Devadatta
E940305
Devadatta is a figure in Buddhist tradition known as the Buddha’s cousin who attempted to create a schism in the monastic community and is often portrayed as an antagonist.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Devadatta canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11673836 — 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: Devadatta Context triple: [Shakya, associatedWithPerson, Devadatta]
-
A.
Mahākāśyapa
Mahākāśyapa was one of the Buddha’s foremost disciples, revered in early Buddhism and Zen as the primary heir to the Buddha’s teaching and the first patriarch of the Zen lineage.
-
B.
Yuyudhana
Yuyudhana, better known as Satyaki, is a prominent Yadava warrior and ally of the Pandavas in the Indian epic Mahabharata.
-
C.
Kakusandha Buddha
Kakusandha Buddha is regarded in Buddhist tradition as one of the past Buddhas who attained enlightenment long before Gautama Buddha and is venerated as a fully awakened teacher.
-
D.
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.
-
E.
Buddhapālita
Buddhapālita was an early Indian Buddhist philosopher and commentator renowned for articulating a subtle, non-assertive interpretation of Madhyamaka thought that strongly influenced later Prāsaṅgika traditions.
- 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: Devadatta Target entity description: Devadatta is a figure in Buddhist tradition known as the Buddha’s cousin who attempted to create a schism in the monastic community and is often portrayed as an antagonist.
-
A.
Mahākāśyapa
Mahākāśyapa was one of the Buddha’s foremost disciples, revered in early Buddhism and Zen as the primary heir to the Buddha’s teaching and the first patriarch of the Zen lineage.
-
B.
Yuyudhana
Yuyudhana, better known as Satyaki, is a prominent Yadava warrior and ally of the Pandavas in the Indian epic Mahabharata.
-
C.
Kakusandha Buddha
Kakusandha Buddha is regarded in Buddhist tradition as one of the past Buddhas who attained enlightenment long before Gautama Buddha and is venerated as a fully awakened teacher.
-
D.
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.
-
E.
Buddhapālita
Buddhapālita was an early Indian Buddhist philosopher and commentator renowned for articulating a subtle, non-assertive interpretation of Madhyamaka thought that strongly influenced later Prāsaṅgika traditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
antagonist in Buddhist narratives
ⓘ
disciple of the Buddha ⓘ figure in Buddhist tradition ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Dhammapada commentary
ⓘ
Jātaka stories ⓘ
linked to:
Jataka tales
Lotus Sūtra ⓘ Pāli Canon ⓘ
linked to:
the Pali Canon
Vinaya Piṭaka ⓘ
linked to:
Vinaya Pitaka
|
| associatedWith | story of the Buddha taming the elephant Nāḷāgiri ⓘ |
| attempted |
schism in the Buddhist monastic community
ⓘ
to have the Buddha killed ⓘ |
| conflictWith |
Moggallāna
ⓘ
linked to:
Maudgalyāyana
Sāriputta ⓘ
linked to:
Śāriputra
|
| consequence | caused a minor injury to the Buddha ⓘ |
| cousinOf |
Gautama Buddha
ⓘ
linked to:
Buddha
|
| familyClan |
Śākya clan
ⓘ
linked to:
Shakya clan
|
| futurePrediction | predicted in some Mahāyāna texts to attain Buddhahood ⓘ |
| karmicFate | described as falling into hell in some texts ⓘ |
| knownFor |
attempting to split the Sangha
ⓘ
attempting to usurp leadership of the Sangha ⓘ plotting against the Buddha ⓘ |
| languageForm |
Pāli
ⓘ
Sanskrit ⓘ |
| methodOfAttack |
hired assassins against the Buddha
ⓘ
released a maddened elephant at the Buddha ⓘ rolled a boulder to injure the Buddha ⓘ |
| moralSymbolism |
example of the consequences of schism
ⓘ
example of the dangers of craving for power ⓘ example of the dangers of jealousy ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Gautama Buddha
ⓘ
linked to:
Buddha
|
| PaliName | Devadatta ⓘ |
| portrayedAs |
embodiment of ambition
ⓘ
embodiment of envy ⓘ embodiment of spiritual pride ⓘ jealous rival of the Buddha ⓘ |
| proposed |
abstaining from fish and meat
ⓘ
living at the foot of trees year-round ⓘ obligatory alms-round for food ⓘ obligatory forest dwelling for monks ⓘ stricter monastic rules ⓘ wearing only discarded rags ⓘ |
| relativeOf |
Gautama Buddha
ⓘ
linked to:
Buddha
|
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| roleInSangha | instigator of schism ⓘ |
| SanskritName | Devadatta ⓘ |
| teacherOf | some monks who followed his stricter rules ⓘ |
| tradition |
Mahāyāna Buddhism
ⓘ
linked to:
Mahayana
Theravāda Buddhism ⓘ
linked to:
Theravada
early Buddhist texts ⓘ |
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: Devadatta Description of subject: Devadatta is a figure in Buddhist tradition known as the Buddha’s cousin who attempted to create a schism in the monastic community and is often portrayed as an antagonist.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.