Śāntarakṣita

Śāntarakṣita, whose name translates into English as "protected by the One who is at peace" was an important and influential Indian Buddhist philosopher, particularly for the Tibetan Buddhist tradition.

Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Dates from Wikidata (CC0)

Who was born first?

• Śāntarakṣita was born 6 years before Abu Yusuf
• Śāntarakṣita was born 15 years before Alcuin
• Śāntarakṣita was born 15 years after Rabia of Basri
• Śāntarakṣita was born 15 years before Georgios Syncellus
• Śāntarakṣita was born 18 years after Abd al-Rahman al-Awza'i

Timeline

1. Abd al-Rahman al-Awza'i707–774
2. Rabia of BasriAD 710s – AD 801
3. Śāntarakṣita (this page)725–788
4. Abu Yusuf731–798
5. Alcuincirca AD 740 – May 19, AD 804
6. Georgios Syncellus740–810

Related

• Aristotle384–322 BC
• Confuciuscirca 551 BC – circa 479 BC
• Karl MarxMay 5, 1818 – March 14, 1883
• Plato420s BC – 340s BC
• Mahatma GandhiOctober 2, 1869 – January 30, 1948
• Leo TolstoyAugust 28, 1828 – November 7, 1910
• Socratescirca 470 BC – 399 BC
• Dante Alighiericirca 1265 – September 14, 1321