Śubhakarasiṃha
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Śubhakarasiṃha was an influential 8th-century Indian Buddhist monk and tantric master whose teachings and translations helped establish and shape Chinese Esoteric Buddhism.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Śubhakarasiṃha canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16058983 — 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: Śubhakarasiṃha Context triple: [Chinese Esoteric Buddhism, keyFigure, Śubhakarasiṃha]
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A.
Mahendradatta
Mahendradatta was a Javanese queen and princess of the Isyana dynasty, known as the consort of King Udayana of Bali and the mother of King Airlangga of Java.
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B.
Buddhabhadra
Buddhabhadra was a prominent early 5th-century Buddhist monk and translator who played a key role in bringing major Mahayana scriptures, especially the Avataṃsaka Sutra, into the Chinese canon.
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C.
Kamalaśīla
Kamalaśīla was an 8th-century Indian Buddhist philosopher-monk renowned for his influential works on Madhyamaka thought and his role in shaping Tibetan Buddhist scholasticism.
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D.
Gian Prabodh
Gian Prabodh is a didactic Sikh religious composition traditionally attributed to Guru Gobind Singh and included within the Dasam Granth.
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E.
Vimalamitra
Vimalamitra was an 8th-century Indian Buddhist scholar-monk and tantric master renowned for transmitting key Dzogchen teachings to Tibet and becoming a central figure in the early Nyingma tradition.
- 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: Śubhakarasiṃha Target entity description: Śubhakarasiṃha was an influential 8th-century Indian Buddhist monk and tantric master whose teachings and translations helped establish and shape Chinese Esoteric Buddhism.
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A.
Mahendradatta
Mahendradatta was a Javanese queen and princess of the Isyana dynasty, known as the consort of King Udayana of Bali and the mother of King Airlangga of Java.
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B.
Buddhabhadra
Buddhabhadra was a prominent early 5th-century Buddhist monk and translator who played a key role in bringing major Mahayana scriptures, especially the Avataṃsaka Sutra, into the Chinese canon.
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C.
Kamalaśīla
Kamalaśīla was an 8th-century Indian Buddhist philosopher-monk renowned for his influential works on Madhyamaka thought and his role in shaping Tibetan Buddhist scholasticism.
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D.
Gian Prabodh
Gian Prabodh is a didactic Sikh religious composition traditionally attributed to Guru Gobind Singh and included within the Dasam Granth.
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E.
Vimalamitra
Vimalamitra was an 8th-century Indian Buddhist scholar-monk and tantric master renowned for transmitting key Dzogchen teachings to Tibet and becoming a central figure in the early Nyingma tradition.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.