Acaranga Sutra
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The Acaranga Sutra is one of the oldest and most authoritative Jain scriptures, detailing the ascetic conduct, ethical principles, and spiritual practices of early Jain monks.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Acaranga Sutra canonical | 1 |
| Bhagavati Sutra | 1 |
| Samavāyāṅga Sūtra | 1 |
| Uttaradhyayana Sutra | 1 |
| Ācāranga Sūtra | 1 |
| Ācārāṅga Sūtra | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7573683 — 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: Acaranga Sutra Context triple: [Jain literature, majorText, Acaranga Sutra]
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Vaisesika Sutra
The Vaisesika Sutra is an ancient Indian philosophical text that systematizes the Vaisheshika school’s atomistic and realist metaphysics, detailing categories of reality such as substance, quality, and motion.
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Vajrasekhara Sutra
The Vajrasekhara Sutra is a key esoteric Buddhist tantra that, together with the Mahavairocana Sutra, forms a primary doctrinal foundation for Shingon Buddhism’s ritual and cosmological system.
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C.
La Koro Sutro
La Koro Sutro is a choral and instrumental composition by American composer Lou Harrison that sets an Esperanto translation of the Buddhist Heart Sutra, blending Western and non-Western musical influences.
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D.
Sutra of the Rhinoceros Horn
The Sutra of the Rhinoceros Horn is an early Buddhist text that extols the virtues of solitary practice and renunciation, using the image of a rhinoceros wandering alone as its central metaphor.
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E.
Lankāvatāra Sutra
The Lankāvatāra Sutra is a key Mahayana Buddhist scripture known for its teachings on mind-only philosophy, Buddha-nature, and the importance of direct experiential realization over conceptual understanding.
- 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: Acaranga Sutra Target entity description: The Acaranga Sutra is one of the oldest and most authoritative Jain scriptures, detailing the ascetic conduct, ethical principles, and spiritual practices of early Jain monks.
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A.
Vaisesika Sutra
The Vaisesika Sutra is an ancient Indian philosophical text that systematizes the Vaisheshika school’s atomistic and realist metaphysics, detailing categories of reality such as substance, quality, and motion.
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B.
Vajrasekhara Sutra
The Vajrasekhara Sutra is a key esoteric Buddhist tantra that, together with the Mahavairocana Sutra, forms a primary doctrinal foundation for Shingon Buddhism’s ritual and cosmological system.
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C.
La Koro Sutro
La Koro Sutro is a choral and instrumental composition by American composer Lou Harrison that sets an Esperanto translation of the Buddhist Heart Sutra, blending Western and non-Western musical influences.
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D.
Sutra of the Rhinoceros Horn
The Sutra of the Rhinoceros Horn is an early Buddhist text that extols the virtues of solitary practice and renunciation, using the image of a rhinoceros wandering alone as its central metaphor.
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E.
Lankāvatāra Sutra
The Lankāvatāra Sutra is a key Mahayana Buddhist scripture known for its teachings on mind-only philosophy, Buddha-nature, and the importance of direct experiential realization over conceptual understanding.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Agama
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Jain scripture ⓘ canonical Jain text ⓘ |
| alternativeTransliteration | Ācārāṅga Sūtra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Mahavira NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorityIn | Śvetāmbara monastic discipline ⓘ |
| contains |
descriptions of permissible ascetic practices
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guidelines for wandering monks ⓘ injunctions against harming living beings ⓘ meditation instructions ⓘ prohibitions on possessions ⓘ rules for mendicants ⓘ |
| describes |
ascetic conduct of Jain monks
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ethical principles of Jainism ⓘ spiritual practices of early Jain monks ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
detachment from body and possessions
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nudity as an ideal for early monks in some sections ⓘ |
| estimatedCenturyOfComposition | 5th–3rd century BCE ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
monastic discipline
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non-violence ⓘ renunciation ⓘ self-restraint ⓘ |
| genre |
ascetic manual
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religious law text ⓘ |
| influenced | later Jain monastic codes ⓘ |
| language | Ardhamagadhi Prakrit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Angas
NERFINISHED
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Āgamas NERFINISHED ⓘ Śvetāmbara canon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionInCollection | first Anga of the Śvetāmbara canon ⓘ |
| preservedBy | Śvetāmbara Jain community NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| records |
austerities of Mahavira
NERFINISHED
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life of Mahavira ⓘ |
| religion | Jainism ⓘ |
| script |
Jain Devanagari
NERFINISHED
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Jain Śāradā NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | two main books ⓘ |
| studiedBy |
Jain monks
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Jain nuns ⓘ scholars of Jainism ⓘ |
| subject |
path to liberation in Jainism
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right conduct ⓘ |
| teaches |
carefulness in movement
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carefulness in speech ⓘ carefulness in thought ⓘ practice of ahiṃsā ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early Jain canonical period ⓘ |
| tradition | Śvetāmbara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Bhagavati Sutra
this entity surface form:
Uttaradhyayana Sutra
this entity surface form:
Ācārāṅga Sūtra