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Ramanuja

1017 - 1137

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Ramanuja ([ɽaːmaːnʊdʑɐ]; Middle Tamil: Rāmāṉujam; Classical Sanskrit: Rāmānuja; c. 1017 – 1137), also known as Ramanujacharya, was an Indian Hindu philosopher, guru and a social reformer. He is noted to be one of the most important exponents of the Sri Vaishnavism tradition within Hinduism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ramanuja has received more than 2,842,732 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Ramanuja is the 324th most popular philosopher (up from 326th in 2019), the 93rd most popular biography from India (up from 95th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Indian Philosopher.

Ramanuja was a Hindu philosopher and theologian who is most famous for his philosophy of qualified non-dualism.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Ramanuja ranks 324 out of 1,267. Before him are Alfred Schütz, Julius Caesar Scaliger, Alfred Tarski, Lucien Lévy-Bruhl, Rudolf Otto, and Moritz Schlick. After him are Moses Hess, Martianus Capella, Aristoxenus, Johann Georg Hamann, Hermann Cohen, and Edgar Morin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1017, Ramanuja ranks 1. After him are Zhou Dunyi, Bermudo III of León, Beatrice of Lorraine, and Basil Boioannes. Among people deceased in 1137, Ramanuja ranks 3. Before him are Louis VI of France, and Lothair II, Holy Roman Emperor. After him are Eric II of Denmark, William X, Duke of Aquitaine, Antipope Gregory VIII, Adela of Normandy, Nikephoros Bryennios the Younger, Malmfred of Kiev, Ingeborg of Kiev, and Pons, Count of Tripoli.

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In India

Among people born in India, Ramanuja ranks 93 out of 1,861. Before him are Bindusara (-320), Pete Best (1941), Ram Mohan Roy (1772), Varāhamihira (505), Patanjali (-200), and Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835). After him are Ronald Ross (1857), Cliff Richard (1940), Ram Nath Kovind (1945), Prithviraj Chauhan (1159), Mohammed Nadir Shah (1883), and Ravi Shankar (1920).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In India

Among philosophers born in India, Ramanuja ranks 15. Before him are Aśvaghoṣa (80), Padmasambhava (717), Sri Aurobindo (1872), Paramahansa Yogananda (1893), Ramana Maharshi (1879), and Ram Mohan Roy (1772). After him are Ahmad Sirhindi (1564), Buddhaghosa (401), Abul A'la Maududi (1903), Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (1883), Ravidas (1450), and Jyotirao Phule (1827).

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