Ananda Coomaraswamy
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Ananda Coomaraswamy was a Sri Lankan philosopher, art historian, and pioneering scholar of Indian and comparative religion and aesthetics, known for his role in the Traditionalist school and his influential writings on the spiritual foundations of art.
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| Ananda Coomaraswamy canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Ananda Coomaraswamy Context triple: [René Guénon, influenced, Ananda Coomaraswamy]
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S. Satyamurti
S. Satyamurti was a prominent Indian nationalist leader and Congress politician from Madras Presidency, known for his eloquence, constitutionalist approach, and key role in the freedom movement.
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Jiddu Krishnamurti
Jiddu Krishnamurti was an Indian philosopher and spiritual teacher known for rejecting organized religion and authority while emphasizing direct perception, psychological freedom, and self-inquiry.
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Sri Aurobindo
Sri Aurobindo was an Indian philosopher, yogi, poet, and nationalist whose integral yoga and spiritual writings profoundly shaped modern Indian spiritual thought.
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Mani Kaul
Mani Kaul was an influential Indian filmmaker and key figure of the Indian New Wave, known for his experimental, avant-garde approach to cinema.
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B. L. Mitter
B. L. Mitter was an Indian lawyer and constitutional expert who served on the Constituent Assembly’s Drafting Committee that framed the Constitution of India.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ananda Coomaraswamy Target entity description: Ananda Coomaraswamy was a Sri Lankan philosopher, art historian, and pioneering scholar of Indian and comparative religion and aesthetics, known for his role in the Traditionalist school and his influential writings on the spiritual foundations of art.
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A.
S. Satyamurti
S. Satyamurti was a prominent Indian nationalist leader and Congress politician from Madras Presidency, known for his eloquence, constitutionalist approach, and key role in the freedom movement.
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B.
Jiddu Krishnamurti
Jiddu Krishnamurti was an Indian philosopher and spiritual teacher known for rejecting organized religion and authority while emphasizing direct perception, psychological freedom, and self-inquiry.
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C.
Sri Aurobindo
Sri Aurobindo was an Indian philosopher, yogi, poet, and nationalist whose integral yoga and spiritual writings profoundly shaped modern Indian spiritual thought.
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D.
Mani Kaul
Mani Kaul was an influential Indian filmmaker and key figure of the Indian New Wave, known for his experimental, avant-garde approach to cinema.
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E.
B. L. Mitter
B. L. Mitter was an Indian lawyer and constitutional expert who served on the Constituent Assembly’s Drafting Committee that framed the Constitution of India.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Traditionalist school thinker
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aesthetician ⓘ art historian ⓘ person ⓘ philosopher ⓘ scholar of religion ⓘ |
| birthCountry | Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1877-08-22 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Colombo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Ceylon
NERFINISHED
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1947-09-09 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of London
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Wycliffe College, Gloucestershire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Coomaraswamy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Indology
NERFINISHED
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aesthetics ⓘ art history ⓘ comparative religion ⓘ philosophy ⓘ |
| fullName | Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Ananda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Traditionalist thinkers
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art historians of Asian art ⓘ comparative religion scholars ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Buddhist scriptures
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Hindu scriptures ⓘ René Guénon NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Aquinas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
comparative studies of Eastern and Western religions
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interpretation of Indian art ⓘ theory of traditional art and symbolism ⓘ writings on the spiritual foundations of art ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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Sinhala NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement |
Perennialism
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Traditionalist School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Christian and Oriental Philosophy of Art
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Hinduism and Buddhism ⓘ History of Indian and Indonesian Art NERFINISHED ⓘ The Bugbear of Literacy NERFINISHED ⓘ The Dance of Śiva NERFINISHED ⓘ The Transformation of Nature in Art NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Curator of Indian Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| spouse |
Alice Ethel Richardson
NERFINISHED
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Ethel Mary Partridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Luisa Runstein NERFINISHED ⓘ Stella Bloch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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