PHILOSOPHER

Gorakhnath

1100 - 1200

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Gorakhnath (also known as Goraksanath (Sanskrit: Gorakṣanātha), c. early 11th century) was a Hindu yogi, mahasiddha and saint who was the founder of the Nath Hindu monastic movement in India. He is considered one of the two disciples of Matsyendranath. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gorakhnath has received more than 1,184,519 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Gorakhnath is the 495th most popular philosopher (up from 519th in 2019).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Gorakhnath ranks 495 out of 1,267. Before him are Anaxarchus, Murray Bookchin, Sivananda Saraswati, Carl Stumpf, Karl-Otto Apel, and Pierre Duhem. After him are Antiochus of Ascalon, Hermann Lotze, Shneur Zalman of Liadi, Zengzi, Gaetano Mosca, and Dicaearchus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1100, Gorakhnath ranks 26. Before him are Kerbogha, Khabul Khan, Arnold of Brescia, George Kedrenos, Bernard de Tremelay, and Inge the Younger. After him are Duqaq, Henry, Anushtegin Gharchai, Wace, Malik Shah, and Godfrey IV, Duke of Lower Lorraine. Among people deceased in 1200, Gorakhnath ranks 7. Before him are Zhu Xi, Ibn al-Jawzi, Trota of Salerno, Joscelin III, Count of Edessa, Ala ad-Din Tekish, and Otto I, Count of Burgundy. After him are Emperor Guangzong of Song, Edgar Ætheling, Gilbert Horal, Robert of Chester, John Doukas, and Conrad of Wittelsbach.

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