Śikṣānanda
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Śikṣānanda was a prominent 7th-century Buddhist monk and translator known for producing one of the most influential Chinese translations of the Avataṃsaka (Flower Garland) Sūtra.
All labels observed (1)
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| Śikṣānanda canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12162884 — 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: Śikṣānanda Context triple: [Avataṃsaka Sutra, majorChineseTranslator, Śikṣānanda]
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Somānanda
Somānanda was an early Kashmiri Śaiva philosopher and theologian whose non-dual Trika teachings helped lay the foundations for later thinkers like Abhinavagupta.
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B.
Sampurnanand
Sampurnanand was an Indian politician, educationist, and former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh known for his contributions to education and Sanskrit scholarship.
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Praneshacharya
Praneshacharya is the deeply orthodox Brahmin scholar and morally conflicted protagonist of U. R. Ananthamurthy’s Kannada novel "Samskara," whose spiritual crisis drives the narrative.
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D.
Anandatirtha
Anandatirtha is another name for Madhvacharya, the 13th-century Indian philosopher and theologian who founded the Dvaita (dualist) school of Vedanta.
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E.
Swami Vijnanananda
Swami Vijnanananda was a direct disciple of Sri Ramakrishna and a monk of the Ramakrishna Order known for his engineering skills and spiritual leadership.
- 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: Śikṣānanda Target entity description: Śikṣānanda was a prominent 7th-century Buddhist monk and translator known for producing one of the most influential Chinese translations of the Avataṃsaka (Flower Garland) Sūtra.
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A.
Somānanda
Somānanda was an early Kashmiri Śaiva philosopher and theologian whose non-dual Trika teachings helped lay the foundations for later thinkers like Abhinavagupta.
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B.
Sampurnanand
Sampurnanand was an Indian politician, educationist, and former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh known for his contributions to education and Sanskrit scholarship.
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C.
Praneshacharya
Praneshacharya is the deeply orthodox Brahmin scholar and morally conflicted protagonist of U. R. Ananthamurthy’s Kannada novel "Samskara," whose spiritual crisis drives the narrative.
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D.
Anandatirtha
Anandatirtha is another name for Madhvacharya, the 13th-century Indian philosopher and theologian who founded the Dvaita (dualist) school of Vedanta.
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E.
Swami Vijnanananda
Swami Vijnanananda was a direct disciple of Sri Ramakrishna and a monk of the Ramakrishna Order known for his engineering skills and spiritual leadership.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Avataṃsaka Sutra