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Aryadeva

200 - 250

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Āryadeva (fl. 3rd century CE) (IAST: Āryadeva; Tibetan: འཕགས་པ་ལྷ་, Wylie: 'phags pa lha, Chinese: 提婆 菩薩 Tipo pusa meaning Deva Bodhisattva), was a Mahayana Buddhist monk, a disciple of Nagarjuna and a Madhyamaka philosopher. Most sources agree that he was from "Siṃhala", which some scholars identify with Sri Lanka. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Aryadeva has received more than 132,764 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Aryadeva is the 1,775th most popular writer (down from 1,702nd in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Sri Lanka and the 2nd most popular Sri Lankan Writer.

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  • 130k

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  • 57.11

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Aryadeva ranks 1,775 out of 7,302. Before him are Joseph Joubert, Magnús Scheving, Ted Hughes, Felice Orsini, Miguel Hernández, and Anton Hansen Tammsaare. After him are Vasyl Stus, John Banville, Patricia Cornwell, Väinö Linna, Tonino Guerra, and Juan Donoso Cortés.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 200, Aryadeva ranks 41. Before him are Zhuge Dan, Empress He, Hua Xiong, Marcia, Diogenes of Oenoanda, and Ingenuus. After him are Sallustia Orbiana, Yan Liang, Fulvia Plautilla, Julius Pollux, Maximus of Tyre, and Gongsun Du. Among people deceased in 250, Aryadeva ranks 8. Before him are Pope Fabian, Denis, Philostratus, Herodian, Cai Yan, and Saint Mercurius. After him are Aristides Quintilianus, Censorinus, and Licinianus.

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In Sri Lanka

Among people born in Sri Lanka, Aryadeva ranks 8 out of 51. Before him are Velupillai Prabhakaran (1954), Ananda Coomaraswamy (1877), Ranil Wickremesinghe (1949), Anagarika Dharmapala (1864), William Chester Minor (1834), and Tony Hoare (1934). After him are St John Philby (1885), Mahinda Rajapaksa (1945), S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike (1899), Chandrika Kumaratunga (1945), Jack Churchill (1906), and Heather Armitage (1933).

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Among WRITERS In Sri Lanka

Among writers born in Sri Lanka, Aryadeva ranks 2. Before him are Anagarika Dharmapala (1864). After him are Michael Ondaatje (1943), and Shehan Karunatilaka (1975).

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