Vaibhashika school
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The Vaibhashika school is an early Buddhist philosophical tradition known for its detailed Abhidharma analyses and realist doctrine that all dharmas exist in the past, present, and future.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sarvāstivāda Abhidharma tradition | 1 |
| Vaibhashika Sarvastivada | 1 |
| Vaibhashika school canonical | 1 |
| Vaibhāṣika | 1 |
| Vaibhāṣika Abhidharma tradition | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21136870 — 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: Vaibhashika school Context triple: [Sarvastivada Buddhism, influenced, Vaibhashika school]
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A.
Dharmaguptaka school
The Dharmaguptaka school was an early Buddhist sect whose monastic code and doctrinal interpretations significantly shaped the development of East Asian Buddhism.
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B.
Gautama school
The Gautama school is an ancient Indian philosophical and legal tradition within early Hinduism, known for its foundational role in developing Dharmaśāstra thought.
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Śaunaka school
The Śaunaka school is an ancient Vedic scholarly tradition or recension, particularly linked to specific Brāhmaṇa and Saṃhitā texts within the Atharva Veda.
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D.
Prabhakara school
The Prabhakara school is a major subtradition of the Mimamsa branch of Hindu philosophy, known for its distinctive theories of language, epistemology, and Vedic ritual exegesis.
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E.
Sthavira Nikaya
Sthavira Nikaya was one of the earliest Buddhist monastic schools that emerged after the first schisms in the Buddhist community, forming a major lineage from which several later traditions, including Theravada, developed.
- 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: Vaibhashika school Target entity description: The Vaibhashika school is an early Buddhist philosophical tradition known for its detailed Abhidharma analyses and realist doctrine that all dharmas exist in the past, present, and future.
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A.
Dharmaguptaka school
The Dharmaguptaka school was an early Buddhist sect whose monastic code and doctrinal interpretations significantly shaped the development of East Asian Buddhism.
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B.
Gautama school
The Gautama school is an ancient Indian philosophical and legal tradition within early Hinduism, known for its foundational role in developing Dharmaśāstra thought.
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C.
Śaunaka school
The Śaunaka school is an ancient Vedic scholarly tradition or recension, particularly linked to specific Brāhmaṇa and Saṃhitā texts within the Atharva Veda.
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D.
Prabhakara school
The Prabhakara school is a major subtradition of the Mimamsa branch of Hindu philosophy, known for its distinctive theories of language, epistemology, and Vedic ritual exegesis.
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E.
Sthavira Nikaya
Sthavira Nikaya was one of the earliest Buddhist monastic schools that emerged after the first schisms in the Buddhist community, forming a major lineage from which several later traditions, including Theravada, developed.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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