Naropa
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Naropa was an 11th-century Indian Buddhist scholar and mahasiddha renowned for his pivotal role in the development of Vajrayana and Tibetan Buddhist lineages.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Naropa canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11239030 — 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: Naropa Context triple: [Naropa University, namedAfter, Naropa]
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A.
Naropa University
Naropa University is a private liberal arts institution in Boulder, Colorado, known for integrating contemplative spiritual practices with traditional academic study.
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B.
Auraria
Auraria is a historic former gold-mining town in Lumpkin County, Georgia, known as one of the earliest sites of the Georgia Gold Rush.
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C.
Sinte Gleska University
Sinte Gleska University is a tribally controlled higher education institution on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota, dedicated to serving the Sicangu Lakota community and preserving Lakota culture and language.
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D.
Regis
Regis is an honorific term historically used in English to denote royal association, particularly in place names granted royal patronage.
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E.
Regis
Regis is an electronic music producer and DJ known for his influential work in the techno and experimental music scenes.
- 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: Naropa Target entity description: Naropa was an 11th-century Indian Buddhist scholar and mahasiddha renowned for his pivotal role in the development of Vajrayana and Tibetan Buddhist lineages.
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A.
Naropa University
Naropa University is a private liberal arts institution in Boulder, Colorado, known for integrating contemplative spiritual practices with traditional academic study.
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B.
Auraria
Auraria is a historic former gold-mining town in Lumpkin County, Georgia, known as one of the earliest sites of the Georgia Gold Rush.
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C.
Sinte Gleska University
Sinte Gleska University is a tribally controlled higher education institution on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota, dedicated to serving the Sicangu Lakota community and preserving Lakota culture and language.
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D.
Regis
Regis is an honorific term historically used in English to denote royal association, particularly in place names granted royal patronage.
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E.
Regis
Regis is an electronic music producer and DJ known for his influential work in the techno and experimental music scenes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist monk
ⓘ
Indian Buddhist scholar ⓘ historical figure ⓘ mahasiddha ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism
ⓘ
Mahamudra teachings ⓘ Nalanda Monastic University ⓘ
linked to:
Nalanda University (modern)
Six Yogas of Naropa ⓘ |
| century | 11th century ⓘ |
| doctrine |
Mahamudra realization
ⓘ
esoteric Vajrayana methods ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Mahasiddha Naropa ⓘ |
| influence |
Kagyu transmission lineages
ⓘ
linked to:
Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhist meditation systems ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Six Yogas of Naropa
ⓘ
being a key figure in the Kagyu lineage ⓘ development of Vajrayana Buddhist practice ⓘ influence on Tibetan Buddhist lineages ⓘ |
| languageContext |
Sanskrit
ⓘ
Tibetan ⓘ |
| legacy |
core practices in Kagyu monasteries
ⓘ
inspiration for later Tibetan yogis ⓘ |
| lineage |
Kagyu lineage
ⓘ
linked to:
Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism
Mahasiddha lineage ⓘ |
| nationality | Indian ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool |
Madhyamaka (Middle Way)
ⓘ
linked to:
Madhyamaka
Vajrayana ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
Indian subcontinent
ⓘ
linked to:
South Asia
|
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| role | transmitter of tantric teachings to Tibet ⓘ |
| roleAtNalanda |
abbot
ⓘ
scholar ⓘ |
| spiritualPractice |
meditation
ⓘ
tantric yoga ⓘ |
| studentOf | Tilopa ⓘ |
| teacherOf | Marpa Lotsawa ⓘ |
| timePeriod | medieval India ⓘ |
| tradition |
Tantric Buddhism
ⓘ
linked to:
Vajrayana
Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ Vajrayana Buddhism ⓘ
linked to:
Vajrayana
|
| veneratedAs | saint in Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ |
| veneratedIn | Himalayan Buddhist regions ⓘ |
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: Naropa Description of subject: Naropa was an 11th-century Indian Buddhist scholar and mahasiddha renowned for his pivotal role in the development of Vajrayana and Tibetan Buddhist lineages.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.