Mahinda Thera
E572730
Mahinda Thera was an Indian Buddhist monk traditionally credited with introducing Buddhism to Sri Lanka and playing a key role in establishing it as a major religion on the island.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mahinda Thera canonical | 4 |
| Arahat Mahinda | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6154895 — 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: Mahinda Thera Context triple: [Sacred City of Anuradhapura, associatedWith, Mahinda Thera]
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A.
Saw Maung
Saw Maung was a Burmese military general who briefly served as the head of state of Myanmar after leading the 1988 military coup.
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B.
Devanampiya Piyadassi
Devanampiya Piyadassi is an honorific title meaning “Beloved of the Gods, Pleasant to Behold,” historically associated with the Indian emperor Ashoka in his rock and pillar inscriptions.
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C.
Senasammata Vikramabahu
Senasammata Vikramabahu was a late 15th-century Sri Lankan monarch who established and ruled the independent Kingdom of Kandy in the central highlands.
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D.
Maha Ghosananda
Maha Ghosananda was a Cambodian Buddhist monk and peace activist renowned for leading nonviolent resistance and reconciliation efforts after the Khmer Rouge era, becoming a global symbol of socially engaged Buddhism.
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E.
A. T. Ariyaratne
A. T. Ariyaratne is a Sri Lankan Buddhist leader and social reformer best known as the founder of the Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement, which applies Buddhist principles to grassroots community development and peacebuilding.
- 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: Mahinda Thera Target entity description: Mahinda Thera was an Indian Buddhist monk traditionally credited with introducing Buddhism to Sri Lanka and playing a key role in establishing it as a major religion on the island.
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A.
Saw Maung
Saw Maung was a Burmese military general who briefly served as the head of state of Myanmar after leading the 1988 military coup.
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B.
Devanampiya Piyadassi
Devanampiya Piyadassi is an honorific title meaning “Beloved of the Gods, Pleasant to Behold,” historically associated with the Indian emperor Ashoka in his rock and pillar inscriptions.
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C.
Senasammata Vikramabahu
Senasammata Vikramabahu was a late 15th-century Sri Lankan monarch who established and ruled the independent Kingdom of Kandy in the central highlands.
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D.
Maha Ghosananda
Maha Ghosananda was a Cambodian Buddhist monk and peace activist renowned for leading nonviolent resistance and reconciliation efforts after the Khmer Rouge era, becoming a global symbol of socially engaged Buddhism.
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E.
A. T. Ariyaratne
A. T. Ariyaratne is a Sri Lankan Buddhist leader and social reformer best known as the founder of the Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement, which applies Buddhist principles to grassroots community development and peacebuilding.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist monk
ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ |
| activity | Buddhist missionary work ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
India
ⓘ
Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | India ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Indian ⓘ |
| knownFor |
establishing Buddhism as a major religion in Sri Lanka
ⓘ
introducing Buddhism to Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| legacy |
foundation of Buddhist institutions in Sri Lanka
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long-term spread of Buddhism on the island of Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| religiousOrder |
Buddhist Sangha
ⓘ
linked to:
Sangha
|
| religiousTradition |
Theravada Buddhism
ⓘ
linked to:
Theravada
|
| role |
missionary
ⓘ
teacher of Buddhism ⓘ |
| sphereOfInfluence |
South Asia
ⓘ
Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| title | Thera ⓘ |
| traditionallyCreditedWith | bringing Buddhism to Sri Lanka ⓘ |
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: Mahinda Thera Description of subject: Mahinda Thera was an Indian Buddhist monk traditionally credited with introducing Buddhism to Sri Lanka and playing a key role in establishing it as a major religion on the island.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Mahinda Thera
linked to: Mahinda Thera