Nalanda tradition
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The Nalanda tradition is a major lineage of Buddhist scholarship and practice rooted in the ancient Nalanda University, renowned for its rigorous philosophy, logic, and monastic education.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Nalanda tradition canonical | 3 |
| Nalanda Buddhist tradition | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17962212 — 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: Nalanda tradition Context triple: [Dharmakirti, associatedWith, Nalanda tradition]
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Amaravati school
The Amaravati school is an ancient Indian Buddhist art tradition renowned for its intricately carved limestone reliefs and sophisticated narrative sculptures that flourished around the stupa at Amaravati in Andhra Pradesh.
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Bhatta school
The Bhatta school is a prominent subtradition of the Mimamsa philosophical system in Hinduism, associated especially with the thinker Kumarila Bhatta and known for its rigorous defense of Vedic ritualism and epistemology.
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Kātantra school
The Kātantra school is an ancient Indian grammatical tradition that offers a simplified and more practical alternative to Pāṇini’s complex system of Sanskrit grammar.
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Cāndra school
The Cāndra school is a traditional grammatical school within the Sanskrit vyākaraṇa tradition, known for its alternative system of grammatical analysis distinct from Pāṇini’s.
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Sarvastivada school
The Sarvastivada school was an influential early Buddhist tradition known for its extensive Abhidharma scholarship and the doctrine that all dharmas exist in the past, present, and future.
- 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: Nalanda tradition Target entity description: The Nalanda tradition is a major lineage of Buddhist scholarship and practice rooted in the ancient Nalanda University, renowned for its rigorous philosophy, logic, and monastic education.
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A.
Amaravati school
The Amaravati school is an ancient Indian Buddhist art tradition renowned for its intricately carved limestone reliefs and sophisticated narrative sculptures that flourished around the stupa at Amaravati in Andhra Pradesh.
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B.
Bhatta school
The Bhatta school is a prominent subtradition of the Mimamsa philosophical system in Hinduism, associated especially with the thinker Kumarila Bhatta and known for its rigorous defense of Vedic ritualism and epistemology.
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C.
Kātantra school
The Kātantra school is an ancient Indian grammatical tradition that offers a simplified and more practical alternative to Pāṇini’s complex system of Sanskrit grammar.
-
D.
Cāndra school
The Cāndra school is a traditional grammatical school within the Sanskrit vyākaraṇa tradition, known for its alternative system of grammatical analysis distinct from Pāṇini’s.
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E.
Sarvastivada school
The Sarvastivada school was an influential early Buddhist tradition known for its extensive Abhidharma scholarship and the doctrine that all dharmas exist in the past, present, and future.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Nalanda tradition