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Gampopa

1079 - 1153

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Gampopa Sönam Rinchen (Tibetan: སྒམ་པོ་པ་བསོད་ནམས་རིན་ཆེན་, Wylie: sgam po pa bsod nams rin chen, 1079–1153) was the main student of Milarepa, and a Tibetan Buddhist master who codified his own master's ascetic teachings, which form the foundation of the Kagyu educational tradition. Gampopa was also a doctor and tantric master. He authored the first Lamrim text, Jewel Ornament of Liberation, and founded the Dagpo Kagyu school. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gampopa has received more than 104,867 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Gampopa is the 1,490th most popular writer (down from 1,443rd in 2019), the 427th most popular biography from China (down from 394th in 2019) and the 34th most popular Chinese Writer.

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  • 100k

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  • 57.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gampopa ranks 1,490 out of 5,755. Before him are Maria Valtorta, Hugo Claus, Erle Stanley Gardner, Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry, François de Malherbe, and Georges Duhamel. After him are Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Gottfried von Strassburg, Peter Abrahams, Håkan Nesser, Michael Moorcock, and Nicholas Sparks.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1079, Gampopa ranks 4. Before him are Peter Abelard, Kilij Arslan I, and Judah Halevi. After him are Yejong of Goryeo, Emperor Horikawa, and William II Jordan. Among people deceased in 1153, Gampopa ranks 7. Before him are Bernard of Clairvaux, Pope Eugene III, Anna Komnene, David I of Scotland, Bernard de Tremelay, and Al-Shahrastani. After him is Eustace IV, Count of Boulogne.

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In China

Among people born in China, Gampopa ranks 427 out of 1,392. Before him are Emperor Chong of Han (143), Edmond H. Fischer (1920), Zhou Tai (163), Yang Kaihui (1901), Demchugdongrub (1902), and Langdarma (803). After him are Xu Da (1332), Cangjie (-2650), Wei Qing (-150), Chen Sheng (-250), Li Qingzhao (1084), and Zhang Chunqiao (1917).

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Among WRITERS In China

Among writers born in China, Gampopa ranks 34. Before him are Qiu Jin (1875), Sima Xiangru (-179), Du Mu (803), Wen Tianxiang (1236), J. G. Ballard (1930), and Ba Jin (1904). After him are Li Qingzhao (1084), Qiu Chuji (1148), Li Yu (1610), Liu Zongyuan (773), Yan Fu (1854), and Xu Shen (58).

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