RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Rāhula

534 BC - 500 BC

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Rāhula (Pāli and Sanskrit) was the only son of Siddhārtha Gautama (commonly known as the Buddha) (c. 563 or 480 – 483 or 400 BCE), 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 1,032,435 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

  • 1.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 67.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Rāhulas by language

Over the past year Rāhula has had the most page views in the with 167,118 views, followed by Thai (35,931), and Japanese (26,946). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Arabic (853.00%), Turkish (127.62%), and Burmese (63.66%)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Rāhula ranks 504 out of 3,187Before 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 9Before 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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In Nepal

Among people born in Nepal, Rāhula ranks 5 out of 59Before 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).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Nepal

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