The Most Famous
LINGUISTS from Sri Lanka
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Sri Lankan Linguists of all time. This list of famous Sri Lankan Linguists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Patanjali (-200 - -150)
With an HPI of 67.78, Patanjali is the most famous Sri Lankan Linguist. His biography has been translated into 62 different languages on wikipedia.
Patanjali (Sanskrit: पतञ्जलि, IAST: Patañjali, Sanskrit pronunciation: [pɐtɐɲdʑɐli]) also called Gonardiya or Gonikaputra, was a Hindu author, mystic and philosopher. Estimates based on analysis of his works suggests that he may have lived between the 2nd century BCE and the 4th century CE. Patanjali is regarded as an avatar of Adi Sesha. He is believed to be an author and compiler of a number of Sanskrit works. The greatest of these are the Yoga Sutras, a classical yoga text. There is speculation as to whether the sage Patañjali is the author of all the works attributed to him, as there are a number of known historical authors of the same name. A great deal of scholarship has been devoted over the 20th century to the issue of the historicity or identity of this author or these authors.
Pantheon has 1 people classified as linguists born between 200 BC and 200 BC. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased linguists include Patanjali.
