Drepung Monastery
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Drepung Monastery is one of Tibet’s largest and historically most important Gelug Buddhist monasteries, located on the outskirts of Lhasa.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Drepung Monastery canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7983991 — 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: Drepung Monastery Context triple: [Lhasa, contains, Drepung Monastery]
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Sera Monastery
Sera Monastery is one of the great Gelug university monasteries of Tibetan Buddhism, renowned for its monastic debates and historic role as a major religious and educational center near Lhasa.
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Phugtal Monastery
Phugtal Monastery is a remote Buddhist monastery in the Zanskar region of Ladakh, India, dramatically built into the mouth of a cliffside cave and known for its ancient cave complex and isolation.
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C.
Hemis Monastery
Hemis Monastery is a prominent Tibetan Buddhist monastery in the Indian Himalayas, renowned for its annual Hemis festival, rich cultural heritage, and impressive collection of ancient artifacts and thangkas.
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D.
Enchey Monastery
Enchey Monastery is a 19th-century Buddhist monastery near Gangtok in Sikkim, India, known for its sacred Nyingma tradition, religious festivals, and scenic hilltop setting.
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Dhankar Monastery
Dhankar Monastery is an ancient cliffside Buddhist gompa in Himachal Pradesh’s Spiti Valley, renowned for its dramatic location overlooking the confluence of the Spiti and Pin rivers.
- 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: Drepung Monastery Target entity description: Drepung Monastery is one of Tibet’s largest and historically most important Gelug Buddhist monasteries, located on the outskirts of Lhasa.
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A.
Sera Monastery
Sera Monastery is one of the great Gelug university monasteries of Tibetan Buddhism, renowned for its monastic debates and historic role as a major religious and educational center near Lhasa.
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B.
Phugtal Monastery
Phugtal Monastery is a remote Buddhist monastery in the Zanskar region of Ladakh, India, dramatically built into the mouth of a cliffside cave and known for its ancient cave complex and isolation.
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C.
Hemis Monastery
Hemis Monastery is a prominent Tibetan Buddhist monastery in the Indian Himalayas, renowned for its annual Hemis festival, rich cultural heritage, and impressive collection of ancient artifacts and thangkas.
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D.
Enchey Monastery
Enchey Monastery is a 19th-century Buddhist monastery near Gangtok in Sikkim, India, known for its sacred Nyingma tradition, religious festivals, and scenic hilltop setting.
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E.
Dhankar Monastery
Dhankar Monastery is an ancient cliffside Buddhist gompa in Himachal Pradesh’s Spiti Valley, renowned for its dramatic location overlooking the confluence of the Spiti and Pin rivers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist monastery
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Gelug monastery ⓘ |
| alternativeName | ’Bras-spungs Monastery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Tibetan ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Dalai Lama
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gelug school NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains | Ganden Phodrang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| currentFunction |
active monastery
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tourist attraction ⓘ |
| elevation | approximately 3800 meters above sea level ⓘ |
| festival | Shoton Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Jamyang Chöjé Tashi Palden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedIn | 1416 ⓘ |
| foundingOrder | Gelug NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| GandenPhodrangRole | former residence of the Dalai Lamas ⓘ |
| governingBody | Chinese authorities ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | important cultural site of Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ |
| historicalRole | principal seat of the Dalai Lamas before the Potala Palace ⓘ |
| languageOfLiturgy | Tibetan ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Lhasa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tibet Autonomous Region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Lhasa River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Gambo Utse mountain
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
outskirts of Lhasa ⓘ |
| monasticColleges |
Deyang College
NERFINISHED
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Gomang College NERFINISHED ⓘ Gyelwa or Tösamling College NERFINISHED ⓘ Loseling College NERFINISHED ⓘ Ngagpa College NERFINISHED ⓘ Shagkor College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Drepung in South India ⓘ |
| nearbyMonasteries |
Ganden Monastery
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sera Monastery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
extensive monastic housing complexes
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large assembly hall ⓘ |
| peakMonkPopulation | around 10000 monks ⓘ |
| pilgrimageSiteFor | Tibetan Buddhists ⓘ |
| region | Central Tibet ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation |
Buddhism
NERFINISHED
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Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInEducation | major center of Gelug scholastic training ⓘ |
| ShotonFestivalFeature | unveiling of a giant thangka of the Buddha ⓘ |
| significance |
one of the great three Gelug monasteries of Lhasa
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one of the largest monasteries in Tibet ⓘ |
| tradition |
monastic debate
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scholastic study of Buddhist philosophy ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Drepung Monastery Description of subject: Drepung Monastery is one of Tibet’s largest and historically most important Gelug Buddhist monasteries, located on the outskirts of Lhasa.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.