Bhikkhu
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A Bhikkhu is a fully ordained Buddhist monk who follows a monastic code of discipline and dedicates their life to spiritual practice and renunciation.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bhikkhu canonical | 1 |
| Buddhist monks | 1 |
| Pañcavaggiyā bhikkhus | 1 |
| Theravada monks | 1 |
| Theravāda Buddhist monks | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9119076 — 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: Bhikkhu Context triple: [Samana, relatedConcept, Bhikkhu]
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A.
Śāriputra
Śāriputra is one of the Buddha’s foremost disciples in early Buddhism, renowned for his exceptional wisdom and role as a chief disciple in the Buddhist tradition.
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B.
Jain monks
Jain monks are fully ordained ascetics in Jainism who renounce worldly life to strictly observe non-violence, self-discipline, and spiritual practices aimed at liberation.
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C.
Maudgalyāyana
Maudgalyāyana is one of the Buddha’s foremost disciples in early Buddhism, renowned for his extraordinary supernatural powers and deep spiritual insight.
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D.
Ajahn
Ajahn is a Thai Buddhist honorific title commonly used for respected monks and teachers, roughly meaning "teacher" or "master."
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E.
Jogyesa
Jogyesa is a major Buddhist temple in central Seoul that serves as the principal center of Korean Zen (Seon) Buddhism and a key cultural and religious landmark.
- 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: Bhikkhu Target entity description: A Bhikkhu is a fully ordained Buddhist monk who follows a monastic code of discipline and dedicates their life to spiritual practice and renunciation.
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A.
Śāriputra
Śāriputra is one of the Buddha’s foremost disciples in early Buddhism, renowned for his exceptional wisdom and role as a chief disciple in the Buddhist tradition.
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B.
Jain monks
Jain monks are fully ordained ascetics in Jainism who renounce worldly life to strictly observe non-violence, self-discipline, and spiritual practices aimed at liberation.
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C.
Maudgalyāyana
Maudgalyāyana is one of the Buddha’s foremost disciples in early Buddhism, renowned for his extraordinary supernatural powers and deep spiritual insight.
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D.
Ajahn
Ajahn is a Thai Buddhist honorific title commonly used for respected monks and teachers, roughly meaning "teacher" or "master."
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E.
Jogyesa
Jogyesa is a major Buddhist temple in central Seoul that serves as the principal center of Korean Zen (Seon) Buddhism and a key cultural and religious landmark.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist monk
ⓘ
monastic person ⓘ religious role ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Sangha ⓘ |
| clothing | monastic robes ⓘ |
| clothingColor |
maroon in many Tibetan traditions
ⓘ
saffron or ochre in Theravada regions ⓘ |
| corePractice |
almsround
ⓘ
meditation ⓘ observance of precepts ⓘ study of Dharma ⓘ |
| dedicatesLifeTo | spiritual practice ⓘ |
| dietaryRule | no eating after midday in many traditions ⓘ |
| etymologyFrom | Pali word “bhikkhu” meaning “almsman” or “mendicant” ⓘ |
| etymologyLanguage |
Pali
ⓘ
Sanskrit ⓘ |
| follows |
Vinaya
ⓘ
monastic code of discipline ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| goalOfPractice |
Nirvana
ⓘ
liberation from suffering ⓘ |
| governedBy | Patimokkha ⓘ |
| hasFemaleCounterpart |
Bhikkhuni
ⓘ
linked to:
bhikkhunī order
|
| languageVariant | Sanskrit equivalent “bhikshu” ⓘ |
| lifestyle |
celibate
ⓘ
community-based monastic life ⓘ simple living ⓘ |
| ordinationStage | higher ordination ⓘ |
| ordinationType | full ordination ⓘ |
| practices | renunciation ⓘ |
| presentInTradition |
Mahayana Buddhism
ⓘ
linked to:
Mahayana
Theravada Buddhism ⓘ
linked to:
Theravada
Vajrayana Buddhism ⓘ
linked to:
Vajrayana
|
| prohibits |
marriage
ⓘ
ownership of substantial personal property ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| requiresPriorStatus | novice monk (samanera) ⓘ |
| residesIn |
monastery
ⓘ
vihara ⓘ |
| roleInCommunity |
ritual specialist
ⓘ
spiritual guide ⓘ teacher of Dharma ⓘ |
| socialStatus | renunciant ⓘ |
| takesRefugeIn |
Buddha
ⓘ
Dharma ⓘ Sangha ⓘ |
| vowsInclude |
chastity
ⓘ
obedience to monastic rules ⓘ poverty ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Bhikkhu Description of subject: A Bhikkhu is a fully ordained Buddhist monk who follows a monastic code of discipline and dedicates their life to spiritual practice and renunciation.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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