WRITER

Vasubandhu

400 - 400

Photo of Vasubandhu

Icon of person Vasubandhu

Vasubandhu (traditional Chinese: 世親; ; pinyin: Shìqīn; Tibetan: དབྱིག་གཉེན་ Wylie: dbyig gnyen; fl. 4th to 5th century CE) was an influential Indian Buddhist monk and scholar. He was a philosopher who wrote commentary on the Abhidharma, from the perspectives of the Sarvastivada and Sautrāntika schools. After his conversion to Mahayana Buddhism, along with his half-brother, Asanga, he was also one of the main founders of the Yogacara school. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vasubandhu is the 537th most popular writer (up from 587th in 2019), the 18th most popular biography from Pakistan (down from 10th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Pakistani Writer.

Vasubandhu is most famous for his work on the Yogacara school of Buddhism. He is also famous for his commentary on the Abhidharma-kośa and his work on the Triṃśikā-vijñaptimātratā.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Vasubandhu by language

Loading...

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Vasubandhu ranks 537 out of 7,302. Before him are J. M. Barrie, Vasily Grossman, Richard Bach, Pierre de Ronsard, Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, and Martial. After him are Luo Guanzhong, Nâzım Hikmet, Osip Mandelstam, Seneca the Elder, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, and Camille Flammarion.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 400, Vasubandhu ranks 8. Before him are Pope Celestine I, Pope Zosimus, Saint Ursula, Merovech, Constantine III, and Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus. After him are Olybrius, Ermanaric, Alexius of Rome, Yazdegerd I, Pelagia, and Aspar. Among people deceased in 400, Vasubandhu ranks 1. After him are Onuphrius, Heliodorus of Emesa, Eutropius, Flavia Maximiana Theodora, Thaïs, Eustathius of Antioch, Quintus Smyrnaeus, Julius Firmicus Maternus, Faustina, Gaius Julius Solinus, and Varazdat.

Others Born in 400

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 400

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Vasubandhu ranks 18 out of 217. Before him are Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (1948), Pran (1920), Bacha Khan (1890), Shah Jahan (1592), Bhagat Singh (1907), and Arif Alvi (1949). After him are Benazir Bhutto (1953), Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (1910), Asanga (300), Ustad Ahmad Lahori (1580), Abdus Salam (1926), and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (1928).

Others born in Pakistan

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among WRITERS In Pakistan

Among writers born in Pakistan, Vasubandhu ranks 2. Before him are Muhammad Iqbal (1877). After him are Khushal Khattak (1613), Amrita Pritam (1919), Krishna Sobti (1925), Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai (1690), Rahman Baba (1632), Tariq Ali (1943), Faiz Ahmad Faiz (1911), Sultan Bahu (1630), Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi (1941), and Bulleh Shah (1680).

Pakistani born Writers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous