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Aśvaghoṣa

80 - 150

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Aśvaghoṣa, also transliterated Ashvaghosha (Sanskrit: [ˌɐɕʋɐˈɡʱoːʂɐ], अश्वघोष; lit. "Having a Horse-Voice"; Tibetan: སློབ་དཔོན་དཔའ་བོ།, Wylie: slob dpon dpa' bo; Chinese: 馬鳴菩薩; pinyin: Mǎmíng púsà; lit. 'Bodhisattva with a Horse-Voice') (c. 80 – c. 150 CE), was a Buddhist philosopher, dramatist, poet, musician, and orator from India. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Aśvaghoṣa has received more than 518,404 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Aśvaghoṣa is the 251st most popular philosopher, the 64th most popular biography from India (down from 60th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Indian Philosopher.

Aśvaghoṣa is most famous for his epic poem, the Buddhacarita, which tells the story of the Buddha's life.

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  • 520k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 71.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 43

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Aśvaghoṣa ranks 251 out of 1,267. Before him are Theano, Iamblichus, Miskawayh, Andronicus of Rhodes, Guy Debord, and Pelagius. After him are Padmasambhava, Vladimir Solovyov, Georges Sorel, Hugh of Saint Victor, Anacharsis, and Isaiah Berlin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 80, Aśvaghoṣa ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 150, Aśvaghoṣa ranks 1. After him are Hermas, and Liang Na.

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    Aśvaghoṣa

    PHILOSOPHER

    80 - 150

    HPI: 71.04

    Rank: 1

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    Hermas

    WRITER

    150 - 150

    HPI: 61.99

    Rank: 2

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    Liang Na

    POLITICIAN

    116 - 150

    HPI: 57.35

    Rank: 3

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In India

Among people born in India, Aśvaghoṣa ranks 64 out of 1,861. Before him are Zubin Mehta (1936), Radha (null), Lata Mangeshkar (1929), Premchand (1880), Bahadur Shah Zafar (1775), and Guru Gobind Singh (1666). After him are Mumtaz Mahal (1593), Padmasambhava (717), Satyajit Ray (1921), Julie Christie (1940), Rajiv Gandhi (1944), and Maharana Pratap (1540).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In India

Among philosophers born in India, Aśvaghoṣa ranks 9. Before him are Nagarjuna (150), Swami Vivekananda (1863), Adi Shankara (788), Kabir (1440), Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895), and Vyasa (-390). After him are Padmasambhava (717), Sri Aurobindo (1872), Paramahansa Yogananda (1893), Ramana Maharshi (1879), Ram Mohan Roy (1772), and Ramanuja (1017).

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