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Atiśa

982 - 1054

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Atish Dipankar Shrijnan (Sanskrit transliteration: Atīśa Dīpaṅkara Śrījñāna) (c. 982–1054 CE) was an Indian Buddhist religious teacher and leader. He is generally associated with his body of work authored at Vikramaśīla Monastery in modern day Bihar, India. He was a major figures in the spread of 11th-century Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism in Asia and traveled to Sumatra and Tibet. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Atiśa is the 624th most popular religious figure (up from 714th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Bangladesh (down from 4th in 2019) and the most popular Bangladeshi Religious Figure.

Atiśa was most famous for composing a text called the Bodhicaryāvatāra, which is a commentary on the Śūraṅgama Sūtra.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Atiśa ranks 624 out of 3,187. Before him are John Wesley, Abbas ibn Ali, Zayd ibn Thabit, Simon Magus, `Abdu'l-Bahá, and Rabanus Maurus. After him are Jacobus da Varagine, Thecla, Yusuf al-Qaradawi, Ali al-Hadi, Djet, and Peter the Hermit.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 982, Atiśa ranks 1. After him are Dirk III, Count of Holland, William II, Count of Provence, and Judith of Brittany. Among people deceased in 1054, Atiśa ranks 3. Before him are Pope Leo IX, and Yaroslav the Wise. After him are Hermann of Reichenau, García Sánchez III of Pamplona, and Fakhruddin As'ad Gurgani.

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In Bangladesh

Among people born in Bangladesh, Atiśa ranks 6 out of 74. Before him are Sheikh Hasina (1947), Jagadish Chandra Bose (1858), Chandragupta I (250), Muhammad Yunus (1940), and Mohammed Shahabuddin (1949). After him are Abdul Hamid (1944), Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (1920), Mohammad Ali Bogra (1909), Matsyendranatha (901), Zillur Rahman (1929), and William Beveridge (1879).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Bangladesh

Among religious figures born in Bangladesh, Atiśa ranks 1. After him are Matsyendranatha (901), and Patrick D'Rozario (1943).

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