PHILOSOPHER

Abhinavagupta

950 - 1020

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Abhinavagupta (Devanāgarī अभिनवगुप्तः; c. 950 – 1016 CE: 27 ) was a mystic and aesthetician from Kashmir. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abhinavagupta has received more than 544,908 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Abhinavagupta is the 603rd most popular philosopher (down from 585th in 2019).

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  • 540k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Abhinavagupta ranks 603 out of 1,267. Before him are Aeschines of Sphettus, Arne Næss, Salomon Maimon, Hans Albert, Maurice Blondel, and Hu Shih. After him are Paul Nizan, Peter Deunov, Thomas Reid, Crates of Mallus, Al-Taftazani, and Jean Hyppolite.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 950, Abhinavagupta ranks 10. Before him are Ibn Yunus, Maslama al-Majriti, Arslan Isra'il, Boleslaus III, Duke of Bohemia, Leo the Deacon, and Mariam al-Asturlabi. After him are Bernard I, Duke of Saxony, Olof Björnsson, William I of Provence, Michael Krešimir II of Croatia, Otto III, Duke of Swabia, and Gisela of Burgundy. Among people deceased in 1020, Abhinavagupta ranks 3. Before him are Leif Erikson, and Ferdowsi. After him are Manuel Erotikos Komnenos, Al-Sijzi, Trdat, Malusha, Åsta Gudbrandsdatter, Melus of Bari, Gagik I of Armenia, and Ælfric of Eynsham.

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