Āgamas
E277452
Āgamas are early Buddhist scriptural collections preserving discourses attributed to the historical Buddha, closely paralleling the Pali Nikāyas in content and structure.
All labels observed (12)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Agamas | 7 |
| Chinese Āgamas | 2 |
| Agama sutras | 1 |
| Dīrgha Āgama | 1 |
| Ekottarika Āgama | 1 |
| Hinayana or Śrāvakayāna sutras | 1 |
| Kṣudraka Āgama | 1 |
| Madhyama Āgama | 1 |
| Saṃyukta Āgama | 1 |
| Sutta Pitaka | 1 |
| Āgama sutras | 1 |
| Āgamas canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2563183 — 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: Āgamas Context triple: [Shakyamuni Buddha, scripturalTraditions, Āgamas]
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A.
Culikasutras
Culikasutras are a set of Jain Āgama scriptures that form part of the canonical religious literature of Jainism.
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B.
Mulasutras
Mulasutras are foundational Jain canonical texts that outline core doctrines, ethical principles, and monastic disciplines within the Agama literature.
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C.
Mahayana sutras
The Mahayana sutras are a broad collection of later Buddhist scriptures that present the philosophical foundations, cosmology, and bodhisattva-centered ideals of Mahayana Buddhism.
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D.
Chedasutras
Chedasutras are a group of Jain canonical texts that primarily detail monastic discipline, rules of conduct, and penance for monks and nuns.
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E.
Tripitaka
Tripitaka is the traditional Buddhist canon, comprising three collections of teachings that form the foundational scriptures of the Buddhist religion.
- 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: Āgamas Target entity description: Āgamas are early Buddhist scriptural collections preserving discourses attributed to the historical Buddha, closely paralleling the Pali Nikāyas in content and structure.
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A.
Culikasutras
Culikasutras are a set of Jain Āgama scriptures that form part of the canonical religious literature of Jainism.
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B.
Mulasutras
Mulasutras are foundational Jain canonical texts that outline core doctrines, ethical principles, and monastic disciplines within the Agama literature.
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C.
Mahayana sutras
The Mahayana sutras are a broad collection of later Buddhist scriptures that present the philosophical foundations, cosmology, and bodhisattva-centered ideals of Mahayana Buddhism.
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D.
Chedasutras
Chedasutras are a group of Jain canonical texts that primarily detail monastic discipline, rules of conduct, and penance for monks and nuns.
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E.
Tripitaka
Tripitaka is the traditional Buddhist canon, comprising three collections of teachings that form the foundational scriptures of the Buddhist religion.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist scripture collection
ⓘ
early Buddhist text ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Sarvastivada school
ⓘ
surface form:
Dharmaguptaka school
Kāśyapīya school ⓘ Mahasamghika ⓘ
surface form:
Mahāsāṃghika school
Sarvastivada school ⓘ
surface form:
Sarvāstivāda school
early Buddhist schools ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus | part of Śrāvakayāna canon of some schools ⓘ |
| contains |
Āgamas
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Dīrgha Āgama
Āgamas self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Ekottarika Āgama
Āgamas self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Kṣudraka Āgama
Āgamas self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Madhyama Āgama
Āgamas self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Saṃyukta Āgama
|
| distinguishedFrom |
Abhidhamma Pitaka
ⓘ
surface form:
Abhidharma Piṭaka
Vinaya Pitaka ⓘ
surface form:
Vinaya Piṭaka
|
| etymology | derived from Sanskrit "āgama" meaning "tradition" or "that which has come down" ⓘ |
| genre | sūtra collection ⓘ |
| influenceOn | Mahāyāna exegetical traditions ⓘ |
| language |
Classical Chinese
ⓘ
Prakrit ⓘ Sanskrit ⓘ |
| parallelTo |
Sutta Pitaka
ⓘ
surface form:
Pali Nikāyas
|
| preservedAs | Sanskrit manuscript fragments ⓘ |
| preservedIn |
Chinese Buddhist Canon
ⓘ
Tibetan translations (fragments) ⓘ |
| preserves | discourses attributed to the historical Buddha ⓘ |
| regionOfPreservation |
Central Asia
ⓘ
China ⓘ India ⓘ Sri Lanka (via parallels in Pali) ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Sthavira Nikaya
ⓘ
surface form:
Nikāya
Tripitaka ⓘ
surface form:
Tripiṭaka
|
| religiousTradition | Buddhism ⓘ |
| scholarlyCategory | early Buddhist discourses ⓘ |
| similarInContentTo |
Sutta Pitaka
ⓘ
surface form:
Pali Nikāyas
|
| similarInStructureTo |
Sutta Pitaka
ⓘ
surface form:
Pali Nikāyas
|
| structure | organized by length and topic of discourses ⓘ |
| subject |
Buddha’s teachings
ⓘ
Four Noble Truths ⓘ Eightfold Path ⓘ
surface form:
Noble Eightfold Path
dependent origination ⓘ meditation practices ⓘ monastic discipline ⓘ |
| textualRelation | parallel suttas in Pali Nikāyas ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early centuries BCE and CE ⓘ |
| transmission | oral transmission before being written down ⓘ |
| usedFor |
reconstructing early Buddhist doctrine
ⓘ
textual criticism of Pali Canon ⓘ |
| usedIn | comparative Buddhist studies ⓘ |
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Subject: Āgamas Description of subject: Āgamas are early Buddhist scriptural collections preserving discourses attributed to the historical Buddha, closely paralleling the Pali Nikāyas in content and structure.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Hinayana or Śrāvakayāna sutras
this entity surface form:
Agamas
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Agamas
this entity surface form:
Agamas
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Agamas
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Chinese Āgamas
this entity surface form:
Agamas
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Agamas