Pavarana ceremony
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The Pavarana ceremony is a Buddhist monastic ritual held at the end of the rainy-season retreat in which monks formally invite feedback and acknowledge any offenses committed during the retreat.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Pavarana ceremony canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12261968 — 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: Pavarana ceremony Context triple: [Vassa, associatedFestival, Pavarana ceremony]
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A.
Kathina ceremony
The Kathina ceremony is a significant Buddhist festival marking the end of the monastic rains retreat, during which lay devotees offer new robes and other requisites to the monastic community.
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B.
Magha Puja
Magha Puja is a major Buddhist festival commemorating an early gathering of the Buddha and his disciples, observed with merit-making, chanting, and candlelit processions in many Theravada countries.
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C.
Yadnya Kasada ceremony
The Yadnya Kasada ceremony is an annual Hindu ritual of the Tenggerese people in East Java, Indonesia, in which offerings are cast into the crater of Mount Bromo to honor ancestral spirits and deities.
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D.
Melasti purification ceremony
The Melasti purification ceremony is a Balinese Hindu ritual held before Nyepi in which sacred objects and devotees are taken to the sea or other bodies of water to be ritually cleansed and purified.
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E.
Asalha Puja
Asalha Puja is a major Buddhist festival commemorating the Buddha’s first sermon and the founding of the Sangha, observed on the full moon of the eighth lunar month.
- 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: Pavarana ceremony Target entity description: The Pavarana ceremony is a Buddhist monastic ritual held at the end of the rainy-season retreat in which monks formally invite feedback and acknowledge any offenses committed during the retreat.
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A.
Kathina ceremony
The Kathina ceremony is a significant Buddhist festival marking the end of the monastic rains retreat, during which lay devotees offer new robes and other requisites to the monastic community.
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B.
Magha Puja
Magha Puja is a major Buddhist festival commemorating an early gathering of the Buddha and his disciples, observed with merit-making, chanting, and candlelit processions in many Theravada countries.
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C.
Yadnya Kasada ceremony
The Yadnya Kasada ceremony is an annual Hindu ritual of the Tenggerese people in East Java, Indonesia, in which offerings are cast into the crater of Mount Bromo to honor ancestral spirits and deities.
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D.
Melasti purification ceremony
The Melasti purification ceremony is a Balinese Hindu ritual held before Nyepi in which sacred objects and devotees are taken to the sea or other bodies of water to be ritually cleansed and purified.
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E.
Asalha Puja
Asalha Puja is a major Buddhist festival commemorating the Buddha’s first sermon and the founding of the Sangha, observed on the full moon of the eighth lunar month.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.