Sanghamitta Theri
E572731
Sanghamitta Theri was an ancient Buddhist nun, daughter of Emperor Ashoka, renowned for bringing a sapling of the Bodhi Tree to Sri Lanka and helping establish the Bhikkhuni (nuns') order there.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sanghamitta Theri canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6154896 — 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: Sanghamitta Theri Context triple: [Sacred City of Anuradhapura, associatedWith, Sanghamitta Theri]
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A.
Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī
Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī was the Buddha’s foster mother and the first woman to be ordained as a Buddhist nun, traditionally regarded as the founder of the bhikkhunī (female monastic) order.
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B.
Śāriputra
Śāriputra is one of the Buddha’s foremost disciples in early Buddhism, renowned for his exceptional wisdom and role as a chief disciple in the Buddhist tradition.
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C.
Yaśodharā
Yaśodharā is traditionally regarded as the wife of Prince Siddhartha Gautama (who became the Buddha) and the mother of his son Rāhula in Buddhist narratives.
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D.
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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E.
Maudgalyāyana
Maudgalyāyana is one of the Buddha’s foremost disciples in early Buddhism, renowned for his extraordinary supernatural powers and deep spiritual insight.
- 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: Sanghamitta Theri Target entity description: Sanghamitta Theri was an ancient Buddhist nun, daughter of Emperor Ashoka, renowned for bringing a sapling of the Bodhi Tree to Sri Lanka and helping establish the Bhikkhuni (nuns') order there.
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A.
Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī
Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī was the Buddha’s foster mother and the first woman to be ordained as a Buddhist nun, traditionally regarded as the founder of the bhikkhunī (female monastic) order.
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B.
Śāriputra
Śāriputra is one of the Buddha’s foremost disciples in early Buddhism, renowned for his exceptional wisdom and role as a chief disciple in the Buddhist tradition.
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C.
Yaśodharā
Yaśodharā is traditionally regarded as the wife of Prince Siddhartha Gautama (who became the Buddha) and the mother of his son Rāhula in Buddhist narratives.
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D.
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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E.
Maudgalyāyana
Maudgalyāyana is one of the Buddha’s foremost disciples in early Buddhism, renowned for his extraordinary supernatural powers and deep spiritual insight.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist nun
ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Anuradhapura
ⓘ
Bodhi Tree ⓘ
linked to:
Bodhi tree
Maurya Empire ⓘ Sri Lanka ⓘ Theravada Buddhism ⓘ
linked to:
Theravada
|
| brought |
Bodhi Tree sapling
ⓘ
linked to:
Sri Maha Bodhi
|
| broughtTo | Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | India ⓘ |
| familyName |
Maurya dynasty
ⓘ
linked to:
Maurya Empire
|
| father | Ashoka ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| knownFor |
bringing a sapling of the Bodhi Tree to Sri Lanka
ⓘ
establishing the Bhikkhuni order in Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| languageContext | Pali ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Dipavamsa
ⓘ
Mahavamsa ⓘ |
| motherTongue | Prakrit (likely) ⓘ |
| relative |
Mahinda
ⓘ
linked to:
Mahinda Rajapaksa
|
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| roleIn |
foundation of the Bhikkhuni Sangha in Sri Lanka
ⓘ
spread of Buddhism to Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 3rd century BCE ⓘ |
| title | Theri ⓘ |
| veneratedAs | founder of the nuns' order in Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| veneratedIn | Sri Lankan Buddhism ⓘ |
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: Sanghamitta Theri Description of subject: Sanghamitta Theri was an ancient Buddhist nun, daughter of Emperor Ashoka, renowned for bringing a sapling of the Bodhi Tree to Sri Lanka and helping establish the Bhikkhuni (nuns') order there.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.