Aśvajit
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Aśvajit was one of the Buddha’s early disciples, traditionally remembered as the monk whose brief teaching led to the conversion of Śāriputra.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Aśvajit canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11674263 — 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: Aśvajit Context triple: [Śāriputra, convertedBy, Aśvajit]
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A.
Shatrughna
Shatrughna is a prince of Ayodhya in the Hindu epic Ramayana, known as the devoted younger brother of Rama and the twin of Lakshmana.
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B.
Asvabhahu
Asvabhahu was a literary pseudonym used by King Vajiravudh (Rama VI) of Siam for some of his written works.
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C.
Dronasimha
Dronasimha was a ruler of the Maitraka dynasty of western India, known from inscriptions as one of the early kings who helped consolidate Maitraka power in the region.
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D.
Vishvamitra
Vishvamitra is a revered sage and former king in Hindu mythology, renowned for his intense austerities, transformation into a Brahmarshi, and significant role as a mentor and protector of Rama in the Ramayana.
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E.
Indrajit
Indrajit is a powerful warrior prince in the Hindu epic Ramayana, famed for his mastery of celestial weapons and for being the formidable son of the demon king Ravana.
- 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: Aśvajit Target entity description: Aśvajit was one of the Buddha’s early disciples, traditionally remembered as the monk whose brief teaching led to the conversion of Śāriputra.
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A.
Shatrughna
Shatrughna is a prince of Ayodhya in the Hindu epic Ramayana, known as the devoted younger brother of Rama and the twin of Lakshmana.
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B.
Asvabhahu
Asvabhahu was a literary pseudonym used by King Vajiravudh (Rama VI) of Siam for some of his written works.
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C.
Dronasimha
Dronasimha was a ruler of the Maitraka dynasty of western India, known from inscriptions as one of the early kings who helped consolidate Maitraka power in the region.
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D.
Vishvamitra
Vishvamitra is a revered sage and former king in Hindu mythology, renowned for his intense austerities, transformation into a Brahmarshi, and significant role as a mentor and protector of Rama in the Ramayana.
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E.
Indrajit
Indrajit is a powerful warrior prince in the Hindu epic Ramayana, famed for his mastery of celestial weapons and for being the formidable son of the demon king Ravana.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist monk
ⓘ
arahant ⓘ early disciple of the Buddha ⓘ |
| associatedText |
Saṃyutta Nikāya
ⓘ
linked to:
Sutta Pitaka
Vinaya Mahāvagga ⓘ
linked to:
Pāli Vinaya
|
| associatedWith |
Mahāmaudgalyāyana
ⓘ
linked to:
Maudgalyāyana
Śāriputra ⓘ |
| category |
Arahant in Buddhism
ⓘ
Disciple of Gautama Buddha ⓘ Early Buddhist monk ⓘ |
| contemporaryOf |
Gautama Buddha
ⓘ
linked to:
Buddha
Mahāmaudgalyāyana ⓘ
linked to:
Maudgalyāyana
Śāriputra ⓘ |
| conversionEvent |
helped bring Mahāmaudgalyāyana to the Buddha
ⓘ
helped bring Śāriputra to the Buddha ⓘ |
| conversionOfŚāriputra | caused by hearing Aśvajit’s verse on the conditioned nature of phenomena ⓘ |
| discipline | Śrāvakayāna ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | semi-legendary early Buddhist figure ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Venerable Aśvajit ⓘ |
| knownFor |
giving a brief teaching that led to the conversion of Śāriputra
ⓘ
reciting a summary of the Buddha’s teaching on dependent origination to Śāriputra ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| livedIn | northern India ⓘ |
| nameInChinese | 阿說示 ⓘ |
| nameInPali | Assaji ⓘ |
| nameInTibetan | rTa rgyal ⓘ |
| order | bhikkhu saṅgha ⓘ |
| placeInCanon |
mentioned in the Pali Canon
ⓘ
mentioned in the Sutta Piṭaka ⓘ mentioned in the Vinaya Piṭaka ⓘ |
| region |
ancient Magadha
ⓘ
linked to:
Magadha
|
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| rememberedAs |
exemplar of concise teaching
ⓘ
humble and restrained in speech ⓘ |
| roleInTradition |
one of the Buddha’s first five disciples
ⓘ
one of the group of pañcavaggiyā bhikkhus ⓘ |
| spiritualAttainment | arahantship ⓘ |
| studentOf |
Gautama Buddha
ⓘ
linked to:
Buddha
|
| teacher |
Gautama Buddha
ⓘ
linked to:
Buddha
|
| teacherOf |
Mahāmaudgalyāyana
ⓘ
linked to:
Maudgalyāyana
Śāriputra ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 6th–5th century BCE ⓘ |
| tradition |
Mahāyāna Buddhism
ⓘ
linked to:
Mahayana
Sarvāstivāda Buddhism ⓘ
linked to:
Sarvastivada Buddhism
Theravāda Buddhism ⓘ
linked to:
Theravada
|
| verseTheme |
dependent origination
ⓘ
impermanence of conditioned things ⓘ teaching of the Tathāgata ⓘ |
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: Aśvajit Description of subject: Aśvajit was one of the Buddha’s early disciples, traditionally remembered as the monk whose brief teaching led to the conversion of Śāriputra.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.