PHILOSOPHER
Buddhapālita
470 - 550
Buddhapālita
Buddhapālita (Chinese: 佛護; Tibetan: སངས་རྒྱས་བསྐྱངས་, Wylie: sangs rgyas bskyangs, fl. 5th-6th centuries CE) was an Indian Mahayana Buddhist commentator on the works of Nagarjuna and Aryadeva. His Mūlamadhyamaka-vṛtti is an influential commentary to the Mūlamadhyamakakarikā. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Buddhapālita has received more than 60,292 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Buddhapālita is the 1,178th most popular philosopher (down from 1,031st in 2019).
Memorability Metrics
60k
Page Views (PV)
46.54
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
15
Languages Editions (L)
4.10
Effective Languages (L*)
2.13
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Page views of Buddhapālitas by language
Over the past year Buddhapālita has had the most page views in the English wikipedia edition with 8,199 views, followed by Chinese (2,721), and Japanese (1,480). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Hungarian (43.69%), Hindi (41.27%), and Serbo-Croatian (22.68%)
Among PHILOSOPHERS
Among philosophers, Buddhapālita ranks 1,178 out of 1,267. Before him are Yuval Steinitz, Eino Kaila, Max Black, Bernard Lonergan, Edward Abramowski, and Michael Ruse. After him are Vicente Ferreira da Silva, Leila Ahmed, Hermann Lietz, Iris Marion Young, William Chittick, and Ernst-Wolfgang Böckenförde.
Most Popular Philosophers in Wikipedia
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Yuval Steinitz
1958 - Present
HPI: 46.85
Rank: 1,172
Eino Kaila
1890 - 1958
HPI: 46.85
Rank: 1,173
Max Black
1909 - 1988
HPI: 46.82
Rank: 1,174
Bernard Lonergan
1904 - 1984
HPI: 46.76
Rank: 1,175
Edward Abramowski
1868 - 1918
HPI: 46.67
Rank: 1,176
Michael Ruse
1940 - Present
HPI: 46.55
Rank: 1,177
Buddhapālita
470 - 550
HPI: 46.54
Rank: 1,178
Vicente Ferreira da Silva
1916 - 1963
HPI: 46.50
Rank: 1,179
Leila Ahmed
1940 - Present
HPI: 46.49
Rank: 1,180
Hermann Lietz
1868 - 1919
HPI: 46.47
Rank: 1,181
Iris Marion Young
1949 - 2006
HPI: 46.46
Rank: 1,182
William Chittick
1943 - Present
HPI: 46.46
Rank: 1,183
Ernst-Wolfgang Böckenförde
1930 - 2019
HPI: 46.25
Rank: 1,184
Contemporaries
Among people born in 470, Buddhapālita ranks 11. Before him are Caesarius of Arles, Medardus, Audofleda, Albinus of Angers, Caradoc, and Finnian of Clonard. After him is Narasimhagupta. Among people deceased in 550, Buddhapālita ranks 6. Before him are Aryabhata, Damascius, Cosmas Indicopleustes, Albinus of Angers, and John Troglita.
Others Born in 470
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Caesarius of Arles
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
470 - 542
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 5
Medardus
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
470 - 560
HPI: 58.04
Rank: 6
Audofleda
COMPANION
470 - 526
HPI: 56.31
Rank: 7
Albinus of Angers
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
470 - 550
HPI: 52.00
Rank: 8
Caradoc
POLITICIAN
470 - 500
HPI: 51.19
Rank: 9
Finnian of Clonard
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
470 - 549
HPI: 47.14
Rank: 10
Buddhapālita
PHILOSOPHER
470 - 550
HPI: 46.54
Rank: 11
Narasimhagupta
MILITARY PERSONNEL
470 - 535
HPI: 40.62
Rank: 12
Others Deceased in 550
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Aryabhata
ASTRONOMER
476 - 550
HPI: 71.20
Rank: 1
Damascius
PHILOSOPHER
480 - 550
HPI: 61.84
Rank: 2
Cosmas Indicopleustes
EXPLORER
600 - 550
HPI: 60.25
Rank: 3
Albinus of Angers
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
470 - 550
HPI: 52.00
Rank: 4
John Troglita
MILITARY PERSONNEL
550 - 550
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 5
Buddhapālita
PHILOSOPHER
470 - 550
HPI: 46.54
Rank: 6
