Sachen Kunga Nyingpo
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Sachen Kunga Nyingpo was a prominent 12th-century Tibetan Buddhist master and early patriarch of the Sakya tradition, renowned for his scholarship, meditation teachings, and role in establishing the school’s doctrinal foundations.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sachen Kunga Nyingpo canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13453603 — 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: Sachen Kunga Nyingpo Context triple: [Sakya school, hasImportantFigure, Sachen Kunga Nyingpo]
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Jetsun Kunga Drolchok
Jetsun Kunga Drolchok was a prominent 16th-century Tibetan Buddhist master, scholar, and lineage holder known for his influential role in the Jonang and other nonsectarian traditions.
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B.
Kundun
Kundun is a 1997 biographical drama film directed by Martin Scorsese that chronicles the early life of the 14th Dalai Lama and is renowned for its striking cinematography.
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Thorang La
Thorang La is a high mountain pass in the Annapurna region of Nepal, renowned as one of the highest trekking passes in the world and a key point on the Annapurna Circuit.
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D.
Zang Tumb Tuuum
Zang Tumb Tuuum is a seminal 1914 Futurist sound-poetry work by Italian artist Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, celebrated for its experimental typography and onomatopoeic evocation of modern warfare.
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E.
Kangchungtse
Kangchungtse is a high Himalayan subpeak of Mount Makalu located on the Nepal–Tibet border.
- 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: Sachen Kunga Nyingpo Target entity description: Sachen Kunga Nyingpo was a prominent 12th-century Tibetan Buddhist master and early patriarch of the Sakya tradition, renowned for his scholarship, meditation teachings, and role in establishing the school’s doctrinal foundations.
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A.
Jetsun Kunga Drolchok
Jetsun Kunga Drolchok was a prominent 16th-century Tibetan Buddhist master, scholar, and lineage holder known for his influential role in the Jonang and other nonsectarian traditions.
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B.
Kundun
Kundun is a 1997 biographical drama film directed by Martin Scorsese that chronicles the early life of the 14th Dalai Lama and is renowned for its striking cinematography.
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C.
Thorang La
Thorang La is a high mountain pass in the Annapurna region of Nepal, renowned as one of the highest trekking passes in the world and a key point on the Annapurna Circuit.
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D.
Zang Tumb Tuuum
Zang Tumb Tuuum is a seminal 1914 Futurist sound-poetry work by Italian artist Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, celebrated for its experimental typography and onomatopoeic evocation of modern warfare.
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E.
Kangchungtse
Kangchungtse is a high Himalayan subpeak of Mount Makalu located on the Nepal–Tibet border.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist scholar
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Sakya patriarch ⓘ Tibetan Buddhist master ⓘ meditation teacher ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Sakya tradition ⓘ |
| centuryActive | 12th century ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
development of Sakya meditation instructions
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systematization of Sakya doctrine ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Tibetan ⓘ |
| doctrinalFocus |
Mahayana Buddhism
NERFINISHED
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Vajrayana Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfActivity |
Buddhist meditation
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Buddhist philosophy ⓘ monastic leadership ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Sachen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of Tibetan scholasticism
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later Sakya masters ⓘ |
| knownAs | an early architect of Sakya doctrinal identity ⓘ |
| notableFor |
establishing doctrinal foundations of the Sakya school
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meditation teachings ⓘ scholarship ⓘ |
| region | Tibet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| religiousOrder | Sakya school NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInSchool | early patriarch of the Sakya tradition ⓘ |
| school | Sakya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taught |
Buddhist ethics
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philosophical view and meditation integration ⓘ |
| timePeriod | medieval Tibet ⓘ |
| tradition | Tibetan Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sachen Kunga Nyingpo Description of subject: Sachen Kunga Nyingpo was a prominent 12th-century Tibetan Buddhist master and early patriarch of the Sakya tradition, renowned for his scholarship, meditation teachings, and role in establishing the school’s doctrinal foundations.
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