Buddhist Era
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The Buddhist Era is a year-numbering system used in several Buddhist-majority cultures, counting years from the traditional date of the Buddha’s parinirvana.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Buddhist Era canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15903395 — 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: Buddhist Era Context triple: [Sinhalese Buddhist calendar, timeStandard, Buddhist Era]
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A.
Common Era
The Common Era (CE) is the widely used secular calendar era that counts years from the traditional date of the birth of Jesus, corresponding to the same years as AD in the Gregorian and Julian calendars.
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B.
Vakataka period
The Vakataka period was a classical era of ancient Indian history (4th–6th centuries CE) marked by the rule of the Vakataka dynasty, noted for its patronage of art and architecture, including major phases of the Ajanta cave paintings.
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C.
Myanmar Era
Myanmar Era is the traditional lunisolar calendar system historically used in Myanmar for marking years, religious festivals, and cultural events.
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D.
Aji Saka
Aji Saka is a legendary Javanese cultural hero often credited in folklore with bringing civilization and the Javanese script to Java.
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E.
Saptarishi era
The Saptarishi era is an ancient Hindu calendrical epoch traditionally associated with the seven sages (Saptarishis) and used in certain regional and religious time-reckoning systems.
- 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: Buddhist Era Target entity description: The Buddhist Era is a year-numbering system used in several Buddhist-majority cultures, counting years from the traditional date of the Buddha’s parinirvana.
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A.
Common Era
The Common Era (CE) is the widely used secular calendar era that counts years from the traditional date of the birth of Jesus, corresponding to the same years as AD in the Gregorian and Julian calendars.
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B.
Vakataka period
The Vakataka period was a classical era of ancient Indian history (4th–6th centuries CE) marked by the rule of the Vakataka dynasty, noted for its patronage of art and architecture, including major phases of the Ajanta cave paintings.
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C.
Myanmar Era
Myanmar Era is the traditional lunisolar calendar system historically used in Myanmar for marking years, religious festivals, and cultural events.
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D.
Aji Saka
Aji Saka is a legendary Javanese cultural hero often credited in folklore with bringing civilization and the Javanese script to Java.
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E.
Saptarishi era
The Saptarishi era is an ancient Hindu calendrical epoch traditionally associated with the seven sages (Saptarishis) and used in certain regional and religious time-reckoning systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.