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Zanabazar

1635 - 1723

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Öndör Gegeen Zanabazar (born Eshidorji) was the first Jebtsundamba Khutuktu and the first Bogd Gegeen or supreme spiritual authority, of the Gelugpa (Yellow Hat) lineage of Tibetan Mahayana Buddhism in Mongolia. The son of a Mongol Tüsheet Khan, Zanabazar was declared spiritual leader of Khalkha Mongols by a convocation of nobles in 1639 when he was just four years old. The 5th Dalai Lama (1617–1682) later recognized him as the reincarnation of the Buddhist scholar Taranatha and bestowed on him the Sanskrit name Jñānavajra (Sanskrit: ज्ञानवज्र, Zanabazar in Mongolian) meaning "thunderbolt scepter of wisdom". Over the course of nearly 60 years, Zanabazar advanced the Gelugpa school of Buddhism among the Mongols, supplanting or synthesizing Sakya or "Red Hat" Buddhist traditions that had prevailed in the area, while strongly influencing social and political developments in 17th century Mongolia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Zanabazar is the 1,433rd most popular religious figure (down from 1,310th in 2019), the 29th most popular biography from Mongolia (down from 26th in 2019) and the most popular Mongolian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Zanabazar ranks 1,433 out of 3,187. Before him are Dymphna, Odilo Scherer, Dionysius of Corinth, Pedro Arrupe, Simon of Trent, and João Braz de Aviz. After him are Antipope Theodoric, Mario Zenari, Luigi Orione, Fermin, Carpocrates, and Billy Meier.

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Among people born in 1635, Zanabazar ranks 9. Before him are Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon, Johann Joachim Becher, Philipp Spener, Köprülüzade Fazıl Ahmed Pasha, François l'Olonnais, and Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt. After him are Eugene Maurice, Count of Soissons, Princess Margaret Yolande of Savoy, Philippe Quinault, Frans van Mieris the Elder, Alexander Farnese, Prince of Parma, and Isabella d'Este, Duchess of Parma. Among people deceased in 1723, Zanabazar ranks 10. Before him are Dimitrie Cantemir, Christopher Wren, Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, Godfrey Kneller, Anne Christine of Sulzbach, Princess of Piedmont, and Anne Henriette of Bavaria. After him are Guillaume Dubois, Antonio Maria Valsalva, Praskovia Saltykova, Mariana Alcoforado, Joseph Clemens of Bavaria, and Johann Christian Günther.

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In Mongolia

Among people born in Mongolia, Zanabazar ranks 29 out of 71. Before him are Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj (1963), 4th Dalai Lama (1589), Esen Taishi (1407), Altan Khan (1507), Ligdan Khan (1558), and Khaltmaagiin Battulga (1963). After him are Arpa Ke'un (1300), Natsagiin Bagabandi (1950), Peljidiin Genden (1892), Jambyn Batmönkh (1926), Mandukhai (1449), and Nambaryn Enkhbayar (1958).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Mongolia

Among religious figures born in Mongolia, Zanabazar ranks 1. 

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