RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Yeshe Tsogyal

757 - 817

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Yeshe Tsogyal (c. 757 or 777 – 817 CE), also known as "Victorious Ocean of Knowledge", "Knowledge Lake Empress" (Wylie: ye shes mtsho rgyal, ཡེ་ཤེས་མཚོ་རྒྱལ), or by her Sanskrit name Jñānasāgarā "Knowledge Ocean", or by her clan name "Lady Kharchen", attained enlightenment in her lifetime and is considered the Mother of Tibetan Buddhism. Yeshe Tsogyal is the highest woman in the Nyingma Vajrayana lineage. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yeshe Tsogyal has received more than 279,453 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Yeshe Tsogyal is the 2,009th most popular religious figure (up from 2,023rd in 2019).

Memorability Metrics

  • 280k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Yeshe Tsogyal ranks 2,009 out of 3,187. Before her are Federico Lombardi, Jean-Pierre Kutwa, Moriteru Ueshiba, Jacopo Sadoleto, Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari, and George Pell. After her are Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun, Alojs Andritzki, Willigis, José Policarpo, Gianfranco Ravasi, and John Francis Regis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 757, Yeshe Tsogyal ranks 3. Before her are Hisham I of Córdoba, and Gisela, Abbess of Chelles.  Among people deceased in 817, Yeshe Tsogyal ranks 2. Before her is Pope Stephen IV.

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