PHILOSOPHER

Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar

1921 - 1990

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Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar (21 May 1921 – 21 October 1990), also known by his spiritual name Shrii Shrii Ánandamúrti (Ánanda Múrti = "Bliss Embodiment"), and known as Bábá ("Father") to his disciples, was a spiritual guru, philosopher, social reformer, linguist, author and composer of 5,018 songs mostly in the Bengali language. He founded Ananda Marga (the Path of Bliss) in 1955 as a spiritual and social organisation that continues to offer instruction in meditation and yoga and runs numerous social service and disaster relief projects throughout the world. Sarkar developed his system of spiritual practice as a synthesis of Vedic and Tantric philosophies. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar has received more than 449,752 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar is the 1,022nd most popular philosopher (down from 814th in 2019), the 476th most popular biography from India (down from 313th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular Indian Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar ranks 1,022 out of 1,267. Before him are Zhang Binglin, Northrop Frye, Friedrich Paulsen, Tirumalai Krishnamacharya, Daniel Bensaïd, and Derek Parfit. After him are Hegesias of Magnesia, Caspar Bartholin the Elder, John Hick, Robert Spaemann, Hermann Usener, and Josiah Royce.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar ranks 232. Before him are Imre Kovács, Archduchess Charlotte of Austria, Inge Borkh, Bengt Danielsson, Jean Richard, and Saul Zaentz. After him are Simin Daneshvar, Alexander Kemurdzhian, Ida Fink, Rinaldo Martino, Elizabeth Wilson, and Ernst Haas. Among people deceased in 1990, Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar ranks 160. Before him are Edwin O. Reischauer, Edmond Delfour, Marie-Dominique Chenu, Alberto Lleras Camargo, Joel McCrea, and Luigi Beccali. After him are Boris Paichadze, Germán Suárez Flamerich, Luis Trenker, Alexander Men, Ahti Karjalainen, and Kenjiro Takayanagi.

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In India

Among people born in India, Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar ranks 476 out of 1,861. Before him are Harihara I (1336), Tirumalai Krishnamacharya (1888), Faizi (1547), Ivan Dias (1936), Madhuri Dixit (1967), and Girija Devi (1929). After him are Rajaram I (1670), Balaji Vishwanath (1662), Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV (1884), Mahadev Desai (1892), Muthulakshmi Reddy (1886), and Sadhu Sundar Singh (1889).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In India

Among philosophers born in India, Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar ranks 42. Before him are Rambhadracharya (1950), Kumārila Bhaṭṭa (700), Ramananda (1400), Jaimini (-390), Debendranath Tagore (1817), and Tirumalai Krishnamacharya (1888). After him are Keshub Chandra Sen (1838), Derek Prince (1915), Homi K. Bhabha (1949), Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati (1874), and Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916).

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