RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Nagasena

300 - Today

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Nāgasena was a Sarvāstivādan Buddhist sage who lived around 150 BC. His answers to questions about Buddhism posed by Menander I (Pali: Milinda), the Indo-Greek king of northwestern India, are recorded in the Milindapañhā and the Sanskrit Nāgasenabhiksusūtra. According to Pali accounts, he was born into a Brahmin family in the Himalayas and was well-versed in the Vedas at an early age. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nagasena has received more than 212,383 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Nagasena is the 1,482nd most popular religious figure (down from 1,086th in 2019).

Memorability Metrics

  • 210k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Nagasena ranks 1,482 out of 3,187. Before him are Epaphras, Thaddeus of Edessa, Muhammad Siddiq Al-Minshawi, Jianzhen, Judoc, and Andrew Corsini. After him are Luigi Orione, Antoninus of Florence, Bérenger Saunière, Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria, Walter Brandmüller, and Anan ben David.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 300, Nagasena ranks 44. Before him are Liu Cong, Victor of Marseilles, Victor Maurus, Agathius, Saint Martial, and Sabinus Julianus. After him are Felix of Nola, Eudoxius of Antioch, Decentius, Kartir, Quietus, and Tetricus II.

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