Ananda Coomaraswamy

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Traditionalist school thinker aesthetician art historian person philosopher scholar of religion

Ananda Coomaraswamy was a Sri Lankan philosopher, art historian, and pioneering scholar of Indian and comparative religion and aesthetics, known for his role in the Traditionalist school and his influential writings on the spiritual foundations of art.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Ananda K. Coomaraswamy	5
Ananda Coomaraswamy canonical	2
Ananda Coomaraswamy Mawatha	1
Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy	1
Coomaraswamy	1

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Target entity: Ananda Coomaraswamy
Context triple: [René Guénon, influenced, Ananda Coomaraswamy]

A. S. Satyamurti
S. Satyamurti was a prominent Indian nationalist leader and Congress politician from Madras Presidency, known for his eloquence, constitutionalist approach, and key role in the freedom movement.
B. Jiddu Krishnamurti
Jiddu Krishnamurti was an Indian philosopher and spiritual teacher known for rejecting organized religion and authority while emphasizing direct perception, psychological freedom, and self-inquiry.
C. Sri Aurobindo
Sri Aurobindo was an Indian philosopher, yogi, poet, and nationalist whose integral yoga and spiritual writings profoundly shaped modern Indian spiritual thought.
D. Mani Kaul
Mani Kaul was an influential Indian filmmaker and key figure of the Indian New Wave, known for his experimental, avant-garde approach to cinema.
E. B. L. Mitter
B. L. Mitter was an Indian lawyer and constitutional expert who served on the Constituent Assembly’s Drafting Committee that framed the Constitution of India.
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: Ananda Coomaraswamy
Target entity description: Ananda Coomaraswamy was a Sri Lankan philosopher, art historian, and pioneering scholar of Indian and comparative religion and aesthetics, known for his role in the Traditionalist school and his influential writings on the spiritual foundations of art.

A. S. Satyamurti
S. Satyamurti was a prominent Indian nationalist leader and Congress politician from Madras Presidency, known for his eloquence, constitutionalist approach, and key role in the freedom movement.
B. Jiddu Krishnamurti
Jiddu Krishnamurti was an Indian philosopher and spiritual teacher known for rejecting organized religion and authority while emphasizing direct perception, psychological freedom, and self-inquiry.
C. Sri Aurobindo
Sri Aurobindo was an Indian philosopher, yogi, poet, and nationalist whose integral yoga and spiritual writings profoundly shaped modern Indian spiritual thought.
D. Mani Kaul
Mani Kaul was an influential Indian filmmaker and key figure of the Indian New Wave, known for his experimental, avant-garde approach to cinema.
E. B. L. Mitter
B. L. Mitter was an Indian lawyer and constitutional expert who served on the Constituent Assembly’s Drafting Committee that framed the Constitution of India.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Traditionalist school thinker ⓘ aesthetician ⓘ art historian ⓘ person ⓘ philosopher ⓘ scholar of religion ⓘ
birthCountry	Sri Lanka ⓘ
birthDate	1877-08-22 ⓘ
birthPlace	Colombo ⓘ
citizenship	Ceylon ⓘ linked to: Sri Lanka United Kingdom ⓘ
deathDate	1947-09-09 ⓘ
educatedAt	University of London ⓘ Wycliffe College, Gloucestershire ⓘ
employer	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston ⓘ
familyName	Coomaraswamy ⓘ linked to: Ananda Coomaraswamy
fieldOfWork	Indology ⓘ aesthetics ⓘ art history ⓘ comparative religion ⓘ philosophy ⓘ
fullName	Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy ⓘ linked to: Ananda Coomaraswamy
gender	male ⓘ
givenName	Ananda ⓘ linked to: Ānanda
influenced	Traditionalist thinkers ⓘ art historians of Asian art ⓘ comparative religion scholars ⓘ
influencedBy	Buddhist scriptures ⓘ Hindu scriptures ⓘ René Guénon ⓘ Thomas Aquinas ⓘ linked to: St. Thomas Aquinas
knownFor	comparative studies of Eastern and Western religions ⓘ interpretation of Indian art ⓘ theory of traditional art and symbolism ⓘ writings on the spiritual foundations of art ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ Sinhala ⓘ
movement	Perennialism ⓘ Traditionalist School ⓘ
notableWork	Christian and Oriental Philosophy of Art ⓘ Hinduism and Buddhism ⓘ History of Indian and Indonesian Art ⓘ The Bugbear of Literacy ⓘ The Dance of Śiva ⓘ The Transformation of Nature in Art ⓘ
positionHeld	Curator of Indian Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston ⓘ
religion	Hinduism ⓘ
spouse	Alice Ethel Richardson ⓘ Ethel Mary Partridge ⓘ Luisa Runstein ⓘ Stella Bloch ⓘ

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