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PHILOSOPHER

Dharmakirti

700 - 660

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Dharmakīrti (fl. c. 6th or 7th century; Tibetan: ཆོས་ཀྱི་གྲགས་པ་; Wylie: chos kyi grags pa), was an influential Indian Buddhist philosopher who worked at Nālandā. He was one of the key scholars of epistemology (pramāṇa) in Buddhist philosophy, and is associated with the Yogācāra and Sautrāntika schools. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dharmakirti has received more than 227,751 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Dharmakirti is the 526th most popular philosopher (up from 631st in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Indonesia (up from 18th in 2019) and the most popular Indonesian Philosopher.

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  • 230k

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  • 57.96

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  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.40

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  • 2.84

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Dharmakirti ranks 526 out of 1,081Before him are Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri, Hegesias of Cyrene, Huiyuan, Zaleucus, Al-Shahrastani, and Al-Baydawi. After him are Cesare Ripa, Chaïm Perelman, Crates of Mallus, Georg Henrik von Wright, Marpa Lotsawa, and Berengar of Tours.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 700, Dharmakirti ranks 19Before him are Abdullah ibn Saba', Paolo Lucio Anafesto, Plectrude, Wasil ibn Ata, Antipope Paschal, and Batbayan. After him are Artabasdos, Abd al-Aziz ibn Musa, Ardo, Vergilius of Salzburg, Sebeos, and Marcello Tegalliano. Among people deceased in 660, Dharmakirti ranks 3Before him are Saint Eligius and Wahshi ibn Harb. After him are Uija of Baekje, Gyebaek, Asma bint Umais, and Sigeberht the Good.

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In Indonesia

Among people born in Indonesia, Dharmakirti ranks 12 out of 126Before him are Megawati Sukarnoputri (1947), Abdurrahman Wahid (1940), Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (1949), Anthony Fokker (1890), Gajah Mada (1290), and Mohammad Hatta (1902). After him are Jan Toorop (1858), Laura Gemser (1950), Anggun (1972), Diponegoro (1785), Pramoedya Ananta Toer (1925), and Kartini (1879).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In Indonesia

Among philosophers born in Indonesia, Dharmakirti ranks 1