PHILOSOPHER

Marpa Lotsawa

1012 - 1097

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Marpa Lotsāwa (མར་པ་ལོ་ཙཱ་བ་ཆོས་ཀྱི་བློ་གྲོས་, 1012–1097), sometimes known fully as Marpa Chökyi Lodrö (Wylie: mar pa chos kyi blo gros) or commonly as Marpa the Translator (Marpa Lotsāwa), was a Tibetan Buddhist teacher credited with the transmission of many Vajrayana teachings from India, including the teachings and lineages of Mahamudra. Due to this, the Kagyu lineage, which he founded, is often called Marpa Kagyu in his honour. Although some accounts relate that the Mahasiddha Naropa was the personal teacher of Marpa, other accounts suggest that Marpa held Naropa's lineage through intermediary disciples only. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marpa Lotsawa has received more than 155,968 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Marpa Lotsawa is the 618th most popular philosopher (down from 531st in 2019), the 491st most popular biography from China (down from 411th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Chinese Philosopher.

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  • 57.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Marpa Lotsawa ranks 618 out of 1,267. Before him are Constantin von Tischendorf, R. G. Collingwood, Hermann Samuel Reimarus, Berengar of Tours, Reinhold Niebuhr, and Kuno Fischer. After him are Dharmakirti, Vilém Flusser, Kitaro Nishida, Antonio Labriola, Alexander of Hales, and Werner Jaeger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1012, Marpa Lotsawa ranks 4. Before him are Pope Benedict IX, Baldwin V, Count of Flanders, and García Sánchez III of Pamplona. After him are Mawdud of Ghazni, Abbad II al-Mu'tadid, Odo of Gascony, and Cai Xiang. Among people deceased in 1097, Marpa Lotsawa ranks 2. Before him is Anushtegin Gharchai. After him are Albert Azzo II, Margrave of Milan, Berenguer Ramon II, Count of Barcelona, Petar Snačić, Heonjong of Goryeo, Reginald II, Count of Burgundy, Odo of Bayeux, Geoffrey III, Count of Anjou, Hugh V, Count of Maine, and Agnes of Aquitaine, Queen of Aragon and Navarre.

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In China

Among people born in China, Marpa Lotsawa ranks 491 out of 1,610. Before him are Langdarma (803), Ni Zan (1301), Tang Yin (1470), Li He (790), He Zizhen (1910), and Liu Zongyuan (773). After him are Ba Jin (1904), 7th Dalai Lama (1708), Peng Liyuan (1962), Gampopa (1079), Drogön Chögyal Phagpa (1235), and Shaohao (null).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In China

Among philosophers born in China, Marpa Lotsawa ranks 26. Before him are Zhang Daoling (34), Linji Yixuan (850), Shen Buhai (-385), Zhou Dunyi (1017), Liu Bowen (1311), and Hu Shih (1891). After him are Yang Xiong (-53), Cheng Yi (1033), Wang Bi (226), Zhang Zai (1020), Lie Yukou (-449), and Li Zhi (1527).

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