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Gaudapada

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Gauḍapāda (Sanskrit: गौडपाद; fl.c. 6th century CE), also referred as Gauḍapādācārya ("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 315,484 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Gaudapada is the 869th most popular philosopher (up from 873rd in 2019).

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  • 320k

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  • 52.07

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Gaudapada ranks 869 out of 1,081. Before him are Liu Yuxi, František Tomášek, Antipater of Tarsus, Ernst von Glasersfeld, Androcles, and Susanne Langer. After him are Antoun Saadeh, Zaki al-Arsuzi, Jean Wahl, Jakob Friedrich Fries, Arai Hakuseki, and Charles Renouvier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 550, Gaudapada ranks 26. Before him are Rædwald of East Anglia, Yangwon of Goguryeo, Gregory the Patrician, John Moschus, Adi ibn Hatim, and Bertha of Kent. After him are Zacharias of Jerusalem, Guaram I of Iberia, Laurence of Canterbury, Honorius of Canterbury, Wuffa of East Anglia, and Glappa of Bernicia.

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