Aṅgulimālīya Sūtra
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The Aṅgulimālīya Sūtra is a Mahāyāna Buddhist scripture that teaches the doctrine of tathāgatagarbha, or universal Buddha-nature, using the story of the former bandit Aṅgulimāla to illustrate the potential for enlightenment in all beings.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Angulimaliya Sutra | 1 |
| Aṅgulimālīya Sūtra canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11989603 — 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: Aṅgulimālīya Sūtra Context triple: [Tathāgatagarbha sutras, includeText, Aṅgulimālīya Sūtra]
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A.
Vajrasekhara Sutra
The Vajrasekhara Sutra is a key esoteric Buddhist tantra that, together with the Mahavairocana Sutra, forms a primary doctrinal foundation for Shingon Buddhism’s ritual and cosmological system.
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B.
Vaisesika Sutra
The Vaisesika Sutra is an ancient Indian philosophical text that systematizes the Vaisheshika school’s atomistic and realist metaphysics, detailing categories of reality such as substance, quality, and motion.
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C.
Acaranga Sutra
The Acaranga Sutra is one of the oldest and most authoritative Jain scriptures, detailing the ascetic conduct, ethical principles, and spiritual practices of early Jain monks.
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D.
Aupapatika-sutra
The Aupapatika-sutra is an early Jain scripture that describes the miraculous rebirths and karmic transformations of beings in heavenly and hellish realms.
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E.
Śrīmālādevī Siṃhanāda Sūtra
The Śrīmālādevī Siṃhanāda Sūtra is a key Mahāyāna Buddhist scripture, framed as a discourse by Queen Śrīmālā, that expounds the doctrine of tathāgatagarbha or universal Buddha-nature.
- 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: Aṅgulimālīya Sūtra Target entity description: The Aṅgulimālīya Sūtra is a Mahāyāna Buddhist scripture that teaches the doctrine of tathāgatagarbha, or universal Buddha-nature, using the story of the former bandit Aṅgulimāla to illustrate the potential for enlightenment in all beings.
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A.
Vajrasekhara Sutra
The Vajrasekhara Sutra is a key esoteric Buddhist tantra that, together with the Mahavairocana Sutra, forms a primary doctrinal foundation for Shingon Buddhism’s ritual and cosmological system.
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B.
Vaisesika Sutra
The Vaisesika Sutra is an ancient Indian philosophical text that systematizes the Vaisheshika school’s atomistic and realist metaphysics, detailing categories of reality such as substance, quality, and motion.
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C.
Acaranga Sutra
The Acaranga Sutra is one of the oldest and most authoritative Jain scriptures, detailing the ascetic conduct, ethical principles, and spiritual practices of early Jain monks.
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D.
Aupapatika-sutra
The Aupapatika-sutra is an early Jain scripture that describes the miraculous rebirths and karmic transformations of beings in heavenly and hellish realms.
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E.
Śrīmālādevī Siṃhanāda Sūtra
The Śrīmālādevī Siṃhanāda Sūtra is a key Mahāyāna Buddhist scripture, framed as a discourse by Queen Śrīmālā, that expounds the doctrine of tathāgatagarbha or universal Buddha-nature.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Aṅgulimālīya Sūtra