RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Mahinda

285 BC - 205 BC

Mahinda

Mahinda (Sinhala: මිහිඳු මහරහතන් වහන්සේ) (285 BCE – 205 BCE) was an Indian Buddhist monk depicted in Buddhist sources as bringing Buddhism to Sri Lanka. He was the first-born son and Prince of the third Mauryan Emperor Ashoka The Great from his first wife and Empress Devi and the elder brother of Princess Sanghamitra. Mahinda was sent as a Buddhist missionary to the Anuradhapura Kingdom in Sri Lanka. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mahinda has received more than 20,806 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Mahinda is the 1,402nd most popular religious figure (up from 1,479th in 2019), the 262nd most popular biography from India (up from 267th in 2019) and the 30th most popular Indian Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

21k
Page Views (PV)
55.99
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
25
Languages Editions (L)
4.35
Effective Languages (L*)
2.98
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Mahindas by language

Over the past year Mahinda has had the most page views in the Sinhalese wikipedia edition with 10,772 views, followed by Hindi (5,827), and Tamil (3,301). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (90.63%), Basque (82.29%), and Newar (71.88%)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Mahinda ranks 1,402 out of 3,187. Before him are John Berchmans, Pierre de Castelnau, Sajah, Carpocrates, Antipope Adalbert, and Kilab ibn Murrah. After him are Gaspar del Bufalo, Mario Aurelio Poli, Maria Schicklgruber, Godfried Danneels, Neferkasokar, and Wiborada.

Most Popular Religious Figures in Wikipedia

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John Berchmans
1599 - 1621
HPI: 56.04
Rank: 1,396
Pierre de Castelnau
1170 - 1208
HPI: 56.03
Rank: 1,397
Sajah
HPI: 56.03
Rank: 1,398
Carpocrates
100 - 138
HPI: 56.01
Rank: 1,399
Antipope Adalbert
1001 - 1102
HPI: 56.00
Rank: 1,400
Kilab ibn Murrah
373 - Present
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 1,401
Mahinda
285 BC - 205 BC
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 1,402
Gaspar del Bufalo
1786 - 1837
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 1,403
Mario Aurelio Poli
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.97
Rank: 1,404
Maria Schicklgruber
1795 - 1847
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 1,405
Godfried Danneels
1933 - 2019
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 1,406
Neferkasokar
2800 BC - 2800 BC
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 1,407
Wiborada
900 - 926
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 1,408

Contemporaries

Among people born in 285 BC, Mahinda ranks 1. After him are Diodotus I, Demetrius the Fair, and Sphaerus. Among people deceased in 205 BC, Mahinda ranks 2. Before him is Ptolemy IV Philopator. After him is Lacydes of Cyrene.