Bardo Thodol

Nyingma terma text revealed by Karma Lingpa
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Bardo Thodol
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Bardo Thodol

Summary

Bardo Thodol is a religious text[1]. It draws 1,944 Wikipedia views per month (religious_text category, ranking #25 of 234).[2]

Key Facts

  • Bardo Thodol authored Padmasambhava[3].
  • Bardo Thodol's religion is recorded as Buddhism[4].
  • Bardo Thodol's instance of is recorded as religious text[5].
  • Bardo Thodol's instance of is recorded as Buddhist text[6].
  • Bardo Thodol's genre is terma[7].
  • Bardo Thodol's Commons category is recorded as Bardo Thödol[8].
  • Bardo Thodol's has edition or translation is recorded as The Tibetan Book of the Dead[9].
  • Bardo Thodol's main subject is bardo[10].
  • Bardo Thodol's facet of is recorded as reincarnation[11].
  • Bardo Thodol's present in work is recorded as The Tibetan Book of the Dead[12].
  • Bardo Thodol's title is recorded as {'lang': 'bo', 'text': 'བར་དོ་ཐོས་གྲོལ།'}[13].
  • Bardo Thodol's located in the religious territorial entity is recorded as Tibetan Buddhism[14].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Bardo Thodol authored Padmasambhava[3].

Publication

Bardo Thodol's genre is terma[7].

Subject and Themes

Bardo Thodol's main subject is bardo[10].

Why It Matters

Bardo Thodol draws 1,944 Wikipedia views per month (religious_text category, ranking #25 of 234).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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