Avalokiteśvara
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Avalokiteśvara is a revered bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism embodying compassion and often depicted as a savior who hears the cries of sentient beings.
All labels observed (16)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5983058 — 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: Avalokiteśvara Context triple: [Gandantegchinlen Monastery, dedicatedTo, Avalokiteśvara]
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Manjushri
Manjushri is a revered bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism, especially associated with transcendent wisdom and often depicted wielding a flaming sword that cuts through ignorance.
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Bhaisajyaguru
Bhaisajyaguru, also known as the Medicine Buddha, is a revered Mahayana Buddhist deity associated with healing, medicine, and the alleviation of suffering.
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Amitābha Buddha
Amitābha Buddha is a celestial buddha revered in Mahayana Buddhism as the embodiment of infinite light and compassion who presides over the Western Pure Land, a realm of bliss and salvation.
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Samantabhadra
Samantabhadra is a major bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism, especially revered in East Asia as the embodiment of Buddhist practice, vows, and meditation, often depicted riding a white elephant.
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Maitreya
Maitreya is the future Buddha in Buddhist tradition, prophesied to appear on Earth, achieve complete enlightenment, and teach the pure dharma.
- 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: Avalokiteśvara Target entity description: Avalokiteśvara is a revered bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism embodying compassion and often depicted as a savior who hears the cries of sentient beings.
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A.
Manjushri
Manjushri is a revered bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism, especially associated with transcendent wisdom and often depicted wielding a flaming sword that cuts through ignorance.
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B.
Bhaisajyaguru
Bhaisajyaguru, also known as the Medicine Buddha, is a revered Mahayana Buddhist deity associated with healing, medicine, and the alleviation of suffering.
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C.
Amitābha Buddha
Amitābha Buddha is a celestial buddha revered in Mahayana Buddhism as the embodiment of infinite light and compassion who presides over the Western Pure Land, a realm of bliss and salvation.
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D.
Samantabhadra
Samantabhadra is a major bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism, especially revered in East Asia as the embodiment of Buddhist practice, vows, and meditation, often depicted riding a white elephant.
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E.
Maitreya
Maitreya is the future Buddha in Buddhist tradition, prophesied to appear on Earth, achieve complete enlightenment, and teach the pure dharma.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist deity
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bodhisattva ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Avalokitasvara
NERFINISHED
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Lokeśvara NERFINISHED ⓘ Padmapāṇi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedBuddha | Amitābha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
bodhicitta
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karuṇā ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Heart Sutra
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Karuṇāpuṇḍarīka Sūtra NERFINISHED ⓘ Lotus Sutra NERFINISHED ⓘ Mahākaruṇā Dhāraṇī NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ChineseName | Guanyin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cultCenter |
Mount Jiuhua
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mount Putuo NERFINISHED ⓘ Potala Palace NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| embodies | compassion ⓘ |
| function |
granting boons
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guide to enlightenment ⓘ protector from dangers ⓘ |
| genderDepiction |
female in East Asian traditions
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male in early Indian art ⓘ |
| iconographicAttribute |
cintāmaṇi jewel
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deer skin ⓘ lotus ⓘ rosary ⓘ water vase ⓘ |
| iconographicFeature |
crowned with Amitābha Buddha
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multiple arms ⓘ multiple heads ⓘ |
| influenced |
East Asian art
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East Asian literature ⓘ East Asian religious practice ⓘ |
| JapaneseName |
Kannon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kanzeon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| KoreanName |
Gwan-eum
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gwanse-eum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meaningOfName | Lord who looks down (on the world) ⓘ |
| pureLandAssociation | Sukhāvatī NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Mahayana Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role |
hearer of the cries of the world
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savior of sentient beings ⓘ |
| SanskritName | Avalokiteśvara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| TibetanName | Chenrezig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Bhutan
NERFINISHED
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China NERFINISHED ⓘ Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ Mongolia NERFINISHED ⓘ Nepal NERFINISHED ⓘ Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ Tibet NERFINISHED ⓘ Vietnam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| VietnameseName | Quán Thế Âm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| vow | to liberate all sentient beings from suffering ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Avalokiteśvara Description of subject: Avalokiteśvara is a revered bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism embodying compassion and often depicted as a savior who hears the cries of sentient beings.
Referenced by (41)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Avalokiteshvara (Gwanseum Bosal)
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Avalokiteshvara
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Avalokiteśvara (Quan Âm)
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Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva
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Avalokiteshvara
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Kannon (Avalokiteśvara)
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Hearer of the cries of the world
this entity surface form:
Avalokiteshvara
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Avalokiteshvara
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Avataṃsaka Sutra
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Avalokiteshvara
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Thousand-Armed Avalokiteśvara
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Avalokiteshvara
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Avalokiteshvara (in some Buddhist traditions)
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Thousand-Armed Avalokiteshvara
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Bodhisattva Kannon
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Thousand-Armed Avalokiteshvara
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Thousand-Armed Avalokiteśvara
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Kannon Bodhisattva
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Avalokiteshvara
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Bodhisattva Kannon
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Avalokiteshvara
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Chenrezig
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Eleven-headed Chenrezig
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Bodhisattva of Compassion
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Avalokitesvara
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Avalokiteshvara