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| name = Trichur Subramaniam Rukmani
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| thesis_title = A Critical Study of the Bhagavata Purana with special reference to Bhakti<ref name=tsrcv/>
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'''Trichur Subramaniam Rukmani''', often known as '''T. S. Rukmani''', was a [[Sanskrit]]ist who served many years on the faculty of [[Concordia University]] (1996-2012) and retired in 2012. She was a prolific author on Indian Philosophy and translator of many Sanskrit texts into English. She died on November 24, 2024, in Bengaluru, India, at the age of 94.

==Biography==
Rukmani was born in [[Kerala|Kerala State]], India.<ref name=clark08>{{cite web |last1=Clark |first1=Matthew |title=T. S. Rukmani |url=https://www.soas.ac.uk/religions-and-philosophies/events/comeandmeet/rukmani/ |website=soas.ac.uk |access-date=6 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref> She received a B.A. in Sanskrit, Mathematics, Economics and English ([[University of Delhi]], 1952), and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Sanskrit (University of Delhi, 1954 and 1958).<ref name=tsrcv>[https://www.concordia.ca/etc/designs/concordia/resources/file.pdf?did=2125 CV of T. S. Rukimani] (accessed 6 January 2020)</ref>
She later received an honorary [[Doctor of Letters|Doctor of Literature]] (D.Litt.) degree from University of Delhi (1991) in recognition of her four-volume translation of a Sanskrit text called ''Yogavartiika of Vijnanabhiksu (1981-89)'', on [[Yoga (philosophy)|Yoga philosophy]] by [[Vijnanabhiksu]].<ref name=clark08/>

From 1964 to 1981 Rukmani served as Lecturer or Senior Lecturer at [[Indraprastha College for Women|Indraprastha College]], [[University of Delhi]].<ref name=tsrcv/>
From 1982 to 1993 she served as the Principal of [[Miranda House, Delhi|Miranda House]], University of Delhi.<ref name=tsrcv/>
From 1993 to 1995, she served as Professor and Head of the Department of Hindu Studies and Indian Philosophy, [[University of Durban-Westville]], in [[Durban]], [[South Africa]].<ref name=tsrcv/>
From 1996 to 2012 she served as Professor and Chair of the Department of Hindu Studies at [[Concordia University]] in [[Montreal]], [[Canada]].<ref name=tsrcv/><ref name=concfac>[https://www.concordia.ca/faculty/trichur-rukmani.html#IDX_BIOGRAPHY T. S. Rukmani faculty page] at [[Concordia University]], (accessed 6 January 2020).</ref>

In the mid-1990s, Rukmani served as chief editor of the ''Journal of the Indological Society of Southern Africa''<ref name=tsrcv/> and of ''Nidān: International Journal for Indian Studies'',<ref name=EIC94>{{cite journal |title=Inside front Cover |journal=Nidān: International Journal for Indian Studies |date=1 December 1994 |volume=1994 |issue=v6 |language=en |issn=2414-8636|hdl=10520/AJA10165320_24 }}</ref> and has served on the boards of several other journals, such as the ''Journal of Hinduism'' and the ''Journal of Hindu Studies'' (Oxford).<ref name=tsrcv/><ref name=jhsedboard>{{cite web |title=Editorial Board for Journal of Hindu Studies |url=https://academic.oup.com/jhs/pages/Editorial_Board |website=Oxford Academic |access-date=7 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref>

In 2013, Rukmani was the subject of a [[festschrift]].<ref name=fest13>{{cite book |editor1-last=Kumar |editor1-first=P. Pratap |editor2-last=Duquette |editor2-first=Jonathan |title=Classical and contemporary issues in Indian studies: essays in honour of Trichur S. Rukmani |date=2013 |publisher=D.K. Printworld |location=New Delhi |isbn=978-81-246-0652-0 |language=en|oclc=884968023 }}</ref>

==Selected works==

* {{cite book |last=Rukmani |first=T. S. |title=Kaṭhopaniṣat: with the commentary of Vijñānabhikṣu called Vedāntāloka |date=2018 |publisher=Munshiram Manoharlal |location=New Delhi |isbn=9788121513227 |oclc=1059570515}}
* {{cite book |editor-last=Rukmani |editor-first=T. S. |title=The Mahabharata: what is not here is nowhere else : (Yannehāsti na Tadkvacit) |date=2005 |publisher=Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers |location=New Delhi |isbn=978-81-215-1130-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y3QpAAAAYAAJ |oclc=62149232 |language=en}}
* {{cite book |last=Rukmani |first=T. S. |title=Yogasūtrabhāṣyavivaraṇa of Śaṅkara: Vivaraṇa text with English translation, and critical notes along with text and English translation of Patañjali's Yogasūtras and Vyāsabhāṣya |date=2001 |publisher=Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers |location=New Delhi |isbn=978-81-215-0908-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qcHWAAAAMAAJ}} {{OCLC|46352942}}
* {{cite book |last=Rukmani |first=T. S. |title=Shankaracharya |date=1994 |publisher=Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India |location=New Delhi |isbn=978-81-230-0063-3 |url=https://archive.org/details/shankaracharya00rukm |oclc=31900500 |language=en}} (freely downloadable)
* {{cite book |last=Rukmani |first=T. S. |title=Yogavārttika of Vijñānabhikṣu: text, with English translation and critical notes, along with the text and English translation of the Pātañjala Yogasūtras and Vyāsabhāṣya |date=1981 |publisher=Munshiram Manoharlal |location=New Delhi |isbn=9788121500562 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ya3WAAAAMAAJ |language=en}} {{OCLC|9969995}}
* {{cite book |last=Rukmani |first=T. S. |title=A critical study of the Bhagavata Purana: (with special reference to Bhakti) |date=1970 |publisher=Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mmvXAAAAMAAJ |language=en}} {{OCLC|462838647}}

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.concordia.ca/etc/designs/concordia/resources/file.pdf?did=2125 CV of T. S. Rukimani] ([[Concordia University]])
*[https://www.concordia.ca/faculty/trichur-rukmani.html#IDX_BIOGRAPHY T. S. Rukmani faculty page] ([[Concordia University]])
*[https://ochs.org.uk/people/professor-ts-rukmani T. S. Rukmani faculty page] ([[Oxford University]])

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