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T.M.P. Mahadevan

Indian writer and philosopher

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionAug 24, 2025
Entity authorityQ19561335 ↗
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Telliyavaram Mahadevan Ponnambalam Mahadevan (24 August 1911 – 5 November 1983) was an Indian writer, philosopher, and Advaita scholar. He was a professor of philosophy at the University of Madras. His doctoral thesis was titled "The Philosophy of Advaita".

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“T.M.P. Mahadevan” enters the record as indian writer and philosopher. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Mahadevan, Indian and writer can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1911, 1983—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1911-01-01. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Mahadevan, Indian and writer.
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“T.M.P. Mahadevan” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Mahadevan, Indian and writer provides the most credible route into that argument.

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Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 24, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q19561335. VIAF identifies the subject as 79069526. The Library of Congress control number is n50043726. 1 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1911 and 1983.

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This entry incorporates text from “T.M.P. Mahadevan” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.