# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dharmapala-of-nalanda
# Generated: 2026-08-15T13:46:38.351Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dharmapala-of-nalanda"
name: "Dharmapala of Nalanda"
slug: "dharmapala-of-nalanda"
description: "Dharmapāla, was an Indian Buddhist scholar and one of the main teachers of the Yogācāra school of philosophy in India. Amongst his contemporaries were Sthiramati and Bhāviveka, the latter of whom he interacted with. Dharmapāla's philosophical thought is mainly preserved in Chinese translations and he is highly regarded within the school of East Asian Yogācāra."
tagline: "Indian philosopher (530-561)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nalanda_University_India_ruins.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "530"
deathDate: "561"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.889418666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Dharmapala of Nalanda"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharmapala_de_Nalanda"
    title: "Dharmapala de Nalanda"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharmap%C3%A2la"
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    title: "Dharmapāla av Nālandā"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump