Catvāri Āryasatyāni
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Catvāri Āryasatyāni is the Sanskrit term for the Four Noble Truths, the foundational Buddhist teaching that analyzes the nature of suffering and the path to its cessation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Catvāri Āryasatyāni canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2609802 — 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: Catvāri Āryasatyāni Context triple: [Four Noble Truths, sanskritName, Catvāri Āryasatyāni]
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Tattva Samkhyana
Tattva Samkhyana is a key philosophical treatise in the Dvaita Vedanta tradition that systematically outlines its dualistic metaphysics and theology.
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Vijnanabhikshu
Vijnanabhikshu was a prominent 16th-century Indian philosopher best known for his influential commentaries that systematized and harmonized the Samkhya, Yoga, and Vedanta traditions.
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Priyadarshana
Priyadarshana is traditionally regarded as one of the children of Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankara in Jainism.
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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.
Turning of the Wheel of Dharma
Turning of the Wheel of Dharma refers to the Buddha’s first sermon at Sarnath, which inaugurated the formal teaching of Buddhism and set in motion the core doctrines of the Dharma.
- 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: Catvāri Āryasatyāni Target entity description: Catvāri Āryasatyāni is the Sanskrit term for the Four Noble Truths, the foundational Buddhist teaching that analyzes the nature of suffering and the path to its cessation.
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A.
Tattva Samkhyana
Tattva Samkhyana is a key philosophical treatise in the Dvaita Vedanta tradition that systematically outlines its dualistic metaphysics and theology.
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B.
Vijnanabhikshu
Vijnanabhikshu was a prominent 16th-century Indian philosopher best known for his influential commentaries that systematized and harmonized the Samkhya, Yoga, and Vedanta traditions.
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C.
Priyadarshana
Priyadarshana is traditionally regarded as one of the children of Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankara in Jainism.
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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.
Turning of the Wheel of Dharma
Turning of the Wheel of Dharma refers to the Buddha’s first sermon at Sarnath, which inaugurated the formal teaching of Buddhism and set in motion the core doctrines of the Dharma.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist doctrinal concept
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Four Noble Truths ⓘ core Buddhist teaching ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Indian Buddhism
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surface form:
Early Buddhism
Mahayana ⓘ
surface form:
Mahāyāna Buddhism
Theravada ⓘ
surface form:
Theravāda Buddhism
Vajrayana ⓘ
surface form:
Vajrayāna Buddhism
Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ
surface form:
Śākyamuni Buddha
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| category | Buddhist Fourfold teaching ⓘ |
| classification | part of the Buddha’s basic teachings ⓘ |
| component |
Duhkha āryasatya (truth of suffering)
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Mārga āryasatya (truth of the path leading to the cessation of suffering) ⓘ Nirodha āryasatya (truth of the cessation of suffering) ⓘ Samudaya āryasatya (truth of the origin of suffering) ⓘ |
| doctrinalRole |
foundation of Buddhist doctrine
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framework for Buddhist practice ⓘ |
| epistemicStatus | described as noble truths ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
analysis of suffering
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cessation of suffering ⓘ origin of suffering ⓘ path to liberation ⓘ |
| goal |
cessation of duḥkha
ⓘ
nirvāṇa ⓘ |
| hasDoctrinalStructure | diagnosis-cause-cessation-path ⓘ |
| influenced |
Buddhist ethics
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Buddhist meditation theory ⓘ Buddhist philosophy ⓘ |
| language | Sanskrit term ⓘ |
| numberOfTruths | 4 ⓘ |
| presentedAs |
Turning of the Wheel of Dharma
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surface form:
first sermon of the Buddha
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| recognizedBy | all major Buddhist schools ⓘ |
| regionOfOrigin | ancient India ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
duḥkha
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nirvāṇa ⓘ saṃsāra ⓘ tṛṣṇā (craving) ⓘ Eightfold Path ⓘ
surface form:
Āryāṣṭāṅgamārga (Noble Eightfold Path)
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| religiousTradition | Buddhism ⓘ |
| scripturalLanguage | Pāli equivalent Cattāri Ariyasaccāni ⓘ |
| taughtAt | Sarnath ⓘ |
| taughtIn | Dharmacakrapravartana Sūtra ⓘ |
| timeOfFormulation | 5th century BCE (approximate) ⓘ |
| translatesTo | Four Noble Truths ⓘ |
| usedFor |
diagnosis of existential suffering
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prescription of a path to liberation ⓘ |
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