Professor T.S. Rukmani passed away on November 24, 2024, in Bengaluru. She was a prolific author on Indian Philosophy and translator of many Sanskrit texts into English.
Rukmani received a B.A. in Sanskrit, Mathematics, Economics and English from Miranda House, University of Delhi in 1952, and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Sanskrit from the University of Delhi respectively in 1954 and 1958. In 1991 she received an honorary Doctor of Literature degree from University of Delhi in recognition of her four-volume translation of Yogavartiika of Vijnanabhiksu, published between 1981-1989.
From 1964 to 1981 Rukmani served as Lecturer or Senior Lecturer at Indraprastha College, University of Delhi. From 1982 to 1993 she served as the Principal of Miranda House. Following her retirement from Miranda House, she served as Professor and Head of the Department of Hindu Studies and Indian Philosophy at the University of Durban-Westville, in South Africa from 1993 to 1995. Then, from 1996 to 2012, she served as Professor and Chair of the Department of Hindu Studies at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada.
Besides her multi-volume translation of Yogavartiika of Vijnanabhiksu, her principle publications included: Kaṭhopaniṣat: with the commentary of Vijñānabhikṣu called Vedāntāloka (2018), The Mahabharata: what is not here is nowhere else (2005), Yogasūtrabhāṣyavivaraṇa of Śaṅkara: Vivaraṇa text with English translation, and critical notes along with text and English translation of Patañjali’s Yogasūtras and Vyāsabhāṣya (2001), Shankaracharya (1994), and A critical study of the Bhagavata Purana: with special reference to Bhakti (1970).