RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Rāhula

534 BC - 500 BC

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Rahul (Pāli) or Rāhula (Sanskrit; born c. 534 BCE or 451 BCE) was the only son of Siddhārtha Gautama, commonly known as the Buddha, and his wife, princess Yaśodharā. He is mentioned in numerous Buddhist texts, from the early period onward. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rāhula has received more than 1,138,657 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Rāhula is the 504th most popular religious figure (down from 407th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Nepal and the 2nd most popular Nepalese Religious Figure.

Rāhula is most famous for being the son of Siddhartha Gautama, who became the Buddha. Rāhula was the first person to become a Buddhist monk.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 67.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Rāhula ranks 504 out of 3,187. Before him are Saint Eustace, Ramla bint Abi Sufyan, Ibn Majah, Bruno of Cologne, Mus‘ab ibn 'Umair, and 13th Dalai Lama. After him are Maria al-Qibtiyya, Paul of Thebes, Rose of Lima, Haggai, Saint Sarah, and Malachi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 534 BC, Rāhula ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 500 BC, Rāhula ranks 9. Before him are Ānanda, Leucippus, Polykleitos, Hippasus, Artemisia I of Caria, and Diogenes of Apollonia. After him are Obadiah, Gaius Marcius Coriolanus, Gorgo, Queen of Sparta, Demaratus, Lars Porsena, and Polygnotus.

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    Rāhula

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    534 BC - 500 BC

    HPI: 67.53

    Rank: 1

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In Nepal

Among people born in Nepal, Rāhula ranks 5 out of 59. Before him are Gautama Buddha (-566), Tenzing Norgay (1914), Yaśodharā (-600), and Maya (-600). After him are Śuddhodana (-590), Mahapajapati Gotami (-600), Prithvi Narayan Shah (1723), Birendra of Nepal (1945), Gyanendra of Nepal (1947), Chandra Bahadur Dangi (1939), and Ram Baran Yadav (1948).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Nepal

Among religious figures born in Nepal, Rāhula ranks 2. Before him are Maya (-600). After him are Mahapajapati Gotami (-600), Janaka (null), Anuruddha (-450), and Khagendra Thapa Magar (1992).

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