Jainism
E9413
Jainism is an ancient Indian religion that emphasizes non-violence, truth, and asceticism as the path to spiritual liberation.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jainism canonical | 404 |
| Jain philosophy | 3 |
| Jains | 3 |
| Jain metaphysics | 2 |
| Jainism (minority) | 2 |
| Ahimsa | 1 |
| Digambara | 1 |
| Jain monks | 1 |
| syādvāda | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T42588 — 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: Jainism Context triple: [British India, majorReligions, Jainism]
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A.
Hinduism
Hinduism is one of the world’s oldest major religions, originating in the Indian subcontinent and characterized by diverse philosophies, rituals, and traditions centered on concepts like dharma, karma, and moksha.
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B.
Buddhism
Buddhism is a major world religion and philosophical tradition founded on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha), emphasizing the Four Noble Truths and the path to enlightenment.
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C.
Sikhism
Sikhism is a monotheistic religion founded in the Punjab region of South Asia in the 15th century by Guru Nanak, emphasizing devotion to one God, equality, and community service.
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D.
Shinto
Shinto is the indigenous religion of Japan centered on the worship of kami (spirits or deities) and the veneration of nature and ancestors.
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E.
Sufism
Sufism is the mystical and spiritual dimension of Islam that emphasizes inner purification, direct experience of the divine, and a path of love and devotion to God.
- 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: Jainism Target entity description: Jainism is an ancient Indian religion that emphasizes non-violence, truth, and asceticism as the path to spiritual liberation.
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A.
Hinduism
Hinduism is one of the world’s oldest major religions, originating in the Indian subcontinent and characterized by diverse philosophies, rituals, and traditions centered on concepts like dharma, karma, and moksha.
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B.
Buddhism
Buddhism is a major world religion and philosophical tradition founded on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha), emphasizing the Four Noble Truths and the path to enlightenment.
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C.
Sikhism
Sikhism is a monotheistic religion founded in the Punjab region of South Asia in the 15th century by Guru Nanak, emphasizing devotion to one God, equality, and community service.
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D.
Shinto
Shinto is the indigenous religion of Japan centered on the worship of kami (spirits or deities) and the veneration of nature and ancestors.
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E.
Sufism
Sufism is the mystical and spiritual dimension of Islam that emphasizes inner purification, direct experience of the divine, and a path of love and devotion to God.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dharmic religion
ⓘ
Indian religion ⓘ religion ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Mahavira ⓘ |
| believesIn |
karma
ⓘ
reincarnation ⓘ |
| corePrinciple |
ahimsa
ⓘ
aparigraha ⓘ asteya ⓘ brahmacharya ⓘ satya ⓘ |
| earlyTirthankara |
Tirthankaras
ⓘ
surface form:
Rishabhanatha
|
| emphasizes |
asceticism
ⓘ
non-violence toward all living beings ⓘ truthfulness ⓘ |
| ethicalIdeal | compassion for all beings ⓘ |
| hasConcept |
ajiva
ⓘ
anekantavada ⓘ jiva ⓘ kevala jnana ⓘ syadvada ⓘ |
| influenced |
Indian ethics
ⓘ
Indian philosophy ⓘ |
| lastTirthankara | Mahavira ⓘ |
| layFollowers |
Shravakas
ⓘ
Shravikas ⓘ |
| majorFestival |
Mahavir Jayanti
ⓘ
Paryushana ⓘ |
| majorSect |
Jainism
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Digambara
Svetambara ⓘ |
| monasticOrder |
Jainism
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Jain monks
Jain nuns ⓘ |
| numberOfTirthankaras | 24 ⓘ |
| originatedIn |
South Asia
ⓘ
surface form:
Indian subcontinent
|
| populationCenter | India ⓘ |
| populationEstimate | around 4 to 5 million adherents ⓘ |
| rejects | creator god ⓘ |
| reveres | Tirthankaras ⓘ |
| ritualPractice |
pratikramana
ⓘ
samayika ⓘ |
| scripture | Agamas ⓘ |
| scriptureLanguage | Prakrit ⓘ |
| symbol |
Dharma Chakra
ⓘ
surface form:
Jain hand with wheel
swastika ⓘ |
| teaches |
many-sidedness of reality
ⓘ
non-possessiveness ⓘ strict vegetarianism ⓘ |
| ultimateGoal |
liberation of the soul from the cycle of rebirth
ⓘ
moksha ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Jainism Description of subject: Jainism is an ancient Indian religion that emphasizes non-violence, truth, and asceticism as the path to spiritual liberation.
Referenced by (418)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Northwestern India
subject surface form:
British Indians
subject surface form:
Gujarat
subject surface form:
Medieval India