PHILOSOPHER

Jaimini

390 BC - Today

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Jaimini was an ancient Indian scholar who founded the Mīmāṃsā school of Hindu philosophy. He is the son of Parāśara and is considered to be a disciple of sage Vyasa. Traditionally attributed to be the author of the Mimamsa Sutras and the Jaimini Sutras, he is estimated to have lived around 4th to 2nd century BCE. Some scholars place him between 250 BCE and 50 CE. His school is considered non-theistic, but emphasizes ritual parts of the Vedas as essential to dharma. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jaimini has received more than 265,175 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Jaimini is the 918th most popular philosopher (up from 964th in 2019), the 395th most popular biography from India (up from 419th in 2019) and the 39th most popular Indian Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Jaimini ranks 918 out of 1,267Before him are Colotes, Antoun Saadeh, Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann, Theodor Gomperz, David Lewis, and Peter Lamborn Wilson. After him are Sengzhao, Denis Pétau, Lars Gustafsson, Matthias Bel, Dirck Coornhert, and František Tomášek.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 390 BC, Jaimini ranks 14Before him are Hieronymus of Cardia, Alexander V of Macedon, Tiberius Coruncanius, Manius Curius Dentatus, Dinostratus, and Pamphilus. After him is Coenus.

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In India

Among people born in India, Jaimini ranks 395 out of 1,861Before him are Sumitranandan Pant (1900), Iskander Mirza (1899), Sundar Pichai (1972), Mala Sinha (1936), Rekha (1954), and Fatima Jinnah (1893). After him are S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (1946), B. D. Jatti (1912), Suriya (1975), Akshata Murty (1980), Shibli Nomani (1857), and Vishwanath Pratap Singh (1931).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In India

Among philosophers born in India, Jaimini ranks 39Before him are Sarada Devi (1853), Vallabha (1479), Rishabhanatha (null), Rambhadracharya (1950), Kumārila Bhaṭṭa (700), and Ramananda (1400). After him are Debendranath Tagore (1817), Tirumalai Krishnamacharya (1888), Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar (1921), Keshub Chandra Sen (1838), Derek Prince (1915), and Homi K. Bhabha (1949).