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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 783,189 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

  • 780k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.14

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Śuddhodanas by language

Over the past year Śuddhodana has had the most page views in the with 117,099 views, followed by Thai (28,587), and Vietnamese (14,807). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Catalan (277.59%), Egyptian Arabic (104.64%), and Khmer (91.62%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Śuddhodana ranks 1,876 out of 19,576Before 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 1After 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 59Before 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).

Among POLITICIANS In Nepal

Among politicians born in Nepal, Śuddhodana ranks 2Before 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).