Awadh Kishore Saran (1922 – 2003), popularly known as A. K. Saran, was an Indian scholar, editor, and writer who was one of the most influential voices on traditionalist thoughts in the Hindu world.[1][2]
Saran's works frequently featured traditionalists and perennialist philosophers such as Frithjof Schuon and, in particular, Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, whom Saran first encountered when he was ten years old.[1] He served as a professor of sociology at the University of Lucknow in Lucknow, India[3] and held the Gamaliel chair in peace and justice at the Cardinal Stritch University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[4]