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Aśvaghoṣa

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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 483,093 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Aśvaghoṣa is the 251st most popular philosopher (up from 290th in 2019), the 61st most popular biography from India (up from 66th in 2019) and the 11th 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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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Aśvaghoṣa ranks 251 out of 1,081. Before him are Ibn al-Nafis, Celsus, Vyasa, Orosius, Jacques Maritain, and Franz Brentano. After him are Vladimir Solovyov, Prodicus, Francisco Suárez, Ram Mohan Roy, Hugh of Saint Victor, and Ernst Bloch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 80, Aśvaghoṣa ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 150, Aśvaghoṣa ranks 1. After him is Hermas.

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In India

Among people born in India, Aśvaghoṣa ranks 61 out of 1,493. Before him are William Makepeace Thackeray (1811), Vallabhbhai Patel (1875), Savitribai Phule (1831), Salman Khan (1965), Vyasa (-390), and Premchand (1880). After him are Kim Philby (1912), Ronald Ross (1857), Satyajit Ray (1921), Lal Bahadur Shastri (1904), Ram Mohan Roy (1772), and Kasturba Gandhi (1869).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In India

Among philosophers born in India, Aśvaghoṣa ranks 11. Before him are Swami Vivekananda (1863), Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895), Kabir (1440), Adi Shankara (788), Padmasambhava (717), and Vyasa (-390). After him are Ram Mohan Roy (1772), Paramahansa Yogananda (1893), Ramana Maharshi (1879), Sri Aurobindo (1872), Ramanuja (1017), and Jyotirao Phule (1827).

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