monastic lineage

C42241
concept

A monastic lineage is a historical and spiritual chain of transmission through which religious teachings, practices, and authority are passed from teacher to disciple within a monastic tradition.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
monastic lineage canonical 3
Buddhist lineage 2
Buddhist patriarchal lineage 1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: monastic lineage
Generated description
A monastic lineage is a historical and spiritual chain of transmission through which religious teachings, practices, and authority are passed from teacher to disciple within a monastic tradition.

Instances (9)

Instance Via concept surface
Ngor sub-school
Tsar sub-school Buddhist lineage
Kathok lineage Buddhist lineage
Shankaracharya lineage
Sen family lineage of tea masters
Sera lineage
Mula Sangh Digambara monastic lineage
Karmapa tulku lineage
Tiantai patriarchs Buddhist patriarchal lineage