PHILOSOPHER

Kanada

200 BC - 160 BC

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Kaṇāda (Sanskrit: कणाद, IAST: Kaṇāda), also known as Ulūka, Kashyapa, Kaṇabhaksha, Kaṇabhuj was an ancient Indian natural scientist and philosopher who founded the Vaisheshika school of Indian philosophy that also represents the earliest Indian physics. Estimated to have lived sometime between 6th century to 2nd century BCE, little is known about his life. His traditional name "Kaṇāda" means "atom eater", and he is known for developing the foundations of an atomistic approach to physics and philosophy in the Sanskrit text Vaiśeṣika Sūtra. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kanada has received more than 335,315 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Kanada is the 582nd most popular philosopher (up from 591st in 2019).

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  • 340k

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  • 58.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 44

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Kanada ranks 582 out of 1,267. Before him are Cesare Ripa, Johann Bernhard Basedow, Ludwig Büchner, Shah Waliullah Dehlawi, Conrad Celtes, and Thiruvalluvar. After him are Alcidamas, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Johann Christoph Gottsched, Étienne Balibar, André Gorz, and Zisi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 200 BC, Kanada ranks 21. Before him are Eumenes III, Seleucus V Philometor, Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus, Simon Thassi, Bocchus I, and Leonidas of Rhodes. After him are Crates of Mallus, Apollonius Molon, Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus, Artabanus I of Parthia, Lucius Porcius Cato, and Quintus Fabius Maximus Allobrogicus. Among people deceased in 160 BC, Kanada ranks 4. Before him are Judas Maccabeus, Manetho, and Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus. After him are Quintus Servilius Caepio, Apollonius of Tralles, Nicomedes II of Bithynia, Nicomedes III of Bithynia, Quintus Caecilius Metellus Balearicus, Gnaeus Mallius Maximus, Gnaeus Cornelius Dolabella, and Gaius Sempronius Tuditanus.

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