Sarvastivada Buddhism

E520836

Hinayana school Nikaya school early Buddhist school

Sarvastivada Buddhism was an influential early Buddhist school, prominent along the Silk Road, known for its detailed Abhidharma philosophy and the doctrine that all dharmas exist in the past, present, and future.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Sarvāstivāda	3
Sarvastivada Buddhism canonical	2
Sarvāstivāda Buddhism	2
Sarvastivada	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5459664 — 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: Sarvastivada Buddhism
Context triple: [Kingdom of Kucha, religion, Sarvastivada Buddhism]

A. Theravada
Theravada is the oldest surviving school of Buddhism, emphasizing the Pali Canon and the path of individual liberation through monastic discipline and meditation.
B. Mahayana
Mahayana is one of the two main branches of Buddhism, emphasizing the bodhisattva path and the aspiration to attain enlightenment for the benefit of all sentient beings.
C. Tibetan Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism is a form of Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism that developed in Tibet, characterized by its rich monastic tradition, tantric practices, and distinctive philosophical and ritual systems.
D. Buddhism
Buddhism is a major world religion and philosophical tradition founded on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha), emphasizing the Four Noble Truths and the path to enlightenment.
E. Tendai Buddhism
Tendai Buddhism is a major Japanese Buddhist school that emerged in the Heian period, known for its inclusive doctrine centered on the Lotus Sutra and its significant influence on later Japanese Buddhist traditions.
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: Sarvastivada Buddhism
Target entity description: Sarvastivada Buddhism was an influential early Buddhist school, prominent along the Silk Road, known for its detailed Abhidharma philosophy and the doctrine that all dharmas exist in the past, present, and future.

A. Theravada
Theravada is the oldest surviving school of Buddhism, emphasizing the Pali Canon and the path of individual liberation through monastic discipline and meditation.
B. Mahayana
Mahayana is one of the two main branches of Buddhism, emphasizing the bodhisattva path and the aspiration to attain enlightenment for the benefit of all sentient beings.
C. Tibetan Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism is a form of Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism that developed in Tibet, characterized by its rich monastic tradition, tantric practices, and distinctive philosophical and ritual systems.
D. Buddhism
Buddhism is a major world religion and philosophical tradition founded on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha), emphasizing the Four Noble Truths and the path to enlightenment.
E. Tendai Buddhism
Tendai Buddhism is a major Japanese Buddhist school that emerged in the Heian period, known for its inclusive doctrine centered on the Lotus Sutra and its significant influence on later Japanese Buddhist traditions.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hinayana school ⓘ Nikaya school ⓘ early Buddhist school ⓘ
abhidharmaPreservedIn	Chinese canon ⓘ Tibetan canon ⓘ linked to: Tibetan Kangyur
associatedWithText	Abhidharma ⓘ Abhidharma Mahavibhasa Shastra ⓘ Abhidharma Pitaka ⓘ linked to: Abhidhamma Pitaka Abhidharma texts in Sanskrit ⓘ Jñanaprasthana ⓘ Mahavibhasa ⓘ
consideredBy	later tradition as one of the 18 schools ⓘ
contrastedWith	Mahayana Buddhism ⓘ linked to: Mahayana Theravada Buddhism ⓘ linked to: Theravada
flourishedAlong	Silk Road ⓘ linked to: Silk Road routes
flourishedIn	Central Asia ⓘ Gandhara ⓘ linked to: Gandhara civilization Kashmir ⓘ
hasDoctrinalFocus	Abhidharma ⓘ linked to: Abhidhamma Pitaka
hasDoctrine	all dharmas exist in past, present, and future ⓘ real existence of dharmas in three times ⓘ sarvam asti ⓘ
hasKeyConcept	classification of dharmas ⓘ dependent origination ⓘ dharmas as ultimately real ⓘ eighteen elements (dhatus) ⓘ five aggregates (skandhas) ⓘ four noble truths ⓘ momentariness of dharmas ⓘ path to arhatship ⓘ twelve sense bases (ayatanas) ⓘ
hasMonasticCode	Sarvastivada Vinaya ⓘ linked to: Vinaya of the Mūlasarvāstivāda school
hasSubdivision	Sautrantika (as a related movement) ⓘ linked to: Sautrantika Vaibhashika Sarvastivada ⓘ linked to: Vaibhashika school
influenced	Chinese Buddhism ⓘ East Asian Abhidharma traditions ⓘ linked to: East Asian Buddhism Vaibhashika school ⓘ Yogacara school ⓘ linked to: Yogācāra
originatedIn	Indian subcontinent ⓘ Northwest India ⓘ linked to: northwestern India
religion	Buddhism ⓘ
timePeriod	circa 3rd century BCE to early 1st millennium CE ⓘ
transmittedTo	Central Asian oases ⓘ China ⓘ Khotan ⓘ linked to: Kingdom of Khotan Kucha ⓘ
usesLanguage	Gandhari ⓘ Prakrits ⓘ Sanskrit ⓘ
vinayaPreservedIn	Chinese canon ⓘ

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