Shramana
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Shramana is a term for an ancient Indian ascetic or renunciant who pursues spiritual liberation through disciplined practices outside the Vedic priestly tradition.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Śramaṇa tradition | 2 |
| Shramana canonical | 1 |
| Shramana tradition | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2280891 — 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: Shramana Context triple: [Mahavira, honorificTitle, Shramana]
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A.
Dharma
Dharma is a key concept in Indian religions signifying the moral order, righteous duty, and cosmic law that sustains and guides ethical life.
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B.
Jainism
Jainism is an ancient Indian religion that emphasizes non-violence, truth, and asceticism as the path to spiritual liberation.
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C.
Vedanta
Vedanta is a major Hindu philosophical tradition that interprets and systematizes the teachings of the Upanishads, focusing on the nature of ultimate reality (Brahman) and the self (Atman).
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D.
Dharmatattva
Dharmatattva is a philosophical and religious treatise by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay that explores the nature of dharma and ethical living within a Hindu framework.
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E.
Tirthankaras
Tirthankaras are enlightened spiritual teachers in Jainism who have conquered the cycle of birth and death and show the path of liberation to others.
- 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: Shramana Target entity description: Shramana is a term for an ancient Indian ascetic or renunciant who pursues spiritual liberation through disciplined practices outside the Vedic priestly tradition.
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A.
Dharma
Dharma is a key concept in Indian religions signifying the moral order, righteous duty, and cosmic law that sustains and guides ethical life.
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B.
Jainism
Jainism is an ancient Indian religion that emphasizes non-violence, truth, and asceticism as the path to spiritual liberation.
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C.
Vedanta
Vedanta is a major Hindu philosophical tradition that interprets and systematizes the teachings of the Upanishads, focusing on the nature of ultimate reality (Brahman) and the self (Atman).
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D.
Dharmatattva
Dharmatattva is a philosophical and religious treatise by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay that explores the nature of dharma and ethical living within a Hindu framework.
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E.
Tirthankaras
Tirthankaras are enlightened spiritual teachers in Jainism who have conquered the cycle of birth and death and show the path of liberation to others.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sanskrit term
ⓘ
ascetic tradition ⓘ religious concept ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
asceticism
ⓘ
renunciation ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
Vedic priestly tradition
ⓘ
householder life ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
ethical discipline
ⓘ
personal spiritual experience ⓘ self-control ⓘ |
| ethicalIdeal |
ahimsa
ⓘ
detachment ⓘ simplicity ⓘ |
| etymologyRoot | Sanskrit root "śram" ⓘ |
| etymologyRootMeaning | to exert oneself ⓘ |
| goal |
moksha
ⓘ
spiritual liberation ⓘ |
| hasMeaning |
seeker of liberation
ⓘ
striver ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 1st millennium BCE ⓘ |
| influenced |
Ajivika tradition
ⓘ
Buddhism ⓘ Jainism ⓘ early Yoga traditions ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| modeOfLife |
itinerant
ⓘ
monastic ⓘ |
| originatedIn | ancient India ⓘ |
| practices |
alms-begging
ⓘ
austerities ⓘ celibacy ⓘ meditation ⓘ non-violence ⓘ |
| region |
Ganges Basin
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surface form:
Ganges plain
Magadha ⓘ |
| rejects |
Brahmanical sacrificial rites
ⓘ
Vedic ritualism ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
bhikshu
ⓘ
muni ⓘ sannyasi ⓘ |
| religiousContext | ancient Indian religions ⓘ |
| socialRole |
renunciant
ⓘ
wandering mendicant ⓘ |
| textualAttestation |
Jain literature
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surface form:
Jain scriptures
Tripitaka ⓘ
surface form:
Pali Canon
early Buddhist texts ⓘ |
| worldview |
often non-Vedic
ⓘ
often non-theistic ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Shramana Description of subject: Shramana is a term for an ancient Indian ascetic or renunciant who pursues spiritual liberation through disciplined practices outside the Vedic priestly tradition.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Śramaṇa tradition
this entity surface form:
Śramaṇa tradition
this entity surface form:
Shramana tradition