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Gargi Vachaknavi

700 BC - Today

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Gargi Vachaknavi (Sans: गार्गी वाचक्नवी (Devanagari); Gārgī Vāchaknavī (HK)) was an ancient Indian sage and philosopher. In Vedic literature, she is honoured as a great natural philosopher, renowned expounder of the Vedas, and known as Brahmavadini, a person with knowledge of Brahma Vidya. In the Sixth and the eighth Brahmana of Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, her name is prominent as she participates in the brahmayajna, a philosophic debate organized by King Janaka of Videha and she challenges the sage Yajnavalkya with perplexing questions on the issue of atman (soul). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gargi Vachaknavi has received more than 397,779 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Gargi Vachaknavi is the 803rd most popular philosopher (up from 934th in 2019).

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  • 400k

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  • 54.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Gargi Vachaknavi ranks 803 out of 1,267. Before her are Franz Neumann, Bernard Stiegler, Kazimierz Łyszczyński, Francisco Sanches, Claude Lefort, and Alain Finkielkraut. After her are Volin, Calcidius, Rambhadracharya, Frederick Copleston, Eric Hoffer, and Herman of Carinthia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 700 BC, Gargi Vachaknavi ranks 32. Before her are Bakenranef, Leon of Sparta, King Zhuang of Chu, Aristomenes, Sinsharishkun, and Sadyattes. After her are Demaratus of Corinth, Aeropus I of Macedon, Theagenes of Megara, Lesches, Pheidon, and Arcesilaus II of Cyrene.

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