PHILOSOPHER

Hemachandra

1089 - 1172

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Hemachandra was a 12th century (c. 1088 – c. 1172/1173 CE) Śvetāmbara Jain acharya,scholar, poet, mathematician, philosopher, yogi, grammarian, law theorist, historian, lexicographer, rhetorician, logician, and prosodist. Noted as a prodigy by his contemporaries, he gained the title kalikālasarvajña, "the knower of all knowledge in his times" and father of the Gujarati language. Born as Changadeva, he was ordained in the Śvētāmbara school of Jainism in 1110 and took the name Somachandra. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hemachandra has received more than 439,982 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Hemachandra is the 746th most popular philosopher (down from 650th in 2019), the 282nd most popular biography from India (down from 221st in 2019) and the 31st most popular Indian Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Hemachandra ranks 746 out of 1,267. Before him are Metrocles, Theodor Lessing, Philippa Foot, Mykhailo Drahomanov, P. F. Strawson, and Li Zhi. After him are John Argyropoulos, Glaucon, Ian Stevenson, Paolo Sarpi, Helen Parkhurst, and Michael J. Sandel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1089, Hemachandra ranks 3. Before him are Abraham ibn Ezra, and Mahsati.  Among people deceased in 1172, Hemachandra ranks 3. Before him are Stephen III of Hungary, and Il-Arslan. After him are Louis II, Landgrave of Thuringia, Vitale II Michiel, and Douce II, Countess of Provence.

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In India

Among people born in India, Hemachandra ranks 282 out of 1,861. Before him are Birbal (1528), Bhupen Hazarika (1926), Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (1900), Begum Hazrat Mahal (1820), Ramdhari Singh Dinkar (1908), and Ramaswamy Venkataraman (1910). After him are Shakuntala Devi (1929), Bismillah Khan (1916), Margaret Murray (1863), P. V. Narasimha Rao (1921), Alamgir II (1699), and Nisargadatta Maharaj (1897).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In India

Among philosophers born in India, Hemachandra ranks 31. Before him are Narayana Guru (1855), Shah Waliullah Dehlawi (1703), Thiruvalluvar (350), Dignāga (480), Chandrakirti (600), and Eknath (1533). After him are Nisargadatta Maharaj (1897), Sarada Devi (1853), Vallabha (1479), Rishabhanatha (null), Rambhadracharya (1950), and Kumārila Bhaṭṭa (700).

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