PHILOSOPHER

Eknath

1533 - 1599

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Eknath (IAST: Eka-nātha, Marathi pronunciation: [eknath]) (1533–1599), was an Indian Hindu saint, philosopher and poet. He was a devotee of the Hindu deity Vitthal and is a major figure of the Warkari movement. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eknath has received more than 790,013 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Eknath is the 705th most popular philosopher (down from 584th in 2019), the 256th most popular biography from India (down from 192nd in 2019) and the 30th most popular Indian Philosopher.

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  • 2.36

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Eknath ranks 705 out of 1,267. Before him are Ludwig Klages, Pantaenus, Numenius of Apamea, Olaf Stapledon, Crantor, and Anne Conway. After him are Bahāʾ al-dīn al-ʿĀmilī, Joseph Albo, Julien Benda, Cristoforo Landino, Edvard Westermarck, and Asclepigenia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1533, Eknath ranks 16. Before him are Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Abdullah Khan II, Claudio Merulo, Mōri Terumoto, Hieronymus Fabricius, and Francesco III Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua. After him are Antonio Possevino, Alonso de Ercilla, Cornelis Cort, Ōmura Sumitada, Valentin Weigel, and Joachim Beuckelaer. Among people deceased in 1599, Eknath ranks 9. Before him are Edmund Spenser, Maeda Toshiie, Luca Marenzio, Andrew Báthory, Cornelis de Houtman, and Chōsokabe Motochika. After him are Archduchess Catherine Renata of Austria, Francisco Guerrero, Simone Peterzano, Edzard II, Count of East Frisia, Menocchio, and Pedro da Fonseca.

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In India

Among people born in India, Eknath ranks 256 out of 1,861. Before him are Jayalalithaa (1948), Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1913), Bal Thackeray (1926), Chandrakirti (600), Sanghamitta (-281), and Farrukhsiyar (1685). After him are Velu Nachiyar (1730), Kalpana Chawla (1961), Vandana Shiva (1952), Guru Amar Das (1479), Zakir Naik (1965), and Mahinda (-285).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In India

Among philosophers born in India, Eknath ranks 30. Before him are Shantideva (685), Narayana Guru (1855), Shah Waliullah Dehlawi (1703), Thiruvalluvar (350), Dignāga (480), and Chandrakirti (600). After him are Hemachandra (1089), Nisargadatta Maharaj (1897), Sarada Devi (1853), Vallabha (1479), Rishabhanatha (null), and Rambhadracharya (1950).

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