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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 114,427 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Sakya Pandita is the 3,271st most popular writer, the 713th most popular biography from China and the 77th most popular Chinese Writer.

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  • 110k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.84

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Sakya Pandita ranks 3,271 out of 5,755. Before him are Sanchuniathon, Jane Dieulafoy, Antero de Quental, Alberto Savinio, Annette Kellermann, and Johan Herman Wessel. After him are Duchess Agnes of Württemberg, Yevgeny Baratynsky, Josephine Tey, Marie Corelli, Georges Schehadé, and Abu Firas al-Hamdani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1182, Sakya Pandita ranks 11. Before him are Haakon III of Norway, Maria of Montpellier, Accursius, 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 5. Before him are Oghul Qaimish, William of Modena, William II, Count of Flanders, and Godan Khan.

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In China

Among people born in China, Sakya Pandita ranks 713 out of 1,392. Before him are Li Yuanchao (1950), Saifuddin Azizi (1915), Song Yingxing (1587), Bing Xin (1900), Huang Zongxi (1610), and Ng Man-tat (1952). After him are Toshiko Akiyoshi (1929), Meng Hongwei (1953), Wei Yuan (1794), Wu Bangguo (1941), Chen Jiongming (1878), and Yi-Fu Tuan (1930).

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Among WRITERS In China

Among writers born in China, Sakya Pandita ranks 77. Before him are Yang Jiang (1911), Gu Yanwu (1613), Qian Zhongshu (1910), Guan Daosheng (1262), Song Yingxing (1587), and Bing Xin (1900). After him are Cui Hao (704), Sima Tan (-165), Shen Congwen (1902), Wang Changling (698), Song Yu (-298), and Chögyam Trungpa (1939).

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