RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Maya

600 BC - 600 BC

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Maya (; Devanagari: माया, IAST: māyā), also known as Mahāmāyā and Māyādevī, was the queen of Shakya and the birth mother of Gautama Buddha, the sage on whose teachings Buddhism was founded. She was the wife of Śuddhodana, the king of the Shakya kingdom. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maya has received more than 744,875 page views. Her biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Maya is the 472nd most popular religious figure (down from 368th in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Nepal and the most popular Nepalese Religious Figure.

Maya is most famous for being the Hindu goddess of illusion.

Memorability Metrics

  • 740k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 68.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Maya ranks 472 out of 3,187. Before her are Saint Maurice, Peter Lombard, Margaret Mary Alacoque, Baha-ud-Din Naqshband Bukhari, Pope Eutychian, and Uwais al-Qarani. After her are Micah, Pope Stephen VIII, Antipope Benedict XIII, Alphonsus Liguori, Thomas Becket, and Anastasia of Sirmium.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 600 BC, Maya ranks 15. Before her are Hippasus, Yaśodharā, Cambyses I, Belshazzar, Alexander I of Macedon, and Polycrates. After her are Pheidippides, Bias of Priene, Mardonius, Lucius Junius Brutus, Nahum, and Chilon of Sparta. Among people deceased in 600 BC, Maya ranks 7. Before her are Laozi, Tomyris, Draco, Habakkuk, Belshazzar, and Astyages. After her are Theano, Anacharsis, Epimenides, Phalaris, Ibycus, and Sushruta.

Others Born in 600 BC

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Others Deceased in 600 BC

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  • Photo of Laozi

    Laozi

    PHILOSOPHER

    604 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 79.98

    Rank: 1

  • Photo of Tomyris

    Tomyris

    POLITICIAN

    600 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 77.68

    Rank: 2

  • Photo of Draco

    Draco

    PUBLIC WORKER

    650 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 74.89

    Rank: 3

  • Photo of Habakkuk

    Habakkuk

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    626 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 71.23

    Rank: 4

  • Photo of Belshazzar

    Belshazzar

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    600 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 70.10

    Rank: 5

  • Photo of Astyages

    Astyages

    POLITICIAN

    700 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 68.87

    Rank: 6

  • Photo of Maya

    Maya

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    600 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 68.09

    Rank: 7

  • Photo of Theano

    Theano

    PHILOSOPHER

    600 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 66.42

    Rank: 8

  • Photo of Anacharsis

    Anacharsis

    PHILOSOPHER

    700 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 65.83

    Rank: 9

  • Photo of Epimenides

    Epimenides

    PHILOSOPHER

    690 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 65.51

    Rank: 10

  • Photo of Phalaris

    Phalaris

    POLITICIAN

    700 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 64.66

    Rank: 11

  • Photo of Ibycus

    Ibycus

    WRITER

    600 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 63.42

    Rank: 12

  • Photo of Sushruta

    Sushruta

    PHYSICIAN

    620 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 62.57

    Rank: 13

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In Nepal

Among people born in Nepal, Maya ranks 4 out of 59. Before her are Gautama Buddha (-566), Tenzing Norgay (1914), and Yaśodharā (-600). After her are Rāhula (-534), Śuddhodana (-590), Mahapajapati Gotami (-600), Prithvi Narayan Shah (1723), Birendra of Nepal (1945), Gyanendra of Nepal (1947), Chandra Bahadur Dangi (1939), and Ram Baran Yadav (1948).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Nepal

Among religious figures born in Nepal, Maya ranks 1. After her are Rāhula (-534), Mahapajapati Gotami (-600), Janaka (null), Anuruddha (-450), and Khagendra Thapa Magar (1992).

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