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Gaudapada

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Gauḍapāda (Sanskrit: गौडपाद; fl.c. 6th century CE), also referred as Gauḍapādācārya (Sanskrit: गौडपादाचार्य; "Gauḍapāda the Teacher"), was an early medieval era Hindu philosopher and scholar of the Advaita Vedanta school of Hindu philosophy. While details of his biography are uncertain, his ideas inspired others such as Adi Shankara who called him a Paramaguru (highest teacher). Gaudapada was the author or compiler of the Māṇḍūkya Kārikā, also known as Gaudapada Karika. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gaudapada has received more than 345,941 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Gaudapada is the 853rd most popular philosopher (up from 869th in 2019).

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  • 60.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Gaudapada ranks 853 out of 1,267. Before him are Franciscus Gomarus, Ludovico Antonio Muratori, Michel Marcel Navratil, Michel Henry, Tan Sitong, and Maximus of Ephesus. After him are Michael Dummett, Jean Guitton, Józef Maria Bocheński, Musaeus of Athens, Arethas of Caesarea, and Perry Anderson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 550, Gaudapada ranks 26. Before him are Adi ibn Hatim, Yeongnyu of Goguryeo, Rædwald of East Anglia, Ashina Xichun, Gregory the Patrician, and Bertha of Kent. After him are Laurence of Canterbury, Stephen I of Iberia, Yangwon of Goguryeo, Farrukh Hormizd, Zacharias of Jerusalem, and Guaram I of Iberia.

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