Octagon of the Temple of the Tooth
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The Octagon of the Temple of the Tooth is a prominent octagonal pavilion attached to the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic in Kandy, Sri Lanka, traditionally used for royal and ceremonial purposes.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dalada Maluwa (Sacred Quadrangle) | 1 |
| Octagon of the Temple of the Tooth canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13480087 — 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: Octagon of the Temple of the Tooth Context triple: [octagonal pavilion (Pattirippuwa), hasAlternativeName, Octagon of the Temple of the Tooth]
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A.
Temple of the Tooth
The Temple of the Tooth is a sacred Buddhist temple in Kandy, Sri Lanka, renowned for housing a revered relic believed to be a tooth of the Buddha and serving as a major pilgrimage and cultural site.
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B.
Zurmala stupa
Zurmala stupa is an ancient Buddhist monument near Termez in southern Uzbekistan, notable as one of Central Asia’s earliest and most significant Buddhist architectural remains.
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C.
Mirisawetiya Stupa
Mirisawetiya Stupa is an ancient Buddhist dagoba in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka, revered as one of the earliest and most significant religious monuments of the island’s early Buddhist civilization.
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D.
Temple of the White Dagoba
The Temple of the White Dagoba is a historic Buddhist temple in Beijing, China, renowned for its prominent white stupa designed by the Nepalese architect Araniko during the Yuan dynasty.
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E.
Dhamek Stupa
Dhamek Stupa is a massive 6th-century Buddhist stupa at Sarnath, India, marking the site where Gautama Buddha is believed to have delivered his first sermon.
- 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: Octagon of the Temple of the Tooth Target entity description: The Octagon of the Temple of the Tooth is a prominent octagonal pavilion attached to the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic in Kandy, Sri Lanka, traditionally used for royal and ceremonial purposes.
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A.
Temple of the Tooth
The Temple of the Tooth is a sacred Buddhist temple in Kandy, Sri Lanka, renowned for housing a revered relic believed to be a tooth of the Buddha and serving as a major pilgrimage and cultural site.
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B.
Zurmala stupa
Zurmala stupa is an ancient Buddhist monument near Termez in southern Uzbekistan, notable as one of Central Asia’s earliest and most significant Buddhist architectural remains.
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C.
Mirisawetiya Stupa
Mirisawetiya Stupa is an ancient Buddhist dagoba in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka, revered as one of the earliest and most significant religious monuments of the island’s early Buddhist civilization.
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D.
Temple of the White Dagoba
The Temple of the White Dagoba is a historic Buddhist temple in Beijing, China, renowned for its prominent white stupa designed by the Nepalese architect Araniko during the Yuan dynasty.
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E.
Dhamek Stupa
Dhamek Stupa is a massive 6th-century Buddhist stupa at Sarnath, India, marking the site where Gautama Buddha is believed to have delivered his first sermon.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Octagon of the Temple of the Tooth