PHILOSOPHER

Padmasambhava

717 - 762

Padmasambhava

Padmasambhava ("Born from a Lotus"), also known as Guru Rinpoche (Precious Guru) and the Lotus from Oḍḍiyāna, was a tantric Buddhist Vajra master from medieval India who taught Vajrayana in Tibet (circa 8th – 9th centuries). According to some early Tibetan sources like the Testament of Ba, he came to Tibet in the 8th century and helped construct Samye Monastery, the first Buddhist monastery in Tibet. He is thought to have been born in the Swat Valley in modern-day Pakistan, and to have foreseen the arrival of Ngawang Namgyal, the founder of Bhutan. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Padmasambhava has received more than 1,334,615 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). Padmasambhava is the 252nd most popular philosopher (down from 161st in 2019), the 66th most popular biography from India (down from 33rd in 2019) and the 10th most popular Indian Philosopher.

Padmasambhava is most famous for the creation of the Tibetan alphabet and the introduction of Buddhism to Tibet.

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1.3M
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66.15
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
54
Languages Editions (L)
4.54
Effective Languages (L*)
4.76
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Page views of Padmasambhavas by language

Over the past year Padmasambhava has had the most page views in the English wikipedia edition with 209,302 views, followed by Chinese (80,306), and Vietnamese (22,156). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Lombard (332.48%), Malagasy (222.51%), and Interlingua (207.41%)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Padmasambhava ranks 252 out of 1,267. Before him are Iamblichus, Miskawayh, Andronicus of Rhodes, Guy Debord, Pelagius, and Aśvaghoṣa. After him are Vladimir Solovyov, Georges Sorel, Hugh of Saint Victor, Anacharsis, Isaiah Berlin, and Shen Kuo.

Most Popular Philosophers in Wikipedia

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Iamblichus
245 - 330
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 246
Miskawayh
932 - 1030
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 247
Andronicus of Rhodes
100 BC - 60 BC
HPI: 66.34
Rank: 248
Guy Debord
1931 - 1994
HPI: 66.31
Rank: 249
Pelagius
360 - 420
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 250
Aśvaghoṣa
80 - 150
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 251
Padmasambhava
717 - 762
HPI: 66.15
Rank: 252
Vladimir Solovyov
1853 - 1900
HPI: 65.94
Rank: 253
Georges Sorel
1847 - 1922
HPI: 65.89
Rank: 254
Hugh of Saint Victor
1096 - 1141
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 255
Anacharsis
700 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 65.83
Rank: 256
Isaiah Berlin
1909 - 1997
HPI: 65.81
Rank: 257
Shen Kuo
1031 - 1095
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 258

Contemporaries

Among people born in 717, Padmasambhava ranks 1. Among people deceased in 762, Padmasambhava ranks 3. Before him are Li Bai, and Emperor Xuanzong of Tang. After him are Emperor Suzong of Tang, Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya, and Vineh of Bulgaria.