Koṇāgamana Buddha
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Koṇāgamana Buddha is revered in Theravāda Buddhist tradition as one of the past Buddhas who attained enlightenment long before the historical Gautama Buddha.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Koṇāgamana Buddha canonical | 2 |
| Buddha Koṇāgamana | 1 |
| Buddha as awakened teacher | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9125394 — 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: Koṇāgamana Buddha Context triple: [Shwedagon Pagoda, dedicatedTo, Koṇāgamana Buddha]
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A.
Kakusandha Buddha
Kakusandha Buddha is regarded in Buddhist tradition as one of the past Buddhas who attained enlightenment long before Gautama Buddha and is venerated as a fully awakened teacher.
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B.
Ash Buddha
Ash Buddha is a large-scale sculptural installation by contemporary Chinese artist Zhang Huan, created from incense ash to explore themes of spirituality, impermanence, and collective memory.
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C.
Bodhi
Bodhi is the enlightened understanding or awakening in Buddhism, representing the profound realization of the true nature of reality.
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D.
Shakyamuni Buddha
Shakyamuni Buddha is the historical founder of Buddhism, revered as an enlightened teacher who attained awakening and taught the path to liberation from suffering.
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E.
Bồ Đề
Bồ Đề is an urban ward of Long Biên District in Hanoi, Vietnam, known for its dense residential areas and proximity to central Hanoi across the Red River.
- 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: Koṇāgamana Buddha Target entity description: Koṇāgamana Buddha is revered in Theravāda Buddhist tradition as one of the past Buddhas who attained enlightenment long before the historical Gautama Buddha.
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A.
Kakusandha Buddha
Kakusandha Buddha is regarded in Buddhist tradition as one of the past Buddhas who attained enlightenment long before Gautama Buddha and is venerated as a fully awakened teacher.
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B.
Ash Buddha
Ash Buddha is a large-scale sculptural installation by contemporary Chinese artist Zhang Huan, created from incense ash to explore themes of spirituality, impermanence, and collective memory.
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C.
Bodhi
Bodhi is the enlightened understanding or awakening in Buddhism, representing the profound realization of the true nature of reality.
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D.
Shakyamuni Buddha
Shakyamuni Buddha is the historical founder of Buddhism, revered as an enlightened teacher who attained awakening and taught the path to liberation from suffering.
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E.
Bồ Đề
Bồ Đề is an urban ward of Long Biên District in Hanoi, Vietnam, known for its dense residential areas and proximity to central Hanoi across the Red River.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddha
ⓘ
enlightened being ⓘ figure in Theravāda Buddhism ⓘ past Buddha ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Buddha lineage ⓘ |
| attained | enlightenment ⓘ |
| category |
Theravāda canonical figure
ⓘ
mythic and religious figure ⓘ |
| chronologicalOrderAmongPastBuddhas | one of the 24 Buddhas before Gautama ⓘ |
| comparedWith |
Gautama Buddha
ⓘ
linked to:
Shakyamuni Buddha
|
| cosmicStatus | perfectly enlightened teacher of gods and humans (according to tradition) ⓘ |
| hasAttribute |
possessor of great compassion (according to tradition)
ⓘ
possessor of the Ten Powers (according to tradition) ⓘ |
| hasDevotees |
Theravāda lay followers
ⓘ
Theravāda monastics ⓘ |
| hasQuality |
omniscient wisdom (according to tradition)
ⓘ
perfect concentration (according to tradition) ⓘ perfect insight (according to tradition) ⓘ perfect liberation (according to tradition) ⓘ perfect morality (according to tradition) ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Buddha ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Pāli ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Buddhavaṃsa
ⓘ
Pāli Canon ⓘ
linked to:
the Pali Canon
Theravāda commentaries ⓘ |
| recognizedBy |
Theravāda Buddhists
ⓘ
linked to:
Theravada
|
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| roleInTradition | one of the past Buddhas ⓘ |
| scriptureRole | subject of narratives in Buddhavaṃsa ⓘ |
| temporalRelationToGautama | belongs to a previous aeon ⓘ |
| timeRelativeToGautama | long before Gautama Buddha ⓘ |
| tradition |
Theravāda
ⓘ
linked to:
Theravada
|
| veneratedAs | Fully Enlightened One ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Burmese Theravāda tradition
ⓘ
Cambodian Theravāda tradition ⓘ Lao Theravāda tradition ⓘ
linked to:
Lao Buddhism
Sri Lankan Theravāda tradition ⓘ Thai Theravāda tradition ⓘ |
| worldSystem | previous world-cycle ⓘ |
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: Koṇāgamana Buddha Description of subject: Koṇāgamana Buddha is revered in Theravāda Buddhist tradition as one of the past Buddhas who attained enlightenment long before the historical Gautama Buddha.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Koṇāgamana Buddha
linked to: Koṇāgamana Buddha