WRITER

Kamalaśīla

740 - 795

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Kamalaśīla (Skt. Kamalaśīla; Tib. པདྨའི་ངང་ཚུལ་, Pemé Ngang Tsul; Wyl. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kamalaśīla has received more than 82,607 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Kamalaśīla is the 3,222nd most popular writer (down from 2,970th in 2019).

Memorability Metrics

  • 83k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Ācārya Kamalaśīla's Nyāyabindu-pūrvapakṣa-saṃkṣipta
Buddhist logic
Sanskrit text contains main prima facie arguments against the views of Nyayabindu, a text on Buddhist logic by Dharmakīrti, 7th century author; includes text of Nyāyabindu.
Bkhavanakrama
Meditation, Buddhism
Madhyamakālokaḥ
Madhyamika (Buddhism), Negation (Logic), Early works to 1800
Restored and critically edited Acarya Kamalaśīla's Madhyamakāloka on the fundamental of Svatantrika Madhyamika philosophy.
Slob-dpon Kamalaśīlas mdzad paʼi Bsgom rim thog mthaʼ bar gsum bźugs so
Meditation, Buddhism, Early works to 1800
On the nature and practice of Buddhist contemplative realization; Sanskrit text restored from the Tibetan version.
The Five Bhāvanakrama of Kamalaśīla and Vimalamitra
Meditation, Buddhism
La progression dans la méditation (Bhāvanākrama de Kamalaśīla)
Meditation, Buddhism

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Kamalaśīla ranks 3,222 out of 7,302Before him are Jerzy Giedroyc, Victoria Benedictsson, Pavlo Tychyna, Hubert Selby Jr., Roberto Calasso, and Hilary Mantel. After him are Ford Madox Ford, Etgar Keret, Luo Yixiu, Kader Abdolah, Antonio Beccadelli, and Gaito Gazdanov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 740, Kamalaśīla ranks 7Before him are Aurelius of Asturias, Paulinus II of Aquileia, Mashallah ibn Athari, Angilbert, Al-Asmaʿi, and Adalgis. After him is Vineh of Bulgaria. Among people deceased in 795, Kamalaśīla ranks 4Before him are Malik ibn Anas, Pope Adrian I, and Anan ben David.

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