Bodai Daruma
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Bodhidharma
Buddhist monk
Chan patriarch
Zen patriarch
historical figure
religious teacher
semi-legendary figure
Bodai Daruma is the Japanese name for Bodhidharma, the semi-legendary Buddhist monk credited with transmitting Chan (Zen) Buddhism to China and inspiring the Daruma doll tradition in Japan.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bodai Daruma canonical | 1 |
| Daruma | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11672671 — 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: Bodai Daruma Context triple: [Bodhidharma, knownAs, Bodai Daruma]
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A.
Takasaki Daruma
Takasaki Daruma are traditional Japanese daruma dolls produced in Takasaki, renowned as good-luck talismans symbolizing perseverance and the fulfillment of wishes.
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B.
Tajōmaru
Tajōmaru is the notorious bandit whose conflicting testimonies drive the plot and themes of truth and perception in Ryūnosuke Akutagawa’s short story "In a Grove."
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C.
Tarō
Tarō is a common Japanese masculine given name, often written with kanji meaning "eldest son" and frequently used in traditional and modern Japanese culture.
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D.
Rikichi
Rikichi is a Japanese masculine given name that can be borne by various real or fictional individuals.
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E.
Masaru
Masaru is a Japanese given name commonly used for males and borne by various notable figures in fields such as technology, sports, and entertainment.
- 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: Bodai Daruma Target entity description: Bodai Daruma is the Japanese name for Bodhidharma, the semi-legendary Buddhist monk credited with transmitting Chan (Zen) Buddhism to China and inspiring the Daruma doll tradition in Japan.
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A.
Takasaki Daruma
Takasaki Daruma are traditional Japanese daruma dolls produced in Takasaki, renowned as good-luck talismans symbolizing perseverance and the fulfillment of wishes.
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B.
Tajōmaru
Tajōmaru is the notorious bandit whose conflicting testimonies drive the plot and themes of truth and perception in Ryūnosuke Akutagawa’s short story "In a Grove."
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C.
Tarō
Tarō is a common Japanese masculine given name, often written with kanji meaning "eldest son" and frequently used in traditional and modern Japanese culture.
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D.
Rikichi
Rikichi is a Japanese masculine given name that can be borne by various real or fictional individuals.
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E.
Masaru
Masaru is a Japanese given name commonly used for males and borne by various notable figures in fields such as technology, sports, and entertainment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bodhidharma
ⓘ
Buddhist monk ⓘ Chan patriarch ⓘ Zen patriarch ⓘ historical figure ⓘ religious teacher ⓘ semi-legendary figure ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Bodhidharma
NERFINISHED
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Daruma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Chan Buddhism
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shaolin Monastery NERFINISHED ⓘ Zen Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithConcept | sudden enlightenment ⓘ |
| associatedWithPractice |
meditation
ⓘ
wall-gazing meditation ⓘ |
| centralTo | Zen patriarchal lineage narratives ⓘ |
| creditedWith |
founding the Chan school in China
ⓘ
inspiring the Zen tradition in East Asia ⓘ transmitting Chan Buddhism to China ⓘ |
| culturalSymbolIn | Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalSymbolOf |
good luck
ⓘ
perseverance ⓘ |
| depictedAs |
bearded monk
ⓘ
seated in meditation ⓘ wide-eyed figure ⓘ |
| hasLegacy |
Daruma dolls used as talismans in Japan
ⓘ
foundational figure in Zen lineages ⓘ |
| hasNameInJapanese |
ボダイダルマ
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
菩提達磨 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honorificTitle |
First Patriarch of Chan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
First Patriarch of Zen in China ⓘ |
| influenced | Zen Buddhism in Japan ⓘ |
| inJapaneseArt |
frequently portrayed in ink paintings
ⓘ
subject of Zen calligraphy and caricature ⓘ |
| inJapaneseCulture |
associated with making wishes and goals
ⓘ
represented by red, round Daruma dolls ⓘ |
| inspired | Daruma doll tradition in Japan ⓘ |
| linkedTo | Daruma-dera temples in Japan ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| subjectOf | numerous Zen koans and stories ⓘ |
| traditionallyFrom | India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
China
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ Vietnam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Bodai Daruma Description of subject: Bodai Daruma is the Japanese name for Bodhidharma, the semi-legendary Buddhist monk credited with transmitting Chan (Zen) Buddhism to China and inspiring the Daruma doll tradition in Japan.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Daruma