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Vātsyāyana

300 - 500

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Vātsyāyana was an ancient Indian philosopher, known for authoring the Kama Sutra. He lived in India during the second or third century CE, probably in Pataliputra (modern day Patna in Bihar). He is not to be confused with Pakṣilasvāmin Vātsyāyana, the author of Nyāya Sutra Bhāshya, the first preserved commentary on Gotama's Nyāya Sutras. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vātsyāyana has received more than 1,265,181 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Vātsyāyana is the 949th most popular writer (down from 684th in 2019), the 112th most popular biography from India (down from 83rd in 2019) and the 18th most popular Indian Writer.

Vātsyāyana is most famous for his Kama Sutra, which is a collection of Sanskrit texts on human sexual behavior.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Vātsyāyana ranks 949 out of 7,302Before him are Pierre Larousse, Rubén Darío, Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, Hans Sachs, L. Frank Baum, and Alexandra David-Néel. After him are Virginia Satir, Andrew of Crete, Johannes Tauler, Patrick White, Sin Saimdang, and Alfred Kubin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 300, Vātsyāyana ranks 16Before him are Theodore of Amasea, Macarius of Egypt, Asanga, Narseh, Erasmus of Formia, and Expeditus. After him are Hormizd II, Volusianus, Zeno of Verona, Saturnin, Carausius, and Antipope Felix II. Among people deceased in 500, Vātsyāyana ranks 3Before him are Nonnus, and Zu Chongzhi. After him are Chandragupta II, Buddhaghosa, Hesychius of Alexandria, Rutilius Claudius Namatianus, Hierocles of Alexandria, Faustus of Byzantium, Charaton, Asclepigenia, and Aedesia.

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In India

Among people born in India, Vātsyāyana ranks 112 out of 1,861Before him are Syed Ahmad Khan (1817), Ahmed Deedat (1918), Razia Sultana (1205), Tukaram (1608), Mariam-uz-Zamani (1542), and Sushruta (-620). After him are Dhyan Chand (1905), Julia Margaret Cameron (1815), Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (1838), Droupadi Murmu (1958), Akshay Kumar (1967), and Ahmad Sirhindi (1564).

Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Vātsyāyana ranks 18Before him are William Makepeace Thackeray (1811), Lawrence Durrell (1912), Sarojini Naidu (1879), Basava (1134), Ahmed Deedat (1918), and Tukaram (1608). After him are Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (1838), Kazi Nazrul Islam (1899), Bharata Muni (-1000), Vidyapati (1352), Deepak Chopra (1946), and Sankardev (1449).