RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Parshvanatha

872 BC - 772 BC

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Parshvanatha (Sanskrit: पार्श्वनाथः), or Pārśva and Pārasanātha, was the 23rd of 24 Tirthankaras ("Ford-Maker" or supreme preacher of Dharma) of Jainism. Parshvanatha is the earliest Jain Tirthankara who is acknowledged as possibly a historical figure: with some teachings attributed to him that may be accurately recorded, and a possible historical nucleus within the legendary accounts of his life from traditional hagiographies. Historians consider that he may actually have lived between c. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Parshvanatha has received more than 895,985 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Parshvanatha is the 1,181st most popular religious figure (up from 1,360th in 2019), the 206th most popular biography from India (up from 236th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Indian Religious Figure.

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  • 900k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.68

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Parshvanatha ranks 1,181 out of 3,187. Before him are Begga, Berthold, Demetrios I of Constantinople, Gisela, Abbess of Chelles, Eusebius of Vercelli, and Eutychius of Constantinople. After him are Pamphilus of Caesarea, Clemente Domínguez y Gómez, Catherine of Genoa, Charles de Bourbon, Gerasimus of the Jordan, and Michael Michai Kitbunchu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 872 BC, Parshvanatha ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 772 BC, Parshvanatha ranks 1. After him is Shalmaneser IV.

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    Parshvanatha

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    872 BC - 772 BC

    HPI: 63.68

    Rank: 1

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In India

Among people born in India, Parshvanatha ranks 206 out of 1,861. Before him are Shah Waliullah Dehlawi (1703), Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (1924), Thiruvalluvar (350), Feroze Gandhi (1912), Ram Narayan (1927), and Guru Angad (1504). After him are Morarji Desai (1896), Charan Singh (1902), Tarabai (1675), Rajesh Khanna (1942), Śāntarakṣita (725), and Khudiram Bose (1889).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In India

Among religious figures born in India, Parshvanatha ranks 23. Before him are Guru Arjan (1563), Jayadeva (1170), Anthony de Mello (1931), George Alencherry (1945), A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1896), and Guru Angad (1504). After him are Śāntarakṣita (725), Dashrath Manjhi (1934), Meher Baba (1894), Anandi Gopal Joshi (1865), Guru Amar Das (1479), and Zakir Naik (1965).

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