PHILOSOPHER
Asanga
300 - 301
Asanga
Asaṅga (Tibetan: ཐོགས་མེད།, Wylie: thogs med, traditional Chinese: 無著; ; pinyin: Wúzhuó; Romaji: Mujaku) (fl. 4th century C.E.) was "one of the most important spiritual figures" of Mahayana Buddhism and the "founder of the Yogachara school". He is known as one of the seventeen Nalanda masters and taught at the monastery which is located in modern-day Bihar. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Asanga has received more than 138,984 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Asanga is the 328th most popular philosopher (up from 347th in 2019), the 13th most popular biography from Pakistan (up from 16th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Pakistani Philosopher.
He was a Buddhist monk who was the founder of the Yogacara school of Mahayana Buddhism. He is most famous for his theory of ālayavijñāna, which is a theory that says that the world is created by the mind and that the world is an illusion.
Memorability Metrics
140k
Page Views (PV)
71.50
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
29
Languages Editions (L)
8.27
Effective Languages (L*)
2.17
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
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Among PHILOSOPHERS
Among philosophers, Asanga ranks 328 out of 1,089. Before him are Vyasa, Wang Yangming, Justus Lipsius, Arnaldus de Villa Nova, Martianus Capella, and Heraclides Ponticus. After him are Jacques Rancière, Henri Lefebvre, Bruno Latour, Hermann Cohen, Crates of Thebes, and Pietro Pomponazzi.
Most Popular Philosophers in Wikipedia
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Vyasa
390 BC - 310 BC
HPI: 71.71
Rank: 322
Wang Yangming
1472 - 1529
HPI: 71.71
Rank: 323
Justus Lipsius
1547 - 1606
HPI: 71.64
Rank: 324
Arnaldus de Villa Nova
1240 - 1311
HPI: 71.64
Rank: 325
Martianus Capella
360 - 428
HPI: 71.52
Rank: 326
Heraclides Ponticus
385 BC - 322 BC
HPI: 71.51
Rank: 327
Asanga
300 - 301
HPI: 71.50
Rank: 328
Jacques Rancière
1940 - Present
HPI: 71.42
Rank: 329
Henri Lefebvre
1901 - 1991
HPI: 71.40
Rank: 330
Bruno Latour
1947 - Present
HPI: 71.40
Rank: 331
Hermann Cohen
1842 - 1918
HPI: 71.36
Rank: 332
Crates of Thebes
365 BC - 285 BC
HPI: 71.36
Rank: 333
Pietro Pomponazzi
1462 - 1525
HPI: 71.29
Rank: 334
Contemporaries
Among people born in 300, Asanga ranks 15. Before him are Vincent of Saragossa, Vātsyāyana, Valerius Severus, Macarius of Egypt, Volusianus, and Erasmus of Formia. After him are Narseh, Expeditus, Cyriacus, Victorinus, Hormizd II, and Bahram III. Among people deceased in 301, Asanga ranks 1. After him are Maurus Servius Honoratus, Rutilius Taurus Aemilianus Palladius, and Julius Obsequens.
Others Born in 300
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Vincent of Saragossa
300 - 304
HPI: 74.39
Rank: 9
Vātsyāyana
300 - Present
HPI: 72.90
Rank: 10
Valerius Severus
300 - 307
HPI: 72.41
Rank: 11
Macarius of Egypt
300 - 391
HPI: 72.36
Rank: 12
Volusianus
300 - 253
HPI: 72.15
Rank: 13
Erasmus of Formia
300 - 303
HPI: 71.73
Rank: 14
Asanga
300 - 301
HPI: 71.50
Rank: 15
Narseh
300 - 302
HPI: 71.16
Rank: 16
Expeditus
300 - 303
HPI: 70.63
Rank: 17
Cyriacus
300 - 303
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 18
Victorinus
300 - 271
HPI: 69.75
Rank: 19
Hormizd II
300 - 309
HPI: 69.69
Rank: 20
Bahram III
300 - 293
HPI: 69.41
Rank: 21
Others Deceased in 301
Go to all RankingsAsanga
300 - 301
HPI: 71.50
Rank: 1
Maurus Servius Honoratus
363 - 301
HPI: 68.72
Rank: 2
Rutilius Taurus Aemilianus Palladius
301 - 301
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 3
Julius Obsequens
400 - 301
HPI: 62.94
Rank: 4
In Pakistan
Among people born in Pakistan, Asanga ranks 13 out of 158. Before him are Porus (-400), Muhammad Ali Jinnah (1876), Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (1910), Pāṇini (-500), Benazir Bhutto (1953), and Vasubandhu (400). After him are Kanishka (78), Abdus Salam (1926), Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (1928), Dev Anand (1923), Raj Kapoor (1924), and Har Gobind Khorana (1922).
Others born in Pakistan
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Porus
400 BC - 316 BC
HPI: 72.67
Rank: 7
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
1876 - 1948
HPI: 72.46
Rank: 8
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
1910 - 1995
HPI: 72.45
Rank: 9
Pāṇini
500 BC - Present
HPI: 72.17
Rank: 10
Benazir Bhutto
1953 - 2007
HPI: 72.11
Rank: 11
Vasubandhu
400 - 400
HPI: 71.80
Rank: 12
Asanga
300 - 301
HPI: 71.50
Rank: 13
Kanishka
78 - 144
HPI: 71.26
Rank: 14
Abdus Salam
1926 - 1996
HPI: 71.08
Rank: 15
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
1928 - 1979
HPI: 70.72
Rank: 16
Dev Anand
1923 - 2011
HPI: 69.55
Rank: 17
Raj Kapoor
1924 - 1988
HPI: 69.28
Rank: 18
Har Gobind Khorana
1922 - 2011
HPI: 69.23
Rank: 19
Among PHILOSOPHERS In Pakistan
Among philosophers born in Pakistan, Asanga ranks 2. Before him are Chanakya (-375).
