Asanga
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Asanga was a 4th-century Indian Buddhist philosopher and monk, renowned as a founder of the Yogācāra (Mind-Only) school and a major systematizer of Mahāyāna thought.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Asanga canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11672436 — 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: Asanga Context triple: [Indian Buddhism, hasPhilosopher, Asanga]
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A.
Adang
Adang is a Papuan language spoken primarily on Alor Island in eastern Indonesia, belonging to the Alor–Pantar language family.
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B.
Angangueo
Angangueo is a historic mining town in central Mexico best known as a gateway to the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve.
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C.
Ahangama
Ahangama is a coastal town in southern Sri Lanka known for its beaches, surfing spots, and traditional stilt fishermen.
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D.
Awankari
Awankari is a lesser-known Northwestern Indo-Aryan language variety traditionally spoken in parts of northern Pakistan.
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E.
Singara
Singara was an ancient fortified city in northern Mesopotamia, strategically important as a Roman-Persian frontier stronghold.
- 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: Asanga Target entity description: Asanga was a 4th-century Indian Buddhist philosopher and monk, renowned as a founder of the Yogācāra (Mind-Only) school and a major systematizer of Mahāyāna thought.
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A.
Adang
Adang is a Papuan language spoken primarily on Alor Island in eastern Indonesia, belonging to the Alor–Pantar language family.
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B.
Angangueo
Angangueo is a historic mining town in central Mexico best known as a gateway to the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve.
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C.
Ahangama
Ahangama is a coastal town in southern Sri Lanka known for its beaches, surfing spots, and traditional stilt fishermen.
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D.
Awankari
Awankari is a lesser-known Northwestern Indo-Aryan language variety traditionally spoken in parts of northern Pakistan.
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E.
Singara
Singara was an ancient fortified city in northern Mesopotamia, strategically important as a Roman-Persian frontier stronghold.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist monk
ⓘ
Buddhist philosopher ⓘ Indian philosopher ⓘ Mahayana Buddhist ⓘ Yogacara scholar ⓘ |
| activity |
commentator on Mahayana sutras
ⓘ
monastic teacher ⓘ |
| associatedTradition |
Sarvastivada (early affiliation, according to tradition)
ⓘ
linked to:
Sarvastivada school
|
| associatedWith |
Maitreya-natha
ⓘ
linked to:
Maitreya
Vasubandhu ⓘ |
| century | 4th century ⓘ |
| convertedTo |
Mahayana Buddhism
ⓘ
linked to:
Mahayana
|
| countryOfOrigin | India ⓘ |
| doctrine |
alaya-vijnana (storehouse consciousness)
ⓘ
linked to:
Storehouse consciousness (ālaya-vijñāna)
bodhisattva path ⓘ ten bhumis (stages) ⓘ three natures (trisvabhava) ⓘ vijnapti-matra (consciousness-only) ⓘ |
| era |
Gupta period
ⓘ
linked to:
Gupta period (approximate)
|
| influenced |
Dharmapala
ⓘ
linked to:
Dharmapāla
Mahayana scholasticism ⓘ Paramartha ⓘ Sthiramati ⓘ Tibetan Buddhist philosophy ⓘ Vasubandhu ⓘ Xuanzang ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Mahayana sutras
ⓘ
Maitreya-natha ⓘ
linked to:
Maitreya
Prajnaparamita sutras ⓘ
linked to:
Prajñāpāramitā sūtras
Yogacara teachings ⓘ
linked to:
Yogācāra
|
| language | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| name | Asanga ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Abhidharmasamuccaya
ⓘ
linked to:
Abhidharma-kośa of Vasubandhu
Mahayanasamgraha ⓘ
linked to:
Mahāyānasaṃgraha
Mahayanasutralankara ⓘ
linked to:
Mahāyānasaṃgraha
Yogacarabhumi-shastra ⓘ
linked to:
Yogācārabhūmi Śāstra
|
| philosophicalSchool |
Vijnanavada
ⓘ
linked to:
Vijñānavāda
Yogacara ⓘ
linked to:
Yogācāra
|
| regionActive |
Gandhara
ⓘ
linked to:
Gandhara civilization
northwestern India ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| role |
founder of the Yogacara school
ⓘ
systematizer of Mahayana thought ⓘ |
| sibling | Vasubandhu ⓘ |
| tradition |
Mahayana Buddhism
ⓘ
linked to:
Mahayana
|
| veneratedIn |
East Asian Buddhism
ⓘ
Indian Mahayana Buddhism ⓘ
linked to:
Indian Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Asanga Description of subject: Asanga was a 4th-century Indian Buddhist philosopher and monk, renowned as a founder of the Yogācāra (Mind-Only) school and a major systematizer of Mahāyāna thought.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.