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Sarada Devi

1853 - 1920

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Sri Sarada Devi (Bengali: সারদা দেবী; ; 22 December 1853 – 20 July 1920), born Kshemankari / Thakurmani / Saradamani Mukhopadhyay, was the wife and spiritual consort of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, a nineteenth-century Hindu mystic. Sarada Devi is also reverentially addressed as the Holy Mother (Sri Sri Maa) by the followers of the Sri Ramakrishna monastic order. The Sri Sarada Math and Ramakrishna Sarada Mission situated at Dakshineshwar is based on the ideals and life of Sarada Devi. She played an important role in the growth of the Ramakrishna Movement. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sarada Devi is the 950th most popular philosopher (down from 769th in 2019), the 441st most popular biography from India (down from 296th in 2019) and the 39th most popular Indian Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Sarada Devi ranks 950 out of 1,267Before her are Camillo Berneri, Élisabeth Badinter, Ogyū Sorai, Ibrahim al-Nazzam, Lanza del Vasto, and Leo Baeck. After her are Dirck Coornhert, Stanley Cavell, Bernard Stiegler, Keshub Chandra Sen, Lars Gustafsson, and Sandra Harding.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1853, Sarada Devi ranks 60Before her are Higaonna Kanryō, Frank Dicksee, Damat Ferid Pasha, Ernst Otto Beckmann, Ciprian Porumbescu, and Adolf Furtwängler. After her are Agvan Dorzhiev, Evgraf Fedorov, Karl von Einem, Hans von Koessler, Arthur Moritz Schoenflies, and Hermann Wissmann. Among people deceased in 1920, Sarada Devi ranks 70Before her are Grigory Potanin, Kliment Timiryazev, Luís of Orléans-Braganza, Delfim Moreira, Adolf Albin, and Nataliya Kobrynska. After her are Vladimir Kappel, John Gilbert Baker, William Chester Minor, Karl Binding, Jaan Poska, and Pál Szinyei Merse.

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In India

Among people born in India, Sarada Devi ranks 441 out of 1,861Before her are Sridevi (1963), Rukhmabai (1864), Debendranath Tagore (1817), Irrfan Khan (1967), BP Koirala (1914), and Naushad (1919). After her are Satya Nadella (1967), Jacques Lauriston (1768), Jahandar Shah (1661), Keshub Chandra Sen (1838), Satish Kumar (1936), and Anil Kapoor (1956).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In India

Among philosophers born in India, Sarada Devi ranks 39Before her are Narayana Guru (1855), Eknath (1533), Rishabhanatha (null), Kumārila Bhaṭṭa (700), Jaimini (-390), and Debendranath Tagore (1817). After her are Keshub Chandra Sen (1838), Ramananda (1400), Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati (1874), Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar (1921), Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916), and Tirumalai Krishnamacharya (1888).