Queen Vaidehī
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Queen Vaidehī is a central figure in Pure Land Buddhist tradition, known as the royal devotee in the Amitāyurdhyāna Sūtra whose suffering and plea for liberation prompt the Buddha’s teachings on visualizing Amitābha’s Pure Land.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Queen Vaidehī canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12778497 — 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: Queen Vaidehī Context triple: [Amitāyurdhyāna Sūtra, featuresCharacter, Queen Vaidehī]
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A.
Queen Trishala
Queen Trishala is revered in Jain tradition as the mother of Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankara, and is celebrated for her auspicious dreams and virtuous character.
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B.
Dhruvadevi
Dhruvadevi was a Gupta dynasty queen and consort of Emperor Chandragupta II, noted as the mother of the ruler Kumaragupta I.
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C.
Vidyavati
Vidyavati is an Indian woman whose given name is associated with the full name Vidyavati Kaur.
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D.
Gayatri Rajapatni
Gayatri Rajapatni was a prominent Javanese queen consort and influential royal figure of the Majapahit Empire in 13th–14th century Indonesia.
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E.
Devasena
Devasena is a Hindu goddess known as one of the wives of the war god Kartikeya, often associated with valor and divine grace.
- 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: Queen Vaidehī Target entity description: Queen Vaidehī is a central figure in Pure Land Buddhist tradition, known as the royal devotee in the Amitāyurdhyāna Sūtra whose suffering and plea for liberation prompt the Buddha’s teachings on visualizing Amitābha’s Pure Land.
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A.
Queen Trishala
Queen Trishala is revered in Jain tradition as the mother of Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankara, and is celebrated for her auspicious dreams and virtuous character.
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B.
Dhruvadevi
Dhruvadevi was a Gupta dynasty queen and consort of Emperor Chandragupta II, noted as the mother of the ruler Kumaragupta I.
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C.
Vidyavati
Vidyavati is an Indian woman whose given name is associated with the full name Vidyavati Kaur.
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D.
Gayatri Rajapatni
Gayatri Rajapatni was a prominent Javanese queen consort and influential royal figure of the Majapahit Empire in 13th–14th century Indonesia.
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E.
Devasena
Devasena is a Hindu goddess known as one of the wives of the war god Kartikeya, often associated with valor and divine grace.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
devotee in Pure Land Buddhism
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royal consort ⓘ scriptural character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Amitāyurdhyāna Sūtra ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
aspiration (praṇidhāna) for Pure Land rebirth
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karmic consequences of unwholesome actions within a royal family ⓘ |
| associatedDeity | Amitābha Buddha ⓘ |
| associatedPractice |
Pure Land visualization meditation
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recollection of Amitābha ⓘ |
| associatedRealm | Sukhāvatī ⓘ |
| associatedTextType | meditation sutra ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus | figure preserved in East Asian Buddhist canon ⓘ |
| contemporaryOf |
Gautama Buddha
ⓘ
linked to:
Buddha
|
| doctrinalSignificance |
illustrates accessibility of Pure Land rebirth to laypeople
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occasion for the Buddha’s detailed description of Sukhāvatī ⓘ occasion for the teaching of sixteen visualizations of the Pure Land ⓘ |
| genreContext | didactic Buddhist narrative ⓘ |
| influencedTradition |
Chinese Pure Land exegesis
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East Asian Pure Land schools ⓘ Japanese Jōdo traditions ⓘ |
| knownFor |
inspiring the exposition of visualization practices of Amitābha’s Pure Land
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plea for liberation from suffering ⓘ requesting guidance on attaining rebirth in the Pure Land ⓘ |
| languageOfPrimarySources |
Classical Chinese
ⓘ
Classical Sanskrit (reconstructed/attributed) ⓘ |
| moralLesson |
even those in high worldly status experience profound suffering
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sincere faith and aspiration can open the path to liberation ⓘ |
| motherOf | Ajātaśatru ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
archetype of the suffering lay devotee
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exemplar of faith and aspiration for rebirth in Sukhāvatī ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
aspiration for liberation from samsara
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faith in Amitābha and the Pure Land ⓘ suffering caused by familial conflict ⓘ |
| receivesTeachingFrom |
Gautama Buddha
ⓘ
linked to:
Buddha
|
| regionOfCulticReception |
China
ⓘ
Japan ⓘ Korea ⓘ Vietnam ⓘ
linked to:
Viet Nam
|
| religiousTradition |
Mahayana Buddhism
ⓘ
linked to:
Mahayana
Pure Land Buddhism ⓘ |
| roleInText | central figure whose suffering prompts the Buddha’s teaching ⓘ |
| settingOfStory |
Royal palace of Magadha
ⓘ
Rājagṛha ⓘ
linked to:
Rajagriha
|
| sourceOf | narrative basis for visualization practices in Amitāyurdhyāna Sūtra ⓘ |
| spouseOf |
King Bimbisāra
ⓘ
linked to:
Bimbisara
|
| veneratedAs | model Pure Land practitioner in East Asian Buddhism ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Queen Vaidehī Description of subject: Queen Vaidehī is a central figure in Pure Land Buddhist tradition, known as the royal devotee in the Amitāyurdhyāna Sūtra whose suffering and plea for liberation prompt the Buddha’s teachings on visualizing Amitābha’s Pure Land.
Referenced by (3)
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