Phra Buddha Sihing
E693976
Phra Buddha Sihing is a revered and historically significant Buddha image in Thailand, traditionally believed to date back to the Sukhothai period and associated with several major temples in the country.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Phra Buddha Sihing canonical | 2 |
| Phra Phuttha Maha Mani Rattana Patimakon | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7794225 — 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: Phra Buddha Sihing Context triple: [Wat Phra Singh, namedAfter, Phra Buddha Sihing]
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A.
Phra Mondop
Phra Mondop is an ornate scripture hall within Bangkok’s Wat Pho temple complex, known for housing sacred Buddhist texts and intricate traditional Thai architectural details.
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B.
Phra Ram
Phra Ram is the heroic central figure in the Thai epic Ramakien, revered as a righteous prince and incarnation of the god Vishnu.
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C.
Phra Ubosot
Phra Ubosot is the main ordination hall of Wat Pho in Bangkok, serving as a sacred space for important Buddhist rituals and housing revered Buddha images.
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D.
Phra Phutthayotfa Chulalok
Phra Phutthayotfa Chulalok, also known as King Rama I, was the founder of the Chakri Dynasty and the first monarch of the Rattanakosin Kingdom of Thailand.
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E.
Phra Lak
Phra Lak is a key heroic figure in Thai mythology, known as the loyal younger brother and companion of Phra Ram in the Ramakien epic.
- 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: Phra Buddha Sihing Target entity description: Phra Buddha Sihing is a revered and historically significant Buddha image in Thailand, traditionally believed to date back to the Sukhothai period and associated with several major temples in the country.
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A.
Phra Mondop
Phra Mondop is an ornate scripture hall within Bangkok’s Wat Pho temple complex, known for housing sacred Buddhist texts and intricate traditional Thai architectural details.
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B.
Phra Ram
Phra Ram is the heroic central figure in the Thai epic Ramakien, revered as a righteous prince and incarnation of the god Vishnu.
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C.
Phra Ubosot
Phra Ubosot is the main ordination hall of Wat Pho in Bangkok, serving as a sacred space for important Buddhist rituals and housing revered Buddha images.
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D.
Phra Phutthayotfa Chulalok
Phra Phutthayotfa Chulalok, also known as King Rama I, was the founder of the Chakri Dynasty and the first monarch of the Rattanakosin Kingdom of Thailand.
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E.
Phra Lak
Phra Lak is a key heroic figure in Thai mythology, known as the loyal younger brother and companion of Phra Ram in the Ramakien epic.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddha image
ⓘ
Thai cultural heritage object ⓘ religious artifact ⓘ |
| associatedWithCity |
Bangkok
ⓘ
Chiang Mai ⓘ Nakhon Si Thammarat ⓘ |
| associatedWithDynasty |
Lanna Kingdom (through Chiang Mai)
ⓘ
linked to:
Lanna Kingdom
|
| associatedWithFestival | Songkran ⓘ |
| associatedWithPeriod | Sukhothai period ⓘ |
| associatedWithRitual | Songkran water-pouring ceremonies ⓘ |
| associatedWithTemple |
Wat Phra Kaew, Bangkok
ⓘ
linked to:
Wat Phra Kaew
Wat Phra Mahathat, Nakhon Si Thammarat ⓘ
linked to:
Wat Phra Mahathat Woramahawihan
Wat Phra Singh, Chiang Mai ⓘ
linked to:
Wat Phra Singh
|
| claimedOriginalLocation |
Bangkok
ⓘ
Nakhon Si Thammarat ⓘ Wat Phra Singh, Chiang Mai ⓘ
linked to:
Wat Phra Singh
|
| country | Thailand ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | revered Buddha image in Thailand ⓘ |
| function |
object of worship
ⓘ
protective palladium of the city (traditional belief) ⓘ |
| historicalDebate | authentic original image is disputed ⓘ |
| iconography |
seated Buddha
ⓘ
linked to:
Gal Vihara seated Buddha
subduing Mara posture (traditionally described) ⓘ |
| legendaryOrigin |
believed to have been created in Sri Lanka (traditional legend)
ⓘ
brought to Sukhothai (traditional legend) ⓘ |
| material | bronze ⓘ |
| numberOfClaimedOriginals | three ⓘ |
| region |
Central Thailand
ⓘ
Northern Thailand ⓘ
linked to:
northern Thailand
Southern Thailand ⓘ
linked to:
southern Thailand
|
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| status | highly revered regional palladium ⓘ |
| style | Sukhothai style (traditional attribution) ⓘ |
| traditionalDate |
Sukhothai era
ⓘ
linked to:
Sukhothai period
|
| veneratedIn | Thailand ⓘ |
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: Phra Buddha Sihing Description of subject: Phra Buddha Sihing is a revered and historically significant Buddha image in Thailand, traditionally believed to date back to the Sukhothai period and associated with several major temples in the country.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.