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Śuddhodana

590 BC - Today

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Śuddhodana (Sanskrit: शुद्धोदन; Pali: Suddhodana), meaning "he who grows pure rice," was the father of Siddhartha Gautama, better known as the Buddha. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Śuddhodana has received more than 860,492 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Śuddhodana is the 1,876th most popular politician (down from 1,588th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Nepal (up from 7th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Nepalese Politician.

Śuddhodana is most famous for being the father of Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha. He was a king of the Shakya clan and ruled the region of Śrāvastī in the 6th century BCE.

Memorability Metrics

  • 860k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 70.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Śuddhodana ranks 1,876 out of 19,576. Before him are Amanullah Khan, José Antonio Primo de Rivera, Emperor Jing of Han, Kim Jong-suk, Yitzhak Navon, and Dongmyeong of Goguryeo. After him are Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Al-Mahdi, Ferdinand I of León, Kitbuqa, King Wen of Zhou, and Oswald Mosley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 590 BC, Śuddhodana ranks 1. After him are Psamtik III, Cleobulus, Ephialtes, Baruch ben Neriah, Xanthippus, and Antenor.

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In Nepal

Among people born in Nepal, Śuddhodana ranks 6 out of 59. Before him are Gautama Buddha (-566), Tenzing Norgay (1914), Yaśodharā (-600), Maya (-600), and Rāhula (-534). After him are Mahapajapati Gotami (-600), Prithvi Narayan Shah (1723), Birendra of Nepal (1945), Gyanendra of Nepal (1947), Chandra Bahadur Dangi (1939), and Ram Baran Yadav (1948).

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Among POLITICIANS In Nepal

Among politicians born in Nepal, Śuddhodana ranks 2. Before him are Yaśodharā (-600). After him are Prithvi Narayan Shah (1723), Birendra of Nepal (1945), Gyanendra of Nepal (1947), Ram Baran Yadav (1948), Bidhya Devi Bhandari (1961), Ram Chandra Poudel (1944), Pushpa Kamal Dahal (1954), Mahendra of Nepal (1920), Tribhuvan of Nepal (1906), and Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (1980).

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