Rođen je 1975. godine u Zagrebu. Diplomirao slikarstvo na Akademiji likovnih umjetnosti u Zagrebu te filozofiju i indologiju na Filozofskome fakultetu Sveučilišta u Zagrebu. Od 2005. godine zaposlen je kao znanstveni novak na projektu „Upaniṣadi bijele Yajurvede u vedskom i poredbenom kontekstu” pod vodstvom akademika Mislava Ježića te kao asistent na Odsjeku za indologiju i dalekoistočne studije Filozofskoga fakulteta u Zagrebu. Doktorsku disertaciju pod naslovom „Upaniṣadi bijele Yajurvede u svjetlu vedāntske komentatorske tradicije” obranio je 2011. godine nakon čega je prešao u suradničko zvanje višega asistenta. Godine 2013. prelazi u znanstveno-nastavno zvanje docenta, 2019. u zvanje izvanrednoga profesora. Godine 2024. izabran je za člana suradnika u Razredu za filološke znanosti HAZU, a 2025. prešao je u zvanje redovitoga profesora. Izvodi nastavu iz Osnova sanskrtske gramatike, sanskrtskih seminara, indijske povijesti.

KNJIGE:
Indija: Povijest i kultura, Zagreb: Školska knjiga, 2024.

Gramatika sanskrta, Zagreb: Školska knjiga, 2019.

Filozofija vedānte, Zagreb, FF press, 2012.

UREDNIČKE KNJIGE:
Between Language and Literature: Hindi in Classroom and Beyond. Andrijanić, Ivan: Monika Browarczyk (ur.) Zagreb: FF Press, 2024.

Vedic Roots, Epic Trunks, Purāṇic Foliage. Dubrovnik International Conference on the Sanskrit Epics and Purāṇas DICSEP publications, vol. 7. Andrijanić, Ivan; Sellmer, Sven; Ježić, Mislav (ur.) Delhi; Zagreb: Dev Publishers & Distributors; Hrvatska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti (HAZU) 2023.

Medhótá śrávaḥ I. Felicitation Volume in Honour of Mislav Ježić on the Occasion of His Seventieth Birthday. Andrijanić, Ivan; Koskikkalio, Petteri; Krnic, Krešimir; Sellmer, Sven; Szczurek, Przemyslaw (ur.) New Delhi: Dev Publishers & Distributors; Zagreb: Hrvatska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti (HAZU) 2023.

Medhótá śrávaḥ II: Misao i slovo. Zbornik u čast Mislava Ježića povodom sedamdesetoga rođendana. Andrijanić, Ivan; Grčević, Mario; Marotti, Bojan (ur.). Zagreb: Hrvatska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti, 2023.

Roma as an Indian Diaspora – Unbreakable Ties. Andrijanić, Ivan; Racz, Aleksandar; Škiljan, Filip i Danijel Vojak (ur.) Zagreb: Savez Roma u Republici Hrvatskoj Kali Sara 2023.

Croatian-Indian Links: Thirty Chapters for Thirty Years of Diplomatic Relations (1992-2022). Andrijanić, Ivan (ur.). Zagreb: Hrvatsko-indijsko društvo, 2022.

Mythic Landscapes and Argumentative Trails in Sanskrit Epic Literature. Dubrovnik International Conference on the Sanskrit Epics and Purāṇas, DICSEP publications, vol. 6, ur. Ježić, Mislav; Ivan Andrijanić; Sven Sellmer Zagreb: Hrvatska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti/Ibis grafika; Delhi: Dev Publisers, 2021.
On the Growth and Composition of the Sanskrit Epics and Purāṇas. Relationship to Kāvya. Social and Economic Context. Proceedings of the Fifth Dubrovnik International Conference on the Sanskrit Epics and Purāṇas, ur. Ježić, Mislav; Ivan Andrijanić; Sven Sellmer, Zagreb: HAZU/Ibis grafika, 2016.

