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Nagarjuna

150 - 250

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Nāgārjuna (Sanskrit: नागार्जुन, Nāgārjuna; c. 150 – c. 250 CE) was an Indian monk and Mahāyāna Buddhist philosopher of the Madhyamaka (Centrism, Middle Way) school. He is widely considered one of the most important Buddhist philosophers. Nāgārjuna is widely considered to be the founder of the Madhyamaka school of Buddhist philosophy and a defender of the Mahāyāna movement. His Mūlamadhyamakakārikā (Root Verses on Madhyamaka, MMK) is the most important text on the Madhyamaka philosophy of emptiness. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nagarjuna is the 71st most popular philosopher (up from 78th in 2019), the 18th most popular biography from India (down from 14th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Indian Philosopher.

Nagarjuna is most famous for his Madhyamaka philosophy. He was a Buddhist monk who lived in the second century CE and is considered to be the founder of the Madhyamaka school of Buddhist philosophy.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Nagarjuna ranks 71 out of 1,267. Before him are Zhu Xi, Antonio Gramsci, Zeno of Citium, Xenophanes, Gorgias, and Ibn Arabi. After him are Pliny the Elder, Peter Abelard, Leucippus, Edmund Husserl, Al-Kindi, and Nicholas of Cusa.

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Among people born in 150, Nagarjuna ranks 1. After him are Shapur I, Clement of Alexandria, Pope Zephyrinus, Clodius Albinus, Lucilla, Vologases IV, Gogukcheon of Goguryeo, Dian Wei, Zhang Zhongjing, Aristides of Athens, and Mariniana. Among people deceased in 250, Nagarjuna ranks 1. After him are Denis, Pope Fabian, Philostratus, Herodian, Cai Yan, Aryadeva, Saint Mercurius, Aristides Quintilianus, Licinianus, and Censorinus.

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In India

Among people born in India, Nagarjuna ranks 18 out of 1,861. Before him are Ramakrishna (1836), Pratibha Patil (1934), Mahavira (-599), A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (1931), Amitabh Bachchan (1942), and Droupadi Murmu (1958). After him are Patanjali (-200), B. R. Ambedkar (1891), Bahadur Shah Zafar (1775), Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887), Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (1924), and Shah Rukh Khan (1965).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In India

Among philosophers born in India, Nagarjuna ranks 4. Before him are Rajneesh (1931), Swami Vivekananda (1863), and Ramakrishna (1836). After him are Padmasambhava (717), Buddhaghosa (401), Adi Shankara (788), Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895), Ram Mohan Roy (1772), Kabir (1440), Paramahansa Yogananda (1893), and Aśvaghoṣa (80).

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