Kathina ceremony
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The Kathina ceremony is a significant Buddhist festival marking the end of the monastic rains retreat, during which lay devotees offer new robes and other requisites to the monastic community.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kathina ceremony canonical | 3 |
| Kathina | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7306880 — 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: Kathina ceremony Context triple: [Bodh Gaya, majorFestivalObserved, Kathina ceremony]
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A.
Ullambana Festival
Ullambana Festival is a traditional Buddhist observance, especially prominent in East Asia, focused on making offerings to relieve the suffering of ancestors and hungry ghosts.
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B.
Magha Puja
Magha Puja is a major Buddhist festival commemorating an early gathering of the Buddha and his disciples, observed with merit-making, chanting, and candlelit processions in many Theravada countries.
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C.
Daijōsai (Great Thanksgiving Festival) ceremonies
Daijōsai (Great Thanksgiving Festival) ceremonies are traditional Japanese imperial rites in which a newly enthroned emperor offers first fruits of the harvest to the deities and prays for the nation’s prosperity.
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D.
Yadnya Kasada ceremony
The Yadnya Kasada ceremony is an annual Hindu ritual of the Tenggerese people in East Java, Indonesia, in which offerings are cast into the crater of Mount Bromo to honor ancestral spirits and deities.
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E.
Asalha Puja
Asalha Puja is a major Buddhist festival commemorating the Buddha’s first sermon and the founding of the Sangha, observed on the full moon of the eighth lunar month.
- 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: Kathina ceremony Target entity description: The Kathina ceremony is a significant Buddhist festival marking the end of the monastic rains retreat, during which lay devotees offer new robes and other requisites to the monastic community.
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A.
Ullambana Festival
Ullambana Festival is a traditional Buddhist observance, especially prominent in East Asia, focused on making offerings to relieve the suffering of ancestors and hungry ghosts.
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B.
Magha Puja
Magha Puja is a major Buddhist festival commemorating an early gathering of the Buddha and his disciples, observed with merit-making, chanting, and candlelit processions in many Theravada countries.
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C.
Daijōsai (Great Thanksgiving Festival) ceremonies
Daijōsai (Great Thanksgiving Festival) ceremonies are traditional Japanese imperial rites in which a newly enthroned emperor offers first fruits of the harvest to the deities and prays for the nation’s prosperity.
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D.
Yadnya Kasada ceremony
The Yadnya Kasada ceremony is an annual Hindu ritual of the Tenggerese people in East Java, Indonesia, in which offerings are cast into the crater of Mount Bromo to honor ancestral spirits and deities.
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E.
Asalha Puja
Asalha Puja is a major Buddhist festival commemorating the Buddha’s first sermon and the founding of the Sangha, observed on the full moon of the eighth lunar month.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist festival
ⓘ
religious ceremony ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Theravada Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Buddhist holidays
ⓘ
Buddhist rituals ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
community gathering
ⓘ
strengthening lay-monastic relationship ⓘ |
| duration | celebrated within a limited period after Vassa ⓘ |
| etymology | Pali term "kathina" ⓘ |
| follows | three-month rains retreat ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
accumulation of merit for donors
ⓘ
provision of material support for monasteries ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
expressing lay devotion
ⓘ
making merit ⓘ supporting the monastic community ⓘ |
| hasRitual |
chanting of parittas
ⓘ
formal robe-offering ⓘ procession to monastery ⓘ transfer of merit ⓘ |
| involves |
offering of requisites to monks
ⓘ
offering of robes ⓘ |
| linkedTo |
Buddhist monastic discipline
ⓘ
Vinaya rules ⓘ |
| marksEndOf |
Buddhist rains retreat
ⓘ
Vassa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| observedIn |
Cambodia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Laos NERFINISHED ⓘ Myanmar NERFINISHED ⓘ Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ Thailand NERFINISHED ⓘ other Theravada Buddhist countries ⓘ |
| participants |
Buddhist monastic community
ⓘ
lay devotees ⓘ |
| performedBy | Buddhist laity ⓘ |
| performedFor | Buddhist monks ⓘ |
| relatedPractice | dana (generosity) ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Sangha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Theravada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| symbolism |
gratitude to the Sangha
ⓘ
renewal of monastic life ⓘ |
| timeOfYear | end of rainy season ⓘ |
| typicalOffering |
alms bowl
ⓘ
medicine ⓘ monastic requisites ⓘ new robes ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kathina ceremony Description of subject: The Kathina ceremony is a significant Buddhist festival marking the end of the monastic rains retreat, during which lay devotees offer new robes and other requisites to the monastic community.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Kathina
this entity surface form:
Kathina