Avatamsaka Sutra
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The Avatamsaka Sutra is a monumental Mahayana Buddhist scripture renowned for its vast, visionary depiction of the interpenetrating cosmos and the path of the bodhisattva.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Avatamsaka Sutra canonical | 8 |
| Gaṇḍavyūha Sutra | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11989624 — 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: Avatamsaka Sutra Context triple: [Huayan, hasCentralScripture, Avatamsaka Sutra]
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A.
Lotus Sūtra
The Lotus Sūtra is one of the most influential and revered Mahayana Buddhist scriptures, celebrated for its teachings on universal Buddhahood and the ultimate unity of all Buddhist paths.
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B.
Amitāyurdhyāna Sūtra
The Amitāyurdhyāna Sūtra is a key Mahayana Buddhist scripture that teaches meditative practices for visualizing Amitābha Buddha and attaining rebirth in his Western Pure Land.
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C.
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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D.
Lankāvatāra Sutra
The Lankāvatāra Sutra is a key Mahayana Buddhist scripture known for its teachings on mind-only philosophy, Buddha-nature, and the importance of direct experiential realization over conceptual understanding.
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E.
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.
- 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: Avatamsaka Sutra Target entity description: The Avatamsaka Sutra is a monumental Mahayana Buddhist scripture renowned for its vast, visionary depiction of the interpenetrating cosmos and the path of the bodhisattva.
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A.
Lotus Sūtra
The Lotus Sūtra is one of the most influential and revered Mahayana Buddhist scriptures, celebrated for its teachings on universal Buddhahood and the ultimate unity of all Buddhist paths.
-
B.
Amitāyurdhyāna Sūtra
The Amitāyurdhyāna Sūtra is a key Mahayana Buddhist scripture that teaches meditative practices for visualizing Amitābha Buddha and attaining rebirth in his Western Pure Land.
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C.
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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D.
Lankāvatāra Sutra
The Lankāvatāra Sutra is a key Mahayana Buddhist scripture known for its teachings on mind-only philosophy, Buddha-nature, and the importance of direct experiential realization over conceptual understanding.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Huayan / Kegon
subject linked to:
Huayan / Kegon
subject linked to:
Avataṃsaka Sutra (Flower Ornament Sutra)
linked to: Avatamsaka Sutra