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Sakya Pandita

1182 - 1251

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Sakya Pandita Kunga Gyeltsen (Tibetan: ས་སྐྱ​་པཎ་ཌི་ཏ་ཀུན་དགའ་རྒྱལ་མཚན, Wylie: Sa skya Paṇḍita Kun dga’ rgyal mtshan ) (1182 – 28 November 1251) was a Tibetan spiritual leader and Buddhist scholar and the fourth of the Five Sakya Forefathers (Wylie: sa skya gong ma lnga). Künga Gyeltsen is generally known simply as Sakya Pandita (or Sapan for short), a title given to him in recognition of his scholarly achievements and knowledge of Sanskrit. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sakya Pandita has received more than 124,996 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Sakya Pandita is the 3,269th most popular writer (down from 3,259th in 2019), the 758th most popular biography from China (down from 711th in 2019) and the 81st most popular Chinese Writer.

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  • 58.71

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.06

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  • 2.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Sakya Pandita ranks 3,269 out of 7,302. Before him are William of Jumièges, Erich Weinert, Bekir Çoban-zade, Maurice de Guérin, Agniya Barto, and Ramón Chao. After him are Futabatei Shimei, Caesarius of Heisterbach, Julius Obsequens, Curt von Bardeleben, John Brunner, and Bakhtiyar Vahabzadeh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1182, Sakya Pandita ranks 11. Before him are Accursius, Maria of Montpellier, Haakon III of Norway, Lutgardis, Minamoto no Yoriie, and Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany. After him is Peter of Vaux-de-Cernay. Among people deceased in 1251, Sakya Pandita ranks 7. Before him are Oghul Qaimish, Berthold, William II, Count of Flanders, Godan Khan, William of Modena, and Yesü Möngke. After him is Matthias II, Duke of Lorraine.

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In China

Among people born in China, Sakya Pandita ranks 758 out of 1,610. Before him are Yuen Ren Chao (1892), Luo Yixiu (1889), Zhao Leji (1957), Wei Jingsheng (1950), Nie Er (1912), and Yang Jiechi (1950). After him are Pei Xiu (224), Tang Jingsong (1841), Witness Lee (1905), Shen Congwen (1902), Longchenpa (1308), and Zhang Tingyu (1672).

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Among WRITERS In China

Among writers born in China, Sakya Pandita ranks 81. Before him are Song Yu (-298), Han Suyin (1917), François Cheng (1929), Wang Bo (650), Qian Zhongshu (1910), and Luo Yixiu (1889). After him are Shen Congwen (1902), Longchenpa (1308), Yu Hua (1960), Bing Xin (1900), Sanmao (1943), and Yang Jiang (1911).

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