Theravada

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Buddhist tradition religious denomination school of Buddhism

Theravada is the oldest surviving school of Buddhism, emphasizing the Pali Canon and the path of individual liberation through monastic discipline and meditation.

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Label	Occurrences
Theravada Buddhism	754
Theravāda Buddhism	43
Theravada canonical	24
Theravada Buddhists	8
Theravāda	6
Theravāda tradition	5
Hinayana Buddhism	4
Theravada Buddhism (majority)	3
Theravada school of Buddhism	2
Theravāda Buddhists	2
Burmese Buddhism	1
Burmese Theravada	1
Cambodian Buddhism	1
Cambodian Theravada	1
Hinayana (Theravada) Buddhism	1
Khmer Theravada Buddhism	1
Lao Theravada	1
Pali Buddhist tradition	1
Sinhalese Buddhism	1
Sri Lankan Theravada	1
Sri Lankan Theravada Buddhism	1
Sri Lankan Theravāda	1
Theravada Buddhism (dominant)	1
Theravada Buddhism (historic)	1
Theravada Buddhism (partial)	1
Theravada Buddhism is majority religion	1
Theravada Buddhist monastics	1
Theravada Buddhist tradition	1
Theravada Sangha	1
Theravada countries	1
Theravada monastic communities	1
Theravada school	1
Theravada tradition	1
Theravāda (as another early school)	1
Theravāda scholastic tradition	1
Theravāda school	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T466555 — 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: Theravada
Context triple: [Buddhism, majorBranch, Theravada]

A. Buddhism
Buddhism is a major world religion and philosophical tradition founded on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha), emphasizing the Four Noble Truths and the path to enlightenment.
B. Chan Buddhism
Chan Buddhism is a major school of Chinese Buddhism emphasizing meditation, direct insight into one’s true nature, and the transmission of enlightenment outside of scriptures.
C. Jainism
Jainism is an ancient Indian religion that emphasizes non-violence, truth, and asceticism as the path to spiritual liberation.
D. Svetambara
Svetambara is one of the two main Jain monastic and lay traditions, distinguished by its white-clad monks and nuns and its emphasis on non-possession and ascetic discipline.
E. Buddha
"Buddha" is a biographical and historical study of Siddhartha Gautama by religious historian Karen Armstrong, exploring the life, teachings, and enduring influence of the Buddha.
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: Theravada
Target entity description: Theravada is the oldest surviving school of Buddhism, emphasizing the Pali Canon and the path of individual liberation through monastic discipline and meditation.

A. Buddhism
Buddhism is a major world religion and philosophical tradition founded on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha), emphasizing the Four Noble Truths and the path to enlightenment.
B. Chan Buddhism
Chan Buddhism is a major school of Chinese Buddhism emphasizing meditation, direct insight into one’s true nature, and the transmission of enlightenment outside of scriptures.
C. Jainism
Jainism is an ancient Indian religion that emphasizes non-violence, truth, and asceticism as the path to spiritual liberation.
D. Svetambara
Svetambara is one of the two main Jain monastic and lay traditions, distinguished by its white-clad monks and nuns and its emphasis on non-possession and ascetic discipline.
E. Buddha
"Buddha" is a biographical and historical study of Siddhartha Gautama by religious historian Karen Armstrong, exploring the life, teachings, and enduring influence of the Buddha.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (65)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Buddhist tradition ⓘ religious denomination ⓘ school of Buddhism ⓘ
associatedPractice	Samatha ⓘ Vipassana ⓘ
contrastedWith	Mahayana ⓘ Vajrayana ⓘ
coreTeaching	Dependent Origination ⓘ linked to: dependent origination Four Noble Truths ⓘ Noble Eightfold Path ⓘ linked to: Eightfold Path Three Marks of Existence ⓘ
cosmology	karma ⓘ rebirth ⓘ
emphasisOn	Pali Canon ⓘ linked to: Tripitaka ethical conduct ⓘ individual liberation ⓘ insight meditation ⓘ meditation ⓘ mindfulness ⓘ monastic discipline ⓘ
ethicalFoundation	Five Precepts ⓘ Ten Precepts ⓘ
goal	Nibbana ⓘ arahantship ⓘ liberation from samsara ⓘ
hasSubtradition	Burmese Theravada ⓘ linked to: Theravada Cambodian Theravada ⓘ linked to: Theravada Lao Theravada ⓘ linked to: Theravada Sri Lankan Theravada ⓘ linked to: Theravada Thai Forest Tradition ⓘ
historicalRoot	Sthavira Nikaya ⓘ early Buddhism ⓘ
languageOfScholarship	Pali ⓘ
majorRegion	Mainland Southeast Asia ⓘ linked to: Indochinese Peninsula Sri Lanka ⓘ
meditationGoal	insight into impermanence ⓘ insight into non-self ⓘ insight into suffering ⓘ
monasticCode	Patimokkha ⓘ
monasticCommunity	Sangha ⓘ
monasticIdeal	renunciation ⓘ
originatedIn	India ⓘ
primaryScripture	Abhidhamma Pitaka ⓘ Sutta Pitaka ⓘ linked to: Tripitaka Tipitaka ⓘ linked to: Tripitaka Vinaya Pitaka ⓘ
regardsAsAuthoritative	Pali Canon ⓘ linked to: Tripitaka Tipitaka ⓘ linked to: Tripitaka
religion	Buddhism ⓘ
ritualLanguage	Pali ⓘ
scripturalLanguage	Pali ⓘ
spreadTo	Bangladesh ⓘ linked to: People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) Cambodia ⓘ India ⓘ Laos ⓘ Myanmar ⓘ Nepal ⓘ Sri Lanka ⓘ Thailand ⓘ Western countries ⓘ
usesCanon	Pali Canon ⓘ linked to: Tripitaka
viewOnBodhisattvaIdeal	secondary to arahant ideal ⓘ
viewOnBuddha	fully enlightened being ⓘ historical teacher ⓘ
viewOnScripture	Pali Canon is earliest complete Buddhist canon ⓘ

