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Vātsyāyana

300 - 500

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Vātsyāyana (Sanskrit : वात्स्यायन) was an ancient Indian philosopher, known for authoring the Kama Sutra. He lived in India during the second or third century CE, probably in Pataliputra (modern day Patna in Bihar). He is not to be confused with Pakṣilasvāmin Vātsyāyana, the author of Nyāya Sutra Bhāshya, the first preserved commentary on Gotama's Nyāya Sutras. His name is sometimes erroneously confused with Mallanaga, the seer of the Asuras, to whom the origin of erotic science is attributed. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vātsyāyana is the 864th most popular writer (up from 948th in 2019), the 139th most popular biography from India (down from 112th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Indian Writer.

Vātsyāyana is most famous for his Kama Sutra, which is a collection of Sanskrit texts on human sexual behavior.

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Among writers, Vātsyāyana ranks 864 out of 7,302. Before him are Gaius Lucilius, Al-Zamakhshari, Georges Bernanos, Yanka Kupala, Stephen Covey, and Jens Peter Jacobsen. After him are Sam Shepard, Zhang Sanfeng, Arthur Adamov, Periander, Douglas Adams, and Georg Brandes.

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Among people born in 300, Vātsyāyana ranks 19. Before him are Macarius of Egypt, Antipope Felix II, Pope Peter I of Alexandria, Asanga, Expeditus, and Narseh. After him are Hormizd II, Domitianus II, Zeno of Verona, Cyriacus, Carausius, and Bahram III. Among people deceased in 500, Vātsyāyana ranks 4. Before him are Buddhaghosa, Nonnus, and Zu Chongzhi. After him are Chandragupta II, Hierocles of Alexandria, Hesychius of Alexandria, Rutilius Claudius Namatianus, Aedesia, Anthemius, Charaton, and Asclepigenia.

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In India

Among people born in India, Vātsyāyana ranks 139 out of 1,861. Before him are Radha (null), Vyjayanthimala Bali (1936), Ramanuja (1017), Rajendra Chola I (1000), Cliff Richard (1940), and Mahinda (-285). After him are Nathuram Godse (1910), Sambhaji (1657), Sanghamitta (-281), Chandrakirti (600), Akshay Kumar (1967), and Varāhamihira (505).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Vātsyāyana ranks 16. Before him are Tulsidas (1532), Savitribai Phule (1831), William Makepeace Thackeray (1811), Meera (1498), Premchand (1880), and Zeb-un-Nissa (1638). After him are Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak (1551), Basava (1134), Lawrence Durrell (1912), Sarojini Naidu (1879), Tukaram (1608), and Kazi Nazrul Islam (1899).

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