Vitta Litterarum Studiis Sacra. Zbornik u čast Radoslavu Katičiću, ur. Ježić, Mislav; Ivan Andrijanić; Krešimir Krnic, Zagreb: FF Press, 2014.

Književna smotra: Pola stoljeća hrvatske indologije (poseban broj), br. 44, sv. 4, 2012. ur. broja: Andrijanić, Ivan; Krešimir Krnic.

ČLANCI:
The Authorship of the Sanatsujātīya- and Viṣṇusahasranāma-Bhāṣya Attributed to Śaṅkara. International Journal of Hindu Studies, (2025), doi: 10.1007/s11407-025-09405-9

The development of the terms māyā, īśvara, and saccidānanda in the early Advaita Vedānta. Asian Philosophy (2025) DOI:
10.1080/09552367.2025.2526232.

Śaṅkara, Veṅkaṭanātha and Madhva on Īśā-Upaniṣad 1–2. U: Pellegrini, Gianni (ur.) Select Papers from the Panel On Section of Philosophy At the 16th World Sanskrit Conference, Bangkok, Thailand, str. 1–16. Delhi: D.K. Publishers Distributors, 2025.

(Andrijanić, Ivan; Bąkowski, Jacek) On the Authenticity of Prose Writings Attributed to Śaṅkara. Acta Asiatica Varsoviensia 36 (2023.), str. 5–38.

Hindi Cardinal Numerals in a Historical and Comparative Perspective. Between Language and Literature: Hindi in Classroom and Beyond. Zagreb: FF Press, 2024. str. 151-170.

Date and authorship of the Ātmabodha. Disputatio philosophica: International Journal on Philosophy and Religion 25(1) (2023.), str. 3-18

Pobačaj u najstarijoj brahmanističkoj vjerskoj i pravnoj književnosti. Obnovljeni život, 78 (2023.), 5; 537-547

Repetitions in interpolations excluded from the critical edition of the Mahābhārata. Medhótá śrávaḥ I. Felicitation Volume in Honour of Mislav Ježić on the Occasion of His Seventieth Birthday. New Delhi: Dev Publishers & Distributors; Hrvatska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti (HAZU) 2023. str. 311–332.

External Vocatives in the Nalopākhyāna. Vedic Roots, Epic Trunks, Purāṇic Foliage. Dubrovnik International Conference on the Sanskrit Epics and Purāṇas DICSEP publications, vol. 7. Delhi; Zagreb: Dev Publishers & Distributors; Hrvatska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti (HAZU) 2023. str. 43–70.

A note on early debate on the origins of the Romani language. Roma as an Indian Diaspora – Unbreakable Ties. Zagreb: Savez Roma u Republici Hrvatskoj Kali Sara 2023. str. 197–205.

(Andrijanić, Ivan; Abadžić Navaey, Azra) Īśā-upanišad u perzijskome prijevodu Dāre Šukūha. U: Andrijanić, Ivan ; Grčević, Mario ; Marotti, Bojan (ur.). Medhótá śrávaḥ II: Misao i slovo. Zbornik u čast Mislava Ježića povodom sedamdesetoga rođendana, str. 171-198. Zagreb: Hrvatska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti, 2023.

Inclusivism and Tolerance. Sci Arts Relig 1 (2–4) (2022), str. 180–185.

The Authorship of the Commentary on the Adhyātmapaṭala Attributed to Śaṅkara. U: Oriental Studies: Global and Local Perspectives. Bareja-Starzyńska, Agata (ur.) Warsaw: Polish Academy of Sciences, Series of the Committee of Oriental Studies Polish Academy of Sciences, 2022. str. 11-23.

Discussion on Śrotavya, Mantavya and Nididhyāsitavya in the Early Vedānta. Anthropos 54 (2022), 1–2; 13-29.

The Reliability of Hacker’s Criteria for Determining Śaṅkara’s Authorship. Journal of Dharma Studies 5 (2022): 83–105. doi:10.1007/s42240-022-00123-8.

(Andrijanić, Ivan; Bąkowski, Jacek) Stylometry Then and Now: Authorship Verification of Vivekacūḍāmaṇi and Vedāntic Stotras. U: Challenges of Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Approach: New Horizons in Oriental Studies. Bareja-Strazynska, Agata (ur.). Warszawa: Polish Academy of Sciences, Comitee of Oriental Studies, 2021. str. 30-46

Notes on the text history of Mokṣadharmaparvan’s Vasiṣṭha- Karālajanaka-Saṃvāda (MBh 12,291–12,296). U: Mythic Landscapes and Argumentative Trails in Sanskrit Epic Literature Dubrovnik International Conference on the Sanskrit Epics and Purāṇas, DICSEP publications, vol. 6. Ježić, Mislav; Sellmer, Sven; Andrijanić, Ivan (ur.). Zagreb: Hrvatska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti; Ibis grafika; Delhi: Dev Publisers, 2021. str. 125-158.

The Composition of the Sanatsujātīya-parvan. U: Indian Panorama in Wrocław. Miążek, Teresa; Monkiewicz, Marta; Pigoniowa, Mariola; Szczurek, Przemysław (ur.). Wrocław: Wydawnictwo DiG (2021); str. 113-136.
Ahaṃ brahmāsmi—Not a sampad Correspondence Statement. Prabuddha Bharata, 125 (2021), 4; str. 392-395.

The authorship of the Chāndogyopaniṣad-Bhāṣya: A stylometric approach. Oriental Languages and Civilizations, ur. Michalak-Pikulska, Barbara; Piela, Marek; Majtczak, Tomasz. Cracow: Jagiellonian University Press, 2020. str. 103-116.

Śaṅkara and the Authorship of the Īśopaniṣad- and Kaṭhopaniṣad-Bhāṣya. International Journal of Hindu Studies 24 (2020), str. 257-282.

Śaṅkara’s commentaries on the Prayer at the hour of death in the Īśā- Upaniṣad 16–18 and Bṛhadāraṇyaka-Upaniṣad 5, 15.1. Prabuddha Bharata, Vol. 125, No. 1 (2020); str. 219–226.

Aspects of Early Upaniṣadic Exegesis, Manas: Studies into Asia and Africa, Vol. 4, No. 2. (2019)

Andrijanić, I./Matović, P. (2019.) Filip Vesdin and the comparison of Sanskrit with Iranian and Germanic languages, Language & History 62(3) str. 195–226.

Śaṅkara and the authorship of Śvetāśvataropaniṣad-Bhāṣya, The Journal of Hindu Studies 12 (3):273–291 (2019).

Dhātṛ and Vidhātṛ as fate deities in the Sanskrit epics, Mitrasampradānam. A collection of papers in honour of Yaroslav Vassilkov, ur. M.F. Albedil, N. Yanchevskaya. Saint Petersburg: Russian Academy of Sciences, 2018. str. 157–186.

A List of Sanskrit and Latin Cognates in Vesdin’s Treatise De Latini Sermonis Origine, Journal of Indo-European Studies (0092-2323) 45 (2017), 3; str. 195.-234.

Bhartṛprapañca and the Eight States of Brahman, Revista Cientifica Guillermo de Ockham: Estudios de la India: Un monográfico, Vol. 14, Num. 1, 2016., str. 57.–67.

Traces of Reuse in Śaṅkara’s Commentary on the Brahmasūtra, u: Adaptive Reuse: Aspects of Creativity in South Asian Cultural History, ur. Freschi, Elisa; Philipp A. Maas, Abhandlungen für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 2016., str. 107.–131.

Towards a Relative Chronology of Śaṅkara’s Works, Asiatische Studien – Zeitschrift der Schweizerischen Asiengesellschaft (2235-5871) 70 (2016), 2; pp. 311–332.

