Smartism
E18574
Smartism is a major Hindu tradition that emphasizes the worship of multiple deities as different manifestations of the one ultimate reality, often centered on Advaita Vedanta philosophy.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Smartism canonical | 2 |
| Smarta tradition | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T152537 — 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: Smartism Context triple: [Hinduism, hasMajorTradition, Smartism]
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A.
Intelligenzaktion
Intelligenzaktion was a secret Nazi German extermination campaign during the early stages of World War II aimed at eliminating the Polish intelligentsia and leadership class to cripple Polish society.
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Mind
Mind is a leading peer-reviewed philosophy journal, especially known for influential work in analytic philosophy and the philosophy of language.
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C.
Cognitio, sapientia, humanitas
"Cognitio, sapientia, humanitas" is the Latin motto of the University of Manchester, expressing its commitment to knowledge, wisdom, and humanity.
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D.
Think
Think is IBM’s iconic corporate slogan encapsulating its emphasis on innovation, problem-solving, and forward-looking technology.
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E.
Freedom to Learn
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- 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: Smartism Target entity description: Smartism is a major Hindu tradition that emphasizes the worship of multiple deities as different manifestations of the one ultimate reality, often centered on Advaita Vedanta philosophy.
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A.
Intelligenzaktion
Intelligenzaktion was a secret Nazi German extermination campaign during the early stages of World War II aimed at eliminating the Polish intelligentsia and leadership class to cripple Polish society.
-
B.
Mind
Mind is a leading peer-reviewed philosophy journal, especially known for influential work in analytic philosophy and the philosophy of language.
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C.
Cognitio, sapientia, humanitas
"Cognitio, sapientia, humanitas" is the Latin motto of the University of Manchester, expressing its commitment to knowledge, wisdom, and humanity.
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D.
Think
Think is IBM’s iconic corporate slogan encapsulating its emphasis on innovation, problem-solving, and forward-looking technology.
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E.
Freedom to Learn
Freedom to Learn is an influential book by humanistic psychologist Carl Rogers that explores student-centered, experiential approaches to education and personal growth.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu tradition
ⓘ
denomination of Hinduism ⓘ |
| allows | personal choice of ishta devata (chosen deity) ⓘ |
| associatedWithPhilosophy | Advaita Vedanta ⓘ |
| attitudeToSectarianism | inclusive and non-sectarian ⓘ |
| centralConcept | Brahman ⓘ |
| classedAs |
Smartism
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Smarta tradition
|
| classification | one of the major Hindu sampradayas ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
Shaivism
ⓘ
Shaktism ⓘ Smartas’ sectarian exclusivism (which it rejects) ⓘ Vaishnavism ⓘ |
| coreDoctrine | non-dualism (Advaita) ⓘ |
| emphasizes | worship of multiple deities ⓘ |
| emphasizesPractice |
Vedic ritual
ⓘ
meditation ⓘ study of scriptures (svadhyaya) ⓘ |
| geographicRegion | India ⓘ |
| historicalDevelopment | systematized in the medieval period ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Adi Shankaracharya ⓘ |
| languageOfScripture | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| panchayatanaPujaIncludes |
Ganesha
ⓘ
Devi ⓘ
surface form:
Shakti
Shiva ⓘ Surya ⓘ Vishnu ⓘ |
| recognizesDeity |
Ganesha
ⓘ
Devi ⓘ
surface form:
Shakti
Shiva ⓘ Kartikeya ⓘ
surface form:
Skanda (Kartikeya)
Surya ⓘ Vishnu ⓘ |
| religiousTraditionOf | Hinduism ⓘ |
| ritualFocus | Panchayatana puja ⓘ |
| scripturalBasis |
Bhagavad Gita
ⓘ
Brahma Sutras ⓘ Smriti texts ⓘ Upanishads ⓘ Vedas ⓘ |
| soteriologicalGoal | moksha (liberation) ⓘ |
| teaches | all major deities are equal paths to Brahman ⓘ |
| teachesPathToMoksha |
devotion (bhakti)
ⓘ
knowledge (jnana) ⓘ ritual action (karma) properly understood ⓘ |
| theologicalView | all deities are manifestations of one ultimate reality ⓘ |
| viewOnOtherDeities | local and sectarian deities are forms of the same Brahman ⓘ |
| viewOnReality |
Brahman
ⓘ
surface form:
Brahman is nirguna (without attributes) in ultimate sense
saguna Brahman (with attributes) is valid for devotional worship ⓘ |
| viewsBrahmanAs | ultimate reality ⓘ |
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: Smartism Description of subject: Smartism is a major Hindu tradition that emphasizes the worship of multiple deities as different manifestations of the one ultimate reality, often centered on Advaita Vedanta philosophy.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Smarta tradition