RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Atiśa

982 - 1054

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Atīśa (c. 982–1054) was a Buddhist religious leader and master. He is generally associated with his body of work authored at Vikramashila Monastery in Bihar, India. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Atiśa has received more than 439,662 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Atiśa is the 714th most popular religious figure (down from 700th in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Bangladesh (down from 3rd in 2019) and the most popular Bangladeshi Religious Figure.

Atiśa was most famous for composing a text called the Bodhicaryāvatāra, which is a commentary on the Śūraṅgama Sūtra.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Atiśa ranks 714 out of 3,187. Before him are Gertrude of Nivelles, Athenagoras I of Constantinople, John of God, Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria, Hillel the Elder, and Lucile Randon. After him are Angelo Sodano, Ananias of Damascus, Pope Severinus, Mahapajapati Gotami, Silas, and Euphemia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 982, Atiśa ranks 1. After him are Dirk III, Count of Holland, Judith of Brittany, and William II, Count of Provence. Among people deceased in 1054, Atiśa ranks 3. Before him are Yaroslav the Wise, and Pope Leo IX. After him are Hermann of Reichenau, García Sánchez III of Pamplona, and Fakhruddin As'ad Gurgani.

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In Bangladesh

Among people born in Bangladesh, Atiśa ranks 4 out of 74. Before him are Muhammad Yunus (1940), Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (1920), and Sri Chinmoy (1931). After him are Sheikh Hasina (1947), Abdul Hamid (1944), Jagadish Chandra Bose (1858), Chandragupta I (250), William Beveridge (1879), Mohammed Shahabuddin (1949), Begum Rokeya (1880), and Zillur Rahman (1929).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Bangladesh

Among religious figures born in Bangladesh, Atiśa ranks 1. After him are Matsyendranatha (901), and Patrick D'Rozario (1943).

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