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Chandrakirti

600 - 650

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Chandrakirti (IAST: Candrakīrti; Sanskrit: चंद्रकीर्ति; traditional Chinese: 月稱; c. 600 – c. 650, meaning "glory of the moon" in Sanskrit) or "Chandra" was a Buddhist scholar of the Madhyamaka school who was based out of the monastery of Nalanda. He was a noted commentator on the works of Nagarjuna (c. 150 – c. 250 CE) and those of his main disciple, Aryadeva. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chandrakirti has received more than 134,646 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Chandrakirti is the 696th most popular philosopher (down from 547th in 2019), the 253rd most popular biography from India (down from 171st in 2019) and the 29th most popular Indian Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Chandrakirti ranks 696 out of 1,267. Before him are Hakuin Ekaku, François Bernier, Mechthild of Magdeburg, Jerry Fodor, Francesco Algarotti, and Helmuth Plessner. After him are Étienne-Gabriel Morelly, Onesicritus, Ludwig Klages, Pantaenus, Numenius of Apamea, and Olaf Stapledon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 600, Chandrakirti ranks 39. Before him are Abu Salama, Ceawlin of Wessex, Chilperic of Aquitaine, Hujr ibn Adi, Dervan, and Walthari. After him are David the Invincible, Cunimund, Judoc, Emmeram of Regensburg, Yan Liben, and Bhāskara I. Among people deceased in 650, Chandrakirti ranks 3. Before him are Abdullah ibn Masud, and Songtsen Gampo. After him are Birinus, and Sexred.

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In India

Among people born in India, Chandrakirti ranks 253 out of 1,861. Before him are Abdul-Qādir Bedil (1642), Tansen (1493), Motilal Nehru (1861), Jayalalithaa (1948), Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1913), and Bal Thackeray (1926). After him are Sanghamitta (-281), Farrukhsiyar (1685), Eknath (1533), Velu Nachiyar (1730), Kalpana Chawla (1961), and Vandana Shiva (1952).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In India

Among philosophers born in India, Chandrakirti ranks 29. Before him are Sivananda Saraswati (1887), Shantideva (685), Narayana Guru (1855), Shah Waliullah Dehlawi (1703), Thiruvalluvar (350), and Dignāga (480). After him are Eknath (1533), Hemachandra (1089), Nisargadatta Maharaj (1897), Sarada Devi (1853), Vallabha (1479), and Rishabhanatha (null).

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