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PHILOSOPHER

Kumārila Bhaṭṭa

700 - 700

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Kumārila Bhaṭṭa (fl. roughly 700) 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 205,128 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Kumārila Bhaṭṭa is the 891st most popular philosopher (down from 849th in 2019), the 361st most popular biography from India (down from 303rd in 2019) and the 38th most popular Indian Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Kumārila Bhaṭṭa ranks 891 out of 1,081Before him are Samuel Clarke, Nemesius, Zacharias Rhetor, Firmin Abauzit, Arethas of Caesarea, and Élisabeth Badinter. After him are Erich Neumann, Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Tomáš Halík, Frederick Copleston, Abu Sulayman Sijistani, and Arthur Oncken Lovejoy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 700, Kumārila Bhaṭṭa ranks 40Before him are Alypius the Stylite, Æscwine of Wessex, Dymphna, Kormisosh, Al-Samh ibn Malik al-Khawlani, and Soga no Iruka. After him are Gregoria, Erchinoald, Al-Hurr ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Thaqafi, Maria, wife of Leo III, Grimoald of Bavaria, and Catald. Among people deceased in 700, Kumārila Bhaṭṭa ranks 17Before him are Sebeos, Sajah, Adi ibn Hatim, Alypius the Stylite, Dymphna, and Lupus I of Aquitaine. After him are Gregoria and Cearl of Mercia.

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In India

Among people born in India, Kumārila Bhaṭṭa ranks 361 out of 1,493Before him are Rajesh Khanna (1942), Ashapurna Devi (1909), Sukhdev Thapar (1907), Sachchidananda Vatsyayan (1911), Kiran Bedi (1949), and Prakash Raj (1965). After him are Vichitravirya (null), Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts (1832), Vidya Balan (1979), Ahmad Shah Bahadur (1725), M. S. Subbulakshmi (1916), and Mahbub ul Haq (1934).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In India

Among philosophers born in India, Kumārila Bhaṭṭa ranks 38Before him are Hemachandra (1089), Nisargadatta Maharaj (1897), Sarada Devi (1853), Rishabhanatha (null), Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar (1921), and Debendranath Tagore (1817). After him are Vallabha (1479), Jaimini (-390), Derek Prince (1915), Tirumalai Krishnamacharya (1888), Ramananda (1400), and Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati (1874).