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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Maudgalyayana

568 BC - 484 BC

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Maudgalyāyana (Pali: Moggallāna), also known as Mahāmaudgalyāyana or by his birth name Kolita, was one of the Buddha's closest disciples. Described as a contemporary of disciples such as Subhuti, Śāriputra (Pali: Sāriputta), and Mahākāśyapa (Pali: Mahākassapa), he is considered the second of the Buddha's two foremost male disciples, together with Śāriputra. Traditional accounts relate that Maudgalyāyana and Śāriputra become spiritual wanderers in their youth. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maudgalyayana has received more than 306,217 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Maudgalyayana is the 720th most popular religious figure (down from 707th in 2019), the 101st most popular biography from India (down from 89th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Indian Religious Figure.

Maudgalyayana is most famous for his ability to read minds and see the future. He is also known for being one of the Buddha's ten major disciples.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Maudgalyayana ranks 720 out of 2,238. Before him are Paulo Miki, Ibrahim ibn Muhammad, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Antipope Ursicinus, Eusebius of Nicomedia, and Theophilus of Antioch. After him are Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria, Canaan, John Henry Newman, Margaret of Hungary, Antipope Anacletus II, and Saint Eligius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 568 BC, Maudgalyayana ranks 2. Before him is Sariputta.  Among people deceased in 484 BC, Maudgalyayana ranks 2. Before him is Sariputta.

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In India

Among people born in India, Maudgalyayana ranks 101 out of 1,493. Before him are Varāhamihira (505), Ramanuja (1017), Maharana Pratap (1540), Razia Sultana (1205), Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835), and Lawrence Durrell (1912). After him are Bindusara (-320), Radha (null), Syed Ahmad Khan (1817), Pete Best (1941), Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924), and Basava (1134).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In India

Among religious figures born in India, Maudgalyayana ranks 10. Before him are Mahavira (-599), Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1486), Mahavatar Babaji (1900), Mahākāśyapa (-550), Guru Gobind Singh (1666), and Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835). After him are Radha (null), Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (1918), Dayananda Saraswati (1824), Anthony de Mello (1931), Ravi Shankar (1956), and Jayadeva (1170).

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