Kangai Puranam, Sarasvati Anthati |
| Kshemendra | Brihat-Katha-Manjari, Ramayana-manjari |
| Kundakunda | Samayasāra, Niyamasara, Pancastikayasara, Pravacanasara, Atthapahuda, Barasanuvekkha |
| Nagakuthanaar | Kundalakesi |
| Kuntaka | Vakroktijivita |
| Lagadha | Vedanga Jyotisha |
| Magha | Shishupala Vadha |
| Mahendravarman I | Mattavilasa Prahasana, Bhagavadajjuka |
| Mahidasa Aitareya | Aitareya Brahmana |
| Mammata Bhatta | Kâvyaprakâsha |
| Matanga Muni | Brihaddeshi |
| Nagarjuna | Mūlamadhyamakakārikā, Śūnyatāsaptati, Vigrahavyāvartanī, Vaidalyaprakaraṇa, Vyavahārasiddhi, Yuktiṣāṣṭika, Catuḥstava, Ratnāvalī, Pratītyasamutpādahṝdayakārika, Sūtrasamuccaya, Bodhicittavivaraṇa, Suhṛllekha, Bodhisaṃbhāra |
| Nandikeshvara | Abhinaya Darpana, Bharatarnava |
| Rajasekhara | Viddhasalabhañjika, Balabharata, Karpuramañjari, Bālarāmāyaṇa, Kāvyamīmāṃsā |
| Siddhasena Divakara | Nyāyāvatāra, Sanmatisūtra |
| Sīthalai Sāttanār | Manimekalai |
| Somadeva | Kathasaritsagara |
| Sphujidhvaja | Yavanajataka |
| Sriharsha | Naishadhīya-charitam |
| Śūdraka | Mricchakatika |
| Thiruvalluvar | Thirukkural |
| Tirutakkatevar | Civaka Cintamani |
| Umaswati | Tattvartha Sutra |
| Valmiki | Ramayana, Yoga Vasistha |
| Vātsyāyana | Nyāya Sutra Bhāshya, Kama Sutra |
| Vijñāneśvara | Mitākṣarā |
| Vilambi Naganaar | Nanmanikadigai |
| Vishakhadatta | Mudrarakshasa, Devichandraguptam |
| Vishnu Sharma | Panchatantra |
| Vyasa | Mahabharata |
| Yajnavalkya | Shatapatha Brahmana, Yoga Yajnavalkya, Yājñavalkya Smṛti |