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Taranatha

1575 - 1634

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Tāranātha (1575–1634) was a Lama of the Jonang school of Tibetan Buddhism. He is widely considered its most remarkable scholar and exponent. Taranatha was born in Tibet, supposedly on the birthday of Padmasambhava. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Taranatha has received more than 116,114 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Taranatha is the 4,054th most popular writer, the 791st most popular biography from China and the 92nd most popular Chinese Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Taranatha ranks 4,054 out of 5,755. Before him are Lajos Kassák, Bolesław Leśmian, Janko Kráľ, Mary McCarthy, Alexander Galich, and Marie Luise Kaschnitz. After him are Elin Wägner, Quentin Crisp, Adam Naruszewicz, Andrei Mureșanu, Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak, and Thomas Nashe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1575, Taranatha ranks 14. Before him are Christoph Scheiner, John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, Diego, Prince of Asturias, Vittoria Aleotti, Francesco Molin, and Lady Arbella Stuart.  Among people deceased in 1634, Taranatha ranks 13. Before him are Frederick Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, António de Andrade, John Albert Vasa, Johann von Aldringen, Edward Coke, and Dorothea of Anhalt-Zerbst. After him are Sophia of Holstein-Gottorp, George Chapman, and John Marston.

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In China

Among people born in China, Taranatha ranks 791 out of 1,392. Before him are Wu Jingzi (1701), Zhou Fohai (1897), Hau Pei-tsun (1919), Chen Zi'ang (661), Leon Lai (1966), and Ye Mingchen (1807). After him are Xie Jin (1923), Lisa Lu (1927), Song Renqiong (1909), Huang Ju (1938), Yan Lianke (1958), and Yu Dafu (1896).

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Among WRITERS In China

Among writers born in China, Taranatha ranks 92. Before him are Xiao Hong (1911), Yu Hua (1960), Ma Duanlin (1245), Katherine Paterson (1932), Wu Jingzi (1701), and Chen Zi'ang (661). After him are Yan Lianke (1958), Yu Dafu (1896), Wen Yiduo (1899), Zhang Jie (1937), Bei Dao (1949), and Mervyn Peake (1911).

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