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Vātsyāyana

Indian logician, author of Kama Sutra
Person human Q380234

Facts

13 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[13]
Date of birth
500, 350, 450[5][6]
Date of death
500, 350, 450[7][8]
Country of citizenship
Gupta Empire[9]
Occupation
philosopher, writer
Field of work
philosophy[10]
Religion or worldview
Hinduism[12]
Notable work
Kama Sutra[11]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Sanskrit[15]
Copyright status as a creator
copyrights on works have expired
Floruit
100[14]
Writing language
Sanskrit[16]
🏷️ Also known as
en Vatsyayana en Vātsyāyana ar فاتسيايانا cs Mallanága Vátsjájana cs Vátsjájana de Vātsyāyana Mallanaga de Vātsyāyana de Vatsyayana Mallanaga de Vatsyayana de Mallanaga de Mallanaga Vatsyayana el Βατσιαγιάνα es Vātsyāyana es Vatsayana es Vatsiaiana es Vatsyayana es Vatsyāyana fr Vatsyayana fr Vâtsyâyana he ואטסיאיאנה
🔖 Identifiers · 89
ISNI
0000000108026668
VIAF cluster ID
531159474177.8B (86.6M–531159474177.8B, n=3)
Library of Congress authority ID
n50016741
GND ID
118976761
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Kamasutra vatsyayana Wellcome L0045293.jpg ↗
Academy of Athens authority ID
52343
BAnQ authority ID
0000037718
BD Gest' author ID
15009
BIBSYS ID
90137963
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE)
Vātsyāyana
BVMC person ID
641
Babelio author ID
335k (30k–335k, n=3)
Show all 89 identifiers +77
BiblioNet author ID
72710
Bibliopoche author ID
3693
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
11927759j
BookBrainz author ID
d70147b7-fc52-4deb-a75f-73f09958111a
CANTIC ID
981060741955306706
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp01318624
CONOR.BG ID
8797285
CONOR.SI ID
14980195
CONOR.SR ID
93799
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf10083586
CiNii Research ID
1140845216610398208
Classiques des sciences sociales ID
vatsyayana
DDB person (GND) ID
118976761
Databazeknih.cz author ID
25265
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
118976761
ELNET ID
a12075413
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Vatsyayana
Europeana entity
agent/base/66315
Evene ID
vatsyayana-3391
FAST ID
5260
Freebase ID
/m/037cv5
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
vatsyayana
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0069728
Hoopla artist ID
1420098698
IdRef ID
027178447
InPhO ID
thinker/4062
IxTheo authority ID
079757480
KBR person ID
14079549
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
118976761
Kallías ID
PE00060442
Lex ID
Vatsyayana
LibraryThing author ID
vatsyayana
LibriVox author ID
1248
Libris-URI
jgvxxdv23gs68z8
Medvik ID
jx20050311004
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA01945173
NDL Authority ID
00459601
NE.se ID
vatsyayana
NL CR AUT ID
jx20050311004
NLP ID
a0000003134035
NSK (VIAF) ID
000188380
NSK ID
981005754277109366
NUKAT ID
n96003820
National Library of Brazil ID
000643050
National Library of Chile ID
000805300
National Library of Greece ID
137785
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007269311005171
National Library of Korea ID
KAC2018H5494
National Library of Latvia ID
000053826
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:NPC;=zW
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810596628605606
National Library of Portugal ID
40828
National Library of Russia ID
779453
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX1031507
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
069878587
Open Library ID
OL2531003A
OpenMLOL author ID
39119
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803115308656
Parsifal cluster ID
402817
Penguin India author ID
vatsyayana-mallanga
Penguin Random House author ID
2063685
Perlentaucher ID
vatsyayana
Pontifical University of Salamanca ID
664958
Project Gutenberg author ID
5593
Quora topic ID
Vatsyayana
RERO ID (legacy)
A003951958
RILM ID
47124
Rijksmuseum Research Library authority ID
116947
SBN author ID
CFIV010530
SELIBR ID
171722
SVKKL authority ID
p0009152-Vatsjajana-Mallanaga-cinny-1-stoleti
Topic's main category
Category:Vātsyāyana
University of Barcelona authority ID
981060741955306706
University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme)
a1055595
Vatican Library ID (former scheme)
ADV12146167
Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/313533
Yale LUX ID
person/7ffdf9fd-1483-4339-8b05-f80e912124cc

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 2
writer, philosopher
Country of citizenship 1
Gupta Empire
Field of work 1
philosophy
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Sanskrit
Notable work 1
Kama Sutra
Religion or worldview 1
Hinduism
Sex or gender 1
male
Works by author 1
Kama Sutra
Writing language 1
Sanskrit
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Summary

Vātsyāyana was born on 500[1]. He died on 500[2]. He worked as a philosopher[3] and writer[4].

Why It Matters

Works attributed to Vātsyāyana include Kama Sutra[17], a literary work[18].

FAQs

What did Vātsyāyana do for work?

Vātsyāyana worked as a philosopher[3] and writer[4].

Related Entities

Gupta Empire Kama Sutra philosophy

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [13] ↑ . general catalog of BnF. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [6] ↑ . Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [7] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [8] ↑ . Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . CONOR.SI. wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 49
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'as', 'bcl', 'bh', 'bn', 'cs', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fi',
    "/* wbsetlabel-add:1|mag */ वात्स्यायन, import labels from sitelinks"
  2. 26d ago · HedgeHog · 2026-10-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'as', 'bcl', 'bh', 'bn', 'cs', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fi',
    BookBrainz author ID → d70147b7-fc52-4deb-a75f-73f09958111a
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  3. 18w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-06-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parsifal cluster ID → 402817
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  4. 21w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → p0009152-Vatsjajana-Mallanaga-cinny-1-stoleti
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  5. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image purged license → —
    Religion or worldview → Hinduism
    Instance of → human
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    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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