550 - Today
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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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.
772 - 842
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 863
1899 - 1992
HPI: 52.14
Rank: 864
300 BC - 129 BC
HPI: 52.12
Rank: 865
1917 - 2010
HPI: 52.11
Rank: 866
100 - 100
HPI: 52.11
Rank: 867
1895 - 1985
HPI: 52.09
Rank: 868
550 - Present
HPI: 52.07
Rank: 869
1904 - 1949
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 870
1899 - 1968
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 871
1888 - 1974
HPI: 52.02
Rank: 872
1773 - 1843
HPI: 52.00
Rank: 873
1657 - 1725
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 874
1815 - 1903
HPI: 51.92
Rank: 875
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.
550 - 624
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 20
550 - 559
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 21
550 - 647
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 22
550 - 619
HPI: 53.04
Rank: 23
550 - 700
HPI: 52.90
Rank: 24
550 - 601
HPI: 52.21
Rank: 25
550 - Present
HPI: 52.07
Rank: 26
550 - 631
HPI: 50.63
Rank: 27
550 - 590
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 28
550 - 619
HPI: 49.69
Rank: 29
550 - 653
HPI: 49.10
Rank: 30
550 - 578
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 31
550 - 560
HPI: 46.74
Rank: 32