Marpa Lotsawa
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Marpa Lotsawa was an 11th-century Tibetan Buddhist translator and yogi renowned for transmitting the teachings of Indian masters like Naropa to Tibet and founding the Kagyu lineage.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Marpa Lotsawa canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15873832 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Marpa Lotsawa Context triple: [Drukpa Kagyu Buddhism, rootTeacher, Marpa Lotsawa]
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A.
Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen
Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen was a 14th-century Tibetan Buddhist master and philosopher renowned for systematizing the Jonang school’s distinctive "shentong" (other-emptiness) doctrine.
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B.
Mipham Rinpoche
Mipham Rinpoche was a prominent 19th-century Tibetan Buddhist scholar, philosopher, and polymath renowned for his influential writings and commentaries within the Nyingma tradition.
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C.
Gorampa Sonam Senge
Gorampa Sonam Senge was a prominent 15th-century Tibetan Buddhist scholar and philosopher renowned for his influential works on Madhyamaka thought within the Sakya tradition.
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D.
Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche was a highly revered 20th-century Tibetan Buddhist master, scholar, poet, and teacher renowned for his role in preserving and transmitting the Nyingma and Rimé (non-sectarian) traditions.
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E.
Gampopa Sonam Rinchen
Gampopa Sonam Rinchen was a pivotal 12th-century Tibetan Buddhist master who systematized the Kagyu teachings and helped establish the major Kagyu lineages in Tibet.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Marpa Lotsawa Target entity description: Marpa Lotsawa was an 11th-century Tibetan Buddhist translator and yogi renowned for transmitting the teachings of Indian masters like Naropa to Tibet and founding the Kagyu lineage.
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A.
Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen
Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen was a 14th-century Tibetan Buddhist master and philosopher renowned for systematizing the Jonang school’s distinctive "shentong" (other-emptiness) doctrine.
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B.
Mipham Rinpoche
Mipham Rinpoche was a prominent 19th-century Tibetan Buddhist scholar, philosopher, and polymath renowned for his influential writings and commentaries within the Nyingma tradition.
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C.
Gorampa Sonam Senge
Gorampa Sonam Senge was a prominent 15th-century Tibetan Buddhist scholar and philosopher renowned for his influential works on Madhyamaka thought within the Sakya tradition.
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D.
Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche was a highly revered 20th-century Tibetan Buddhist master, scholar, poet, and teacher renowned for his role in preserving and transmitting the Nyingma and Rimé (non-sectarian) traditions.
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E.
Gampopa Sonam Rinchen
Gampopa Sonam Rinchen was a pivotal 12th-century Tibetan Buddhist master who systematized the Kagyu teachings and helped establish the major Kagyu lineages in Tibet.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.