Trichur Subramaniam Rukmani, often known as T. S. Rukmani, is a Sanskritist who served many years on the faculty of Concordia University (1996-2012) and retired in 2012. She translated many Sanskrit texts into English.

Rukmani was born in Kerala State, India.^[2] She received a B.A. in Sanskrit, Mathematics, Economics and English (University of Delhi, 1952), and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Sanskrit (University of Delhi, 1954 and 1958).^[1] She later received an honorary Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.) degree from University of Delhi (1991) in recognition of her four-volume translation of a Sanskrit text on Yoga philosophy by Vijnanabhiksu.^[2]

From 1964 to 1981 Rukmani served as Lecturer or Senior Lecturer at Indraprastha College, University of Delhi.^[1] From 1982 to 1993 she served as the Principal of Miranda House, University of Delhi.^[1] From 1993 to 1995, she served as Professor and Head of the Department of Hindu Studies and Indian Philosophy, University of Durban-Westville, in Durban, South Africa.^[1] From 1996 to 2012 she served as Professor and Chair of the Department of Hindu Studies at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada.^[1][3]

In the mid-1990s, Rukmani served as chief editor of the Journal of the Indological Society of Southern Africa^[1] and of Nidān: International Journal for Indian Studies,^[4] and has served on the boards of several other journals, such as the Journal of Hinduism and the Journal of Hindu Studies (Oxford).^[1][5]

In 2013, Rukmani was the subject of a festschrift.^[6]

• Rukmani, T. S. (2018). Kaṭhopaniṣat: with the commentary of Vijñānabhikṣu called Vedāntāloka. New Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal. ISBN 9788121513227. OCLC 1059570515.
• Rukmani, T. S., ed. (2005). The Mahabharata: what is not here is nowhere else : (Yannehāsti na Tadkvacit). New Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers. ISBN 978-81-215-1130-8. OCLC 62149232.
• Rukmani, T. S (2001). Yogasūtrabhāṣyavivaraṇa of Śaṅkara: Vivaraṇa text with English translation, and critical notes along with text and English translation of Patañjali's Yogasūtras and Vyāsabhāṣya. New Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers. ISBN 978-81-215-0908-4. OCLC 46352942
• Rukmani, T. S (1994). Shankaracharya. New Delhi: Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India. ISBN 978-81-230-0063-3. OCLC 31900500. (freely downloadable)
• Rukmani, T. S (1981). Yogavārttika of Vijñānabhikṣu: text, with English translation and critical notes, along with the text and English translation of the Pātañjala Yogasūtras and Vyāsabhāṣya. New Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal. ISBN 9788121500562. OCLC 9969995
• Rukmani, T. S (1970). A critical study of the Bhagavata Purana: (with special reference to Bhakti). Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office. OCLC 462838647