Quotations and (lost) Commentaries in Advaita Vedānta: Some Philological Notes on the “Fragments” of Bhartṛprapañca, Journal of Indian Philosophy, May 2015, Volume 43, Issue 2-3, pp. 257–276.

Historical Analysis of Textual Layers in Ancient Indian Literature and Indian Cultural History, CEENIS Current Research Series Vol. 1, ur. Stasik, Danuta; Trynkowska, Anna; Warsaw: Dom Wydawniczy Elipsa, 2013., str. 21–44.

Hrvatska i Indija: kulturno-povijesne i gospodarsko-političke veze, Zbornik Sveučilišta Libertas: Radovi sa konferencije „Hrvatska u međunarodnom i političkom okruženju” u čast 80. rođendana prof. emeritusa Ive Andrijanića (2584-5055) III 2018., 3; str. 341.–358.

Hastāmalakine kitice, Književna smotra 44, sv. 4, 2012., str. 115–122.

Māṇḍūkya-upanišat-kārikā 1 i Bṛhadāraṇyaka-upanišad, Hrvatske Indije 3, ur. Matišić, Zdravka, Zagreb: Odjel za orijentalistiku Hrvatskoga filološkog društva, 2012. str. 353–391.

Methods of Upaniṣadic Interpretation in Śaṅkara’s Vedānta: The case of Viniyogakāraṇāni and Ṣaḍvidhaliṅgāni, Indologica Taurinensia XXXVII, 2011. str. 9–35.

Usporednice antičke tradicije filozofskih komentara i indijske vedāntske filozofije, Filozofska istraživanja 31, sv. 3; 2011., str. 572–586.

Vedantski komentari uz Iša-upanišad, Obnovljeni život 64, sv. 1; 2009. str. 53–67

Novoplatonistički i vedāntski monizam, Vitta Litterarum Studiis Sacra: Zbornik u čast Radoslavu Katičiću, Ježić, Mislav; Andrijanić, Ivan; Krnic, Krešimir (ur.).
Zagreb: FF Press, 2014. Str. 383-402.

Tumačenja Maitreyi-brahmane iz Brhadaranyaka-upanišadi u ranoj vedanti, Filozofska istraživanja 28, sv. 3; 2008. str. 697–714.

RECENZIJE I PRIKAZI
Goran Kardaš: Realizam i antirealizam u indijskoj filozofiji. Prijevod s komentarom djela Vigrahavyāvartanī (»Koji otklanja prepirke«) Nāgārjune // Filozofska istraživanja 41, sv. 2, 2021, str. 449-450

The 5th Dubrovnik Conference on the Sanskrit Epics and Purāṇas, Filozofska istraživanja 28, sv. 4; 2009, str. 1006-1008

James W. Heisig: Filozofi ništavila, Filozofska istraživanja 28, sv. 3; 2008, str. 781-785

SUDJELOVANJE NA KONFERENCIJAMA
2009:

Eighteenth International Congress of Vedānta, Dartmouth (Massachusetts, SAD): „The Inscription of Śivasoma: Towards the Reconsideration of the Date of Śaṅkara” (16. – 19. srpnja 2009.)
Treći Mediteranski korijeni filozofije, Split: „Usporednice antičke tradicije filozofskih komentara i indijske vedāntske filozofije” (26. – 28. ožujka 2009)
2010:

Četvrti mediteranski korijeni filozofije, Split: „Monizam u filozofiji novoplatonizma i vedānte” (25. – 27. ožujka 2010)
19. dani Frane Petrića, Cres: „Controversy over the Continuity of the Self and the Problem of Personal Identity in Indian Philosophy” (19. – 22. rujna 2010.)
2011:

DICSEP 6 (Dubrovnik International Conference of Sanskrit Epics and Purāṇas), Dubrovnik: „Some remarks on ‘Janaka circle’ in the Mokṣadharma-parvan” (15. – 20. kolovoza 2011.)
CEENIS (Central & Eastern European Network of Indian Studies) International Conference, Varšava: „Historical Analysis of Textual Layers in Ancient Indian literature and Indian Cultural and Social History” (27. – 29. listopada 2011.)
2012:

