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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 121,566 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Aryadeva is the 1,706th most popular writer (up from 1,837th in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Sri Lanka (down from 4th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Sri Lankan Writer.

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  • 120k

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  • 56.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Aryadeva ranks 1,706 out of 5,755. Before him are Joseph Addison, Masaoka Shiki, Elsa Beskow, Akiyuki Nosaka, Emilia Pardo Bazán, and Namık Kemal. After him are Alma Reville, Miguel Hernández, Philemon, Attila József, Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, and Jordan of Saxony.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 200, Aryadeva ranks 37. Before him are Liu Zhang, Marcia, Vologases VI, Ingenuus, Zhuge Dan, and Empress He. After him are Diogenes of Oenoanda, Pacatianus, Fulvia Plautilla, Sansang of Goguryeo, Numenius of Apamea, and Alciphron. 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 44. Before him are Sirimavo Bandaranaike (1916), Velupillai Prabhakaran (1954), Ananda Coomaraswamy (1877), Anagarika Dharmapala (1864), Tony Hoare (1934), and Jack Churchill (1906). After him are Mahinda Rajapaksa (1945), Gotabaya Rajapaksa (1949), William Chester Minor (1834), Chandrika Kumaratunga (1945), Michael Ondaatje (1943), and St John Philby (1885).

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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).

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