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Referenced by (877)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Buddhism → majorBranch → Theravada ⓘ

Bangkok → majorReligion → Theravada Buddhism ⓘ

linked to: Theravada

Laos → majorReligion → Theravada Buddhism ⓘ

linked to: Theravada

Myanmar → majorReligion → Theravada Buddhism ⓘ

linked to: Theravada

Kingdom of Kandy → religion → Theravada Buddhism ⓘ

subject linked to: Kingdom of Kandy (interior Sri Lanka)

linked to: Theravada

Cambodia → nationalReligion → Theravada Buddhism ⓘ

linked to: Theravada

Cambodia → majorReligion → Theravada Buddhism ⓘ

linked to: Theravada

Southern Thailand → hasSignificantReligion → Theravada Buddhism ⓘ

subject linked to: southern Thailand

linked to: Theravada

King of Thailand → religion → Theravada Buddhism ⓘ

linked to: Theravada

Manimekalai → associatedReligion → Theravada Buddhism ⓘ

linked to: Theravada

Pali → primaryReligiousUse → Theravada Buddhism ⓘ

linked to: Theravada

Pali → usedInScripturesOf → Theravada Buddhism ⓘ

linked to: Theravada

Pali → usedBy → Theravada Buddhist monastics ⓘ

linked to: Theravada

Bamar → primaryReligion → Theravada Buddhism ⓘ

linked to: Theravada

Bamar → religion → Theravada Buddhism ⓘ

linked to: Theravada

Saffron Revolution → religiousContext → Theravada Buddhism ⓘ

linked to: Theravada

Eastern religions → includes → Theravada Buddhism ⓘ

linked to: Theravada

Cambodian American → religion → Theravada Buddhism ⓘ

linked to: Theravada

Laotian American → religion → Theravada Buddhism ⓘ

linked to: Theravada

Phnom Penh → religionMajority → Theravada Buddhism ⓘ

linked to: Theravada

Vientiane → primaryReligion → Theravada Buddhism ⓘ

linked to: Theravada

Sinhalese people → religion → Theravada Buddhism ⓘ

linked to: Theravada

Sinhalese people → primaryReligion → Theravada Buddhism ⓘ

linked to: Theravada

Sinhalese people → ethnicReligion → Sinhalese Buddhism ⓘ

linked to: Theravada

Upper Burma → dominantReligion → Theravada Buddhism ⓘ

linked to: Theravada

Mon → religion → Theravada Buddhism ⓘ

linked to: Theravada

Shakyamuni Buddha → associatedWith → Theravāda Buddhism ⓘ

linked to: Theravada

Tenasserim → religionMajority → Theravada Buddhism ⓘ

linked to: Theravada

Maitreya → veneratedIn → Theravada Buddhism ⓘ

linked to: Theravada

Four Noble Truths → tradition → Theravada Buddhism ⓘ

linked to: Theravada

Tripitaka → isCanonicalFor → Theravada Buddhism ⓘ

linked to: Theravada

Tripitaka → usedBy → Theravada Buddhists ⓘ

linked to: Theravada

Theravada → hasSubtradition → Sri Lankan Theravada ⓘ

linked to: Theravada

Theravada → hasSubtradition → Burmese Theravada ⓘ

linked to: Theravada

Theravada → hasSubtradition → Cambodian Theravada ⓘ

linked to: Theravada

Theravada → hasSubtradition → Lao Theravada ⓘ

linked to: Theravada

Five Precepts → associatedWith → Theravada Buddhism ⓘ

linked to: Theravada

Middle Way → centralToSchool → Theravada Buddhism ⓘ

linked to: Theravada

Sangha → presentInTradition → Theravada Buddhism ⓘ

linked to: Theravada

Vesak → associatedWith → Theravada Buddhism ⓘ

linked to: Theravada

Bodhi tree → sacredIn → Theravada Buddhism ⓘ

linked to: Theravada

Mahayana → contrastedWith → Theravāda Buddhism ⓘ

linked to: Theravada

Asalha Puja → observedBy → Theravada Buddhists ⓘ

linked to: Theravada

Asalha Puja → associatedWith → Theravada Buddhism ⓘ

linked to: Theravada

Grand Palace → religiousAffiliation → Theravada Buddhism ⓘ

linked to: Theravada

Wat Arun → denomination → Theravada Buddhism ⓘ

linked to: Theravada

Wat Pho → buddhistSchool → Theravada Buddhism ⓘ

linked to: Theravada

Indochinese Peninsula → religion → Theravada Buddhism ⓘ

linked to: Theravada

Arakan → hasReligion → Theravada Buddhism ⓘ

linked to: Theravada

Shan → religion → Theravada Buddhism ⓘ

linked to: Theravada

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