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Chandrakirti

600 - 650

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Chandrakirti (IAST: Candrakīrti; Sanskrit: चंद्रकीर्ति; traditional Chinese: 月稱; c. 600 – c. 650, meaning "glory of the moon" in Sanskrit) or "Chandra" was a Buddhist scholar of the Madhyamaka school who was based out of the monastery of Nalanda. He was a noted commentator on the works of Nagarjuna (c. 150 – c. 250 CE) and those of his main disciple, Aryadeva. He wrote two influential works on Madhyamaka, the Prasannapadā and the Madhyamakāvatāra. Chandrakirti does not seem to have been very influential during the 7th to 10th centuries, and his works were never translated into Chinese. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Chandrakirti is the 372nd most popular philosopher (up from 696th in 2019), the 143rd most popular biography from India (up from 253rd in 2019) and the 18th most popular Indian Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Chandrakirti ranks 372 out of 1,267. Before him are Maurice Halbwachs, Francisco de Vitoria, Étienne Cabet, Wilhelm Windelband, Alexandre Koyré, and Pierre d'Ailly. After him are Hugues Felicité Robert de Lamennais, Jacques Rancière, Macrobius, Richard Rorty, Heinrich Rickert, and Thrasymachus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 600, Chandrakirti ranks 20. Before him are Abraha, Pope Theodore I, Abdullah ibn Muhammad, Abu Dhar al-Ghifari, Muadh ibn Jabal, and Æthelfrith. After him are Justus, Cosmas Indicopleustes, Abu Musa al-Ash'ari, Bahram Chobin, John IV of Constantinople, and Shahrbaraz. Among people deceased in 650, Chandrakirti ranks 3. Before him are Songtsen Gampo, and Abdullah ibn Masud. After him are Sexred, and Birinus.

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In India

Among people born in India, Chandrakirti ranks 143 out of 1,861. Before him are Cliff Richard (1940), Mahinda (-285), Vātsyāyana (300), Nathuram Godse (1910), Sambhaji (1657), and Sanghamitta (-281). After him are Akshay Kumar (1967), Varāhamihira (505), C. N. R. Rao (1934), Sadhu Sundar Singh (1889), Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak (1551), and Guru Arjan (1563).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In India

Among philosophers born in India, Chandrakirti ranks 18. Before him are Aśvaghoṣa (80), Sri Aurobindo (1872), Ramana Maharshi (1879), Vyasa (-390), Abul A'la Maududi (1903), and Ramanuja (1017). After him are Shah Waliullah Dehlawi (1703), Jyotirao Phule (1827), Shantideva (685), Homi K. Bhabha (1949), Madhvacharya (1199), and Sivananda Saraswati (1887).

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