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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 1,163,007 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Vātsyāyana is the 685th most popular writer (down from 638th in 2019), the 84th most popular biography from India (down from 59th in 2019) and the 13th 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 685 out of 5,755. Before him are Periander, Alain-René Lesage, Clarice Lispector, Luis de Góngora, Judah Halevi, and Pietro Bembo. After him are Alexander Pope, Max Frisch, Ninon de l'Enclos, Jaroslav Seifert, Hugo Ball, and Pierre de Ronsard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 300, Vātsyāyana ranks 12. Before him are Pope Julius I, Pope Eutychian, Theodore of Amasea, Valerius Severus, Vincent of Saragossa, and Macarius of Egypt. After him are Asanga, Erasmus of Formia, Narseh, Expeditus, Adrian and Natalia of Nicomedia, and Hormizd II. Among people deceased in 500, Vātsyāyana ranks 1. After him are Chandragupta II, Nonnus, Zu Chongzhi, Buddhaghosa, Charaton, Hesychius of Alexandria, Rutilius Claudius Namatianus, Anthemius, Asclepigenia, Faustus of Byzantium, and Aedesia.

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In India

Among people born in India, Vātsyāyana ranks 84 out of 1,493. Before him are Bahadur Shah Zafar (1775), Lata Mangeshkar (1929), Ajatashatru (-500), Ramana Maharshi (1879), Sri Aurobindo (1872), and Sher Shah Suri (1486). After him are Cliff Richard (1940), Tukaram (1608), Sarojini Naidu (1879), Nathuram Godse (1910), Gerald Durrell (1925), and Mahākāśyapa (-550).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Vātsyāyana ranks 13. Before him are Meera (1498), Salman Rushdie (1947), William Makepeace Thackeray (1811), Savitribai Phule (1831), Premchand (1880), and Ghalib (1797). After him are Tukaram (1608), Sarojini Naidu (1879), Lawrence Durrell (1912), Basava (1134), Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (1838), and Ahmed Deedat (1918).

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