PHILOSOPHER

Kumārila Bhaṭṭa

700 - 700

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Kumarila Bhatta (IAST: Kumārila Bhaṭṭa; fl. roughly 7th century CE) was a Hindu philosopher and a scholar of Mimamsa school of philosophy from early medieval India. He is famous for many of his various theses on Mimamsa, such as Mimamsaslokavarttika. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kumārila Bhaṭṭa has received more than 229,438 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Kumārila Bhaṭṭa is the 825th most popular philosopher (up from 891st in 2019), the 334th most popular biography from India (up from 358th in 2019) and the 37th most popular Indian Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Kumārila Bhaṭṭa ranks 825 out of 1,267. Before him are Anandamayi Ma, Cheng Hao, Nemesius, Karl Vogt, Ted Nelson, and John Italus. After him are Karel Kosík, Favorinus, Aleksey Khomyakov, George of Trebizond, Hermippus of Smyrna, and Susanne Langer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 700, Kumārila Bhaṭṭa ranks 34. Before him are Ka'b ibn Zuhayr, Hieda no Are, Dymphna, Marcello Tegalliano, Kormisosh, and Ine of Wessex. After him are Willibald, Æthelbald of Mercia, Galla Gaulo, Ragenfrid, Swanachild, and Callinicus of Heliopolis. Among people deceased in 700, Kumārila Bhaṭṭa ranks 16. Before him are Cunipert, Daṇḍin, Eulji Mundeok, Sajah, Adi ibn Hatim, and Dymphna. After him are Callinicus of Heliopolis, Alypius the Stylite, Lupus I of Aquitaine, Ingvar, and Cearl of Mercia.

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In India

Among people born in India, Kumārila Bhaṭṭa ranks 334 out of 1,861. Before him are Abanindranath Tagore (1871), Tatya Tope (1814), Rajnath Singh (1951), Birju Maharaj (1937), Lakshmi Sahgal (1914), and Shashi Kapoor (1938). After him are Rakesh Sharma (1949), Anish Kapoor (1954), Mulayam Singh Yadav (1939), Vikram Sarabhai (1919), Lalu Prasad Yadav (1948), and Wilfred Bion (1897).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In India

Among philosophers born in India, Kumārila Bhaṭṭa ranks 37. Before him are Hemachandra (1089), Nisargadatta Maharaj (1897), Sarada Devi (1853), Vallabha (1479), Rishabhanatha (null), and Rambhadracharya (1950). After him are Ramananda (1400), Jaimini (-390), Debendranath Tagore (1817), Tirumalai Krishnamacharya (1888), Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar (1921), and Keshub Chandra Sen (1838).

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