Home›Sages›Gender›MaleBrowse ByMaleThis page groups figures by the gender their own tradition assigns them. Wikipedia defines gender as "the range of social, psychological, cultural, and behavioral aspects of being a man (or boy), woman (or girl), or portraying a third gender." Browsing by gender lets a visitor compare how differently traditions present their male, female and other figures.FactsLearn MoreMaleSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedA heading of the atlas's own making rather than a category from the study of religion: figures revered for wisdom and teaching rather than for rule, prophecy or miracle. 2Peoples and Traditions CoveredWell-attestedA cover term over traditions with unrelated criteria for the office: the rishi of Vedic India, the acharya of the Indian schools, the Tirthankara of Jainism, the rabbinic sage, the junzi and the classical masters of China. None of those words is what the English word names, and the heading should not be read as one class of person. 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedFigures 1Learn MoreThe sages This group gathers sages: figures revered above all for wisdom: teachers, philosophers, seers and learned masters whose insight rather than miracle or rule defines their place in tradition. It is the largest character grouping in the atlas and spans many cultures. The browser will find the wise figures of many traditions, the rishis of India, the teachers of Chinese thought, the philosophers and holy teachers of other cultures. The entries describe each sage's teaching and the tradition that remembers them.MaleFilter Results65 entriesPlace of OriginAllAncient Israel (1)Bengal (1)China (10)Egypt (1)England (3)Germany (3)India (20)Japan (6)Judea (1)Kerala (1)Maharashtra (2)Persia (1)Tibet (1)United States (1)HistoricityAllComposite figure: more than one person or tradition behind the name (3)Historically attested (50)Historicity debated (7)Legendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical record (6)TraditionAllAncient Egyptian Religion (1)Bahá’í Faith (1)Buddhism (13)Christianity (8)Confucianism (5)Hinduism (22)Islam (7)Judaism (4)Sikhism (1)Taoism (3)Veneration StatusAllActively venerated in a living tradition (42)No Cult Attested (7)Revered InAllBaha'i Faith (1)Buddhism (12)Christianity (6)Confucianism (3)Hinduism (14)Islam (6)Judaism (2)Taoism (1)Lifespan Start YearAll-2680 (1)-579 (1)-551 (1)-372 (1)-340 (1)-313 (1)-310 (1)-200 (1)-50 (2)135 (1)300 (1)345 (1)400 (1)401 (1)500 (1)602 (1)619 (1)638 (1)767 (1)774 (1)788 (1)871 (1)982 (1)1017 (1)1033 (1)1058 (1)1077 (1)1078 (1)1130 (1)1133 (1)1138 (1)1143 (1)1173 (1)1200 (1)1238 (1)1260 (1)1263 (1)1270 (1)1308 (1)1380 (1)1486 (1)1497 (1)1504 (1)1583 (1)1586 (1)1608 (1)1686 (1)1703 (1)1714 (1)1836 (1)1844 (1)1863 (1)1879 (1)Child OfAllBaha'u'llah (1)Manner Of DeathAllDied of natural causes (19)Executed (1)Taken up without dying, as the tradition holds (3)CanonizationAllBeatified: recognised as blessed, the stage before canonization (1)Formally canonized (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 65Abd al-Qadir al-JilaniMaleAbdu'l-BahaMaleAdi ShankaraMaleAkiva ben JosephMaleAl-GhazaliMaleAsangaMaleAtishaMaleAtriMaleBharadvajaMaleBuddhaghosaMaleChaitanyaMaleChen TuanMaleCheng YiMaleConfuciusMaleDogenMaleEvagrius PonticusMaleGautama AkshapadaMaleGeorge WhitefieldMaleGritsamadaMaleHakuinMaleHeinrich BullingerMaleHonenMaleHuinengMaleIbn AbbasMaleIbn TaymiyyaMaleImhotepMaleJaiminiMaleJohanan ben ZakkaiMaleJonathan EdwardsMaleJudah ha-NasiMaleKabirMaleKanadaMaleKhidrMaleKukaiMaleLaoziMaleLongchenpaMaleMadhvaMaleMaimonidesMaleMeister EckhartMaleMenciusMaleMoinuddin ChishtiMaleNamdevMalePatanjaliMalePeter BulkeleyMalePhilipp MelanchthonMalePseudo-Dionysius the AreopagiteMaleRamakrishnaMaleRamana MaharshiMaleRamanujaMaleSaichoMaleShinranMaleThomas a KempisMaleThomas HookerMaleTukaramMaleValmikiMaleVamadevaMaleVasisthaMaleVasubandhuMaleVishvamitraMaleVivekanandaMaleVyasaMaleXuanzangMaleXunziMaleZhu XiMaleZhuangziMaleSources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. Encyclopedia of Religiontier 1Mircea Eliade (ed.); Lindsay Jones (ed., 2nd ed.), Macmillan Reference, 2005The classification of religious figuresView the SourceDivinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.