RADKhAKRIShNAN Sarvepalli (5. 9. 1888, Tiruttani, prezidentii Madras, holo shtati Andhra-Pradesh —17. 4. 1975, Madras), olim va faylasuf, khodimi davlati va siyosii Hinduston. Dar Universiteti Madras tahsil namudaast. Solhoi 1918—1921 professori falsafa dar Universiteti Maysur. 1921—1931 rohbari kafedrai falsafai Unstituti Kalkatta, 1931—1936 noib-kansleri Unstituti Andhra, 1939—1948 noib kansleri Universiteti Banoras, 1953—1962 kansleri Universiteti Dehli. Solhoi 1936—1952 dar Universiteti Oksford dars meguft.
Dar harakati millii ozodikhohii Hinduston ishtirok kardaast. Solhoi 1949—1952 safiri Hinduston dar SSSR, 1952—1962 noib-prezident, 1962—1967 prezidenti Respublikai Hinduston bud. Solhoi 1956 va 1964 ba SSSR tashrifi dustona ovard. Radkhakrishnan tarafdori hamzistii osoishtai davlathoi sokhti ijtimoiyashon gunogun bud. Muallifi asarhoi sershumor doir ba falsafa, maorifi khalq, adabiyot va sanat; doktori ilmhoi bisyor universitethoi Hinduston va khorija, professori fakhrii Universiteti Moskva (1956).
Aqoidi falsafii Radkhakrishnan ba idealizmi obektivii vedanta (dar tafsiri Shankara) qarobat dosht. U sistemai «dini abadii» yagonayu universaliro peshnihod namud. Ba aqidai Radkhakrishnan in din ba ananahoi diniyu falsafii Hindi Qadim asos yofta, meboist hama dinhoi mavjudai «ahkomparasti»-ro ivaz mekard. Radkhakrishnan az rui aqoidi ijtimoiash payravi talimoti M. K. Gandi buda, chunin meshumorad, ki halli hamai masalahoi jamiyati tanho dar asosi prinsiphoi dini samarabakhsh shuda metavonad
As.: Indiyskaya filosofiya, t. 1—2, M„ 1056—57.
Ad.: Filosofskie i sosiologicheskie vzglyadi S. Radkhakrishnana, dar majm.: Sovremennaya filosofskaya i sosiologicheskaya misl stran Vostoka, M., 1965.