PHILOSOPHER

Dignāga

480 - 540

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Dignāga (also known as Diṅnāga, c. 480 – c. 540 CE) was an Indian Buddhist scholar and one of the Buddhist founders of Indian logic (hetu vidyā). Dignāga's work laid the groundwork for the development of deductive logic in India and created the first system of Buddhist logic and epistemology (Pramana). According to Georges B. Dreyfus, his philosophical school brought about an Indian "epistemological turn" and became the "standard formulation of Buddhist logic and epistemology in India and Tibet." Dignāga's thought influenced later Buddhist philosophers like Dharmakirti and also Hindu thinkers of the Nyaya school. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dignāga has received more than 164,395 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Dignāga is the 663rd most popular philosopher (down from 577th in 2019), the 231st most popular biography from India (down from 186th in 2019) and the 28th most popular Indian Philosopher.

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  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.03

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Dignāgas by language

Over the past year Dignāga has had the most page views in the with 27,363 views, followed by Chinese (6,341), and Hindi (2,309). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Bulgarian (55.70%), French (55.56%), and Sanskrit (37.11%)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Dignāga ranks 663 out of 1,267. Before him are Paul Virilio, Johannes Nikolaus Tetens, Svetozar Marković, Cebes, Leo the Mathematician, and Gustavo Gutiérrez. After him are Mario Bunge, Stein Rokkan, Alfred Schmidt, Jaakko Hintikka, Guarino da Verona, and Jean Wahl.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 480, Dignāga ranks 8. Before him are Boethius, Gelimer, Pope Felix IV, Scholastica, Theodahad, and Damascius. After him are Eutocius of Ascalon, Mark of Cornwall, and Maelgwn Gwynedd. Among people deceased in 540, Dignāga ranks 3. Before him are Bodhidharma, and Wacho. After him are Beopheung of Silla, Barsanuphius, Kaleb of Axum, and Amalaberga.

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In India

Among people born in India, Dignāga ranks 231 out of 1,861. Before him are Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana (1556), Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay (1887), Homi J. Bhabha (1909), Mir Taqi Mir (1723), Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (1905), and Raja Ravi Varma (1848). After him are Dashrath Manjhi (1934), Shah Alam II (1728), Jahandar Shah (1661), Aamir Khan (1965), C. Rajagopalachari (1878), and Kadambini Ganguly (1861).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In India

Among philosophers born in India, Dignāga ranks 28. Before him are Madhvacharya (1199), Sivananda Saraswati (1887), Shantideva (685), Narayana Guru (1855), Shah Waliullah Dehlawi (1703), and Thiruvalluvar (350). After him are Chandrakirti (600), Eknath (1533), Hemachandra (1089), Nisargadatta Maharaj (1897), Sarada Devi (1853), and Vallabha (1479).

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