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Hemachandra

1089 - 1172

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Hemacandra was a 12th century (c. 1088 – c. 1172/1173 CE) Śvetāmbara Jaina ācārya, scholar, poet, mathematician, philosopher, yogi, grammarian, law theorist, historian, lexicographer, rhetorician, logician, and prosodist. Noted as a prodigy by his contemporaries, he gained the title kalikālasarvajña, "the knower of all knowledge in his times" and is also regarded as father of the Gujarati language. Born as Caṅgadeva, he was ordained in the Śvetāmbara school of Jainism in 1110 and took the name Somacandra. In 1125 he became an adviser to King Kumārapāla and wrote Arhannīti, a work on politics from Jaina perspective. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hemachandra is the 649th most popular philosopher (up from 746th in 2019), the 263rd most popular biography from India (up from 282nd in 2019) and the 28th most popular Indian Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Hemachandra ranks 649 out of 1,267. Before him are Arne Næss, Barlaam of Seminara, Antony Flew, Peter Deunov, Pierre Hadot, and Yang Xiong. After him are Émile Chartier, Olaf Stapledon, Eric Voegelin, Jaakko Hintikka, Anton Wilhelm Amo, and Stein Rokkan.

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Among people born in 1089, Hemachandra ranks 2. Before him is Abraham ibn Ezra. After him is Mahsati. Among people deceased in 1172, Hemachandra ranks 2. Before him is Stephen III of Hungary. After him are Il-Arslan, Vitale II Michiel, Douce II, Countess of Provence, and Louis II, Landgrave of Thuringia.

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In India

Among people born in India, Hemachandra ranks 263 out of 1,861. Before him are Priyanka Gandhi (1972), Pushyamitra Shunga (-300), Dharmendra (1935), Rakhee Gulzar (1947), Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (1942), and Kittur Chennamma (1778). After him are Murad Bakhsh (1624), Anna Leonowens (1831), Ravidas (1450), Godfrey Brown (1915), Jagat Gosain (1573), and Balaji Baji Rao (1720).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In India

Among philosophers born in India, Hemachandra ranks 28. Before him are Homi K. Bhabha (1949), Madhvacharya (1199), Sivananda Saraswati (1887), Ahmad Sirhindi (1564), Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (1883), and Dignāga (480). After him are Ravidas (1450), Vallabha (1479), Thiruvalluvar (350), Nisargadatta Maharaj (1897), Narayana Guru (1855), and Eknath (1533).

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