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Sariputta

568 BC - 484 BC

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Śāriputra (Sanskrit: शारिपुत्र; Tibetan: ཤཱ་རིའི་བུ་, Pali: Sāriputta, lit. "the son of Śāri", born Upatiṣya, Pali: Upatissa) was one of the top disciples of the Buddha. He is considered the first of the Buddha's two chief male disciples, together with Maudgalyāyana (Pali: Moggallāna). Śāriputra had a key leadership role in the ministry of the Buddha and is considered in many Buddhist schools to have been important in the development of the Buddhist Abhidharma. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sariputta is the 1,274th most popular politician (down from 786th in 2019), the 53rd most popular biography from India (down from 27th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Indian Politician.

Sariputta is most famous for being the first disciple to attain enlightenment.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sariputta ranks 1,274 out of 19,576. Before him are Lajos Kossuth, Mary of Clopas, Benjamin Disraeli, Octavia the Younger, Kwame Nkrumah, and Justin II. After him are Chlothar II, Reza Shah, Herman Van Rompuy, John III Doukas Vatatzes, Anton Drexler, and Miguel Díaz-Canel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 568 BC, Sariputta ranks 1. After him is Maudgalyayana. Among people deceased in 484 BC, Sariputta ranks 1. After him is Maudgalyayana.

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    Sariputta

    POLITICIAN

    568 BC - 484 BC

    HPI: 74.70

    Rank: 1

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    Maudgalyayana

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    568 BC - 484 BC

    HPI: 71.51

    Rank: 2

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    Sariputta

    POLITICIAN

    568 BC - 484 BC

    HPI: 74.70

    Rank: 1

  • Photo of Maudgalyayana

    Maudgalyayana

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    568 BC - 484 BC

    HPI: 71.51

    Rank: 2

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In India

Among people born in India, Sariputta ranks 53 out of 1,861. Before him are Sathya Sai Baba (1926), Jaggi Vasudev (1957), Raja Ravi Varma (1848), Aishwarya Rai (1973), Hyder Ali (1720), and Ram Mohan Roy (1772). After him are H. D. Deve Gowda (1933), Kabir (1440), Ajatashatru (-500), Salman Rushdie (1947), Alauddin Khalji (1266), and Ronald Ross (1857).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Sariputta ranks 20. Before him are Rani of Jhansi (1828), Zakir Husain (1897), Ramaswamy Venkataraman (1910), Chandragupta Maurya (-340), Subhas Chandra Bose (1897), and Hyder Ali (1720). After him are H. D. Deve Gowda (1933), Ajatashatru (-500), Alauddin Khalji (1266), P. V. Narasimha Rao (1921), Iskander Mirza (1899), and Mir Osman Ali Khan (1886).

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