LINGUIST

Patanjali

200 BC - 150 BC

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Patanjali (Sanskrit: पतञ्जलि, IAST: Patañjali, Sanskrit pronunciation: [pɐtɐɲdʑɐli]; also called Gonardiya or Gonikaputra) was an author, mystic and philosopher in ancient India. He is believed to be an author and compiler of a number of Sanskrit works. The greatest of these are the Yoga Sutras, a classical yoga text. Estimates based on analysis of his works suggests that he may have lived between the 2nd century BCE and the 5th century CE. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Patanjali has received more than 2,448,546 page views. His biography is available in 65 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 62 in 2019). Patanjali is the 19th most popular linguist (down from 8th in 2019), the 91st most popular biography from India (down from 1st in 2019) and the most popular Indian Linguist.

Patanjali is most famous for his Yoga Sutras.

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  • 64.07

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  • 65

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Patanjali ranks 19 out of 214. Before him are Pāṇini, August Schleicher, Rasmus Rask, Kūkai, Edward Sapir, and Algirdas Julien Greimas. After him are Jost Gippert, Georges Dumézil, Johann Martin Schleyer, Johann Christoph Adelung, Ignác Goldziher, and William Jones.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 200 BC, Patanjali ranks 5. Before him are Judas Maccabeus, Zhang Qian, Mattathias, and Lentulus Batiatus. After him are John Hyrcanus, Nicomedes IV of Bithynia, Gaius Claudius Glaber, Micipsa, Phraates II, Antiochus X Eusebes, and Antipater of Sidon. Among people deceased in 150 BC, Patanjali ranks 1. After him are Demetrius I Soter, Diogenes of Babylon, Seleucus of Seleucia, Mago, Apollodorus the Epicurean, Gaius Valerius Flaccus, Lucius Cassius Longinus Ravilla, Gaius Sextius Calvinus, Manius Aquillius, Aristobulus of Alexandria, and Marcus Octavius.

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In India

Among people born in India, Patanjali ranks 91 out of 1,861. Before him are Nathuram Godse (1910), Pervez Musharraf (1943), Bindusara (-320), Pete Best (1941), Ram Mohan Roy (1772), and Varāhamihira (505). After him are Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835), Ramanuja (1017), Ronald Ross (1857), Cliff Richard (1940), Ram Nath Kovind (1945), and Prithviraj Chauhan (1159).

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Among LINGUISTS In India

Among linguists born in India, Patanjali ranks 1. After him are Mary Boyce (1920), and Monier Monier-Williams (1819).

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