15th World Sanskrit Conference, Delhi (Indija): „Different Voices of Śaṅkara” (5. – 10. siječnja 2012.)
Contribution of Sanskrit to the Development of the World Thought, Sringeri (Indija): „Methods of Upaniṣadic Interpretation in Śaṅkara’s Vedānta: The Case of Viniyogakāraṇāni and Ṣaḍvidhaliṅgāni” (16. – 18. siječnja 2012.)
Quotations and re-use of texts in Sanskrit texts, „Some philological notes on the fragments of Bhartr̥prapañca”, Rim (21. – 22. prosinca 2012.)
2013:

Deutscher Orientalistentag 38, „Traces of Older Material in Śaṅkara’s Commentary on the Brahma-Sūtras” Münster, Njemačka (23.9. – 27. rujna 2013).
Aspects of Fate and Freedom in Indian Traditions, „Kāla as Fate Deity in the Mokṣadharma-Parvan” Erlangen, Njemačka (4. – 5. prosinca 2013.)
2014.

DICSEP 7 (Dubrovnik International Conference of Sanskrit Epics and Purāṇas), Dubrovnik: „Notes on the Inclusion of Nalopākhyāna into the Mahābhārata”. (11. – 17. kolovoza 2014.).
2015.

16th World Sanskrit Conference, Bangkok (Tajland): „Śaṅkara, Veṅkaṭanātha and Madhva on Īśopaniṣad 1 – 2” (28. lipnja – 2. srpnja 2015.)
2017.

Sanskrt, hindski i hrvatski: jezik, književnost i kultura, Zagreb: „List of Sanskrit and Latin Cognates in Vesdin’s Treatise ‘De Latini Sermonis Origine’ (1802)” (24. ožujka 2017.)
Eight Dubrovnik International Conference on the Sanskrit Epics and Purāṇas (DICSEP 8): „Demonic Dialogues in the Mokṣadharmaparvan: a glimpse into the process of formation and development of the Mokṣadharmaparvan” (11. – 16. rujna 2017.)
2018.

17th World Sanskrit Conference, Vancouver (Kanada): „The authorship of the Īśopaniṣad- and Kaṭhopaniṣad-Bhāṣya attributed to Śaṅkara” (5. – 15. srpnja 2018.)
2019.

Aspects of Hindī teachings: Language, Culture and History: „Hindī Numerals in Historical and Comparative Perspective” (Zagreb, 13.–14. veljače 2019.)
7th International Vedic Workshop: „Search for the interior meaning of ritual: upāsana and –vidyā in the early Upaniṣadic exegesis” (Dubrovnik, 19.–24. kolovoza 2019.)
Languages and Civilisations. Oriental Studies in Cracow 1919‒2019: „Śaṅkara’s Authorship of the Chāndogyopaniṣad-Bhāṣya” (Krakow, 14.–16. listopada 2019.)
The Indian Panorama in Wrocław: „Sanatsujātīya and its parallels with the Bhagavadgītā and the Upaniṣads” (Wrocław 28.–30. studenoga 2019.)
2020.

Between Language and Literature: Hindī in Classroom and Beyond: „Hindī numerals in historical and comparative perspective II: the unpredictable ways of analogy” (Zagreb 6.–7. ožujka 2020.)

Ninth Dubrovnik International Conference on the Sanskrit Epics and Purāṇas (DICSEP 9): „Repetitions and Interpolations: Notes on Some Mahābhārata Passages Excluded from the Critical Edition” (Dubrovnik 21.–26. rujna 2020.)
9th International Conference: New Horizons of Oriental Studies: „Computational stylometry and authorship verification of Sanskrit philosophical texts” (Varšava, 8.–9. prosinca 2020.)