Srivijayan Buddhism
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Srivijayan Buddhism was a powerful Mahayana Buddhist tradition centered in the maritime Srivijaya empire of Southeast Asia, known for its role in spreading Buddhist learning and culture across the region between the 7th and 13th centuries.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Srivijayan Buddhism canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6550236 — 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: Srivijayan Buddhism Context triple: [Chaiya, associatedWith, Srivijayan Buddhism]
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A.
Theravada
Theravada is the oldest surviving school of Buddhism, emphasizing the Pali Canon and the path of individual liberation through monastic discipline and meditation.
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B.
Vietnamese Buddhism
Vietnamese Buddhism is a tradition of Buddhism in Vietnam known for blending Mahayana and local practices and for inspiring socially active movements such as Engaged Buddhism.
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C.
East Asian Buddhism
East Asian Buddhism is the diverse regional tradition of Buddhism that developed across China, Korea, Japan, and Vietnam, characterized by schools such as Chan/Zen, Pure Land, and Tiantai, and shaped by interactions with Confucian and Daoist thought.
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D.
Indian Buddhism
Indian Buddhism is the ancient South Asian religious and philosophical tradition founded on the teachings of the Buddha, from which later schools such as Chan/Zen and much of East Asian Buddhism historically developed.
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E.
Sarvastivada Buddhism
Sarvastivada Buddhism was an influential early Buddhist school, prominent along the Silk Road, known for its detailed Abhidharma philosophy and the doctrine that all dharmas exist in the past, present, and future.
- 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: Srivijayan Buddhism Target entity description: Srivijayan Buddhism was a powerful Mahayana Buddhist tradition centered in the maritime Srivijaya empire of Southeast Asia, known for its role in spreading Buddhist learning and culture across the region between the 7th and 13th centuries.
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A.
Theravada
Theravada is the oldest surviving school of Buddhism, emphasizing the Pali Canon and the path of individual liberation through monastic discipline and meditation.
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B.
Vietnamese Buddhism
Vietnamese Buddhism is a tradition of Buddhism in Vietnam known for blending Mahayana and local practices and for inspiring socially active movements such as Engaged Buddhism.
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C.
East Asian Buddhism
East Asian Buddhism is the diverse regional tradition of Buddhism that developed across China, Korea, Japan, and Vietnam, characterized by schools such as Chan/Zen, Pure Land, and Tiantai, and shaped by interactions with Confucian and Daoist thought.
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D.
Indian Buddhism
Indian Buddhism is the ancient South Asian religious and philosophical tradition founded on the teachings of the Buddha, from which later schools such as Chan/Zen and much of East Asian Buddhism historically developed.
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E.
Sarvastivada Buddhism
Sarvastivada Buddhism was an influential early Buddhist school, prominent along the Silk Road, known for its detailed Abhidharma philosophy and the doctrine that all dharmas exist in the past, present, and future.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist tradition
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Mahayana Buddhism ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Srivijaya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithMonk |
Atisha
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yijing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centeredIn |
Southeast Asia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Srivijaya Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| declinePeriod | 13th century ⓘ |
| doctrinalOrientation |
Mahayana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vajrayana elements ⓘ |
| documentedBy | Yijing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flourishedInCentury |
10th century
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11th century ⓘ 12th century ⓘ 13th century ⓘ 7th century ⓘ 8th century ⓘ 9th century ⓘ |
| geographicRegion |
Malay Archipelago
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Maritime Southeast Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ Sumatra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
Old Malay
NERFINISHED
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Sanskrit ⓘ |
| hasScript |
Old Malay script
NERFINISHED
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Pallava script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritageSiteEvidence |
Buddhist remains in Palembang region
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Muara Takus temple complex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedRegion |
China
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Java NERFINISHED ⓘ Malay Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ Nusantara NERFINISHED ⓘ Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ Tibet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| integratedWith | local Austronesian culture ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Buddhist scholarship
ⓘ
maritime dissemination of Buddhism ⓘ monastic education ⓘ support of Buddhist monasteries ⓘ translation and transmission of Buddhist texts ⓘ |
| linkedTo |
Nalanda
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pala Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| practicedBy |
Srivijayan elite
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
monastic communities ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Indonesian Buddhism
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Malay world Buddhism ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation | Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousRole |
hub for monks traveling between China and India
ⓘ
regional Buddhist learning center ⓘ |
| supportedBy | Srivijayan rulers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Srivijayan Buddhism Description of subject: Srivijayan Buddhism was a powerful Mahayana Buddhist tradition centered in the maritime Srivijaya empire of Southeast Asia, known for its role in spreading Buddhist learning and culture across the region between the 7th and 13th centuries.
Referenced by (1)
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