K. Srinivas and V. Kutumba Sastry compile a dictionary of approximately 1,700 entries covering philosophical terms from both Indian and Western traditions, as well as brief biographies of prominent philosophers from each. K. Srinivas, then Head of the Department of Philosophy at Pondicherry University with a doctorate from Jawaharlal Nehru University, and V. Kutumba Sastry, who served as Vice-Chancellor of Rashtriya Sanskrit Samsthan, New Delhi, bring comparative expertise across Indian and European philosophy to this D.K. Printworld publication.