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Bardo Thodol

Nyingma terma text revealed by Karma Lingpa
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Bardo Thodol
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Summary

Bardo Thodol is a religious text[1]. It draws 5,961 Wikipedia views per month (religious text category, ranking #25 of 234).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: ḍrārī[3]
  • Religion or worldview: Buddhism[4]
  • Instance of: Buddhist text[5]
  • Genre: terma[6]
  • Commons category: Bardo Thödol[7]
  • Has edition or translation: The Tibetan Book of the Dead[8]
  • Main subject: bardo[9]
  • Facet of: reincarnation[10]
  • Present in work: The Tibetan Book of the Dead[11]
  • Title: བར་དོ་ཐོས་གྲོལ།[12]
  • Located in the religious territorial entity: Tibetan Buddhism[13]

Why It Matters

Bardo Thodol has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Related Entities

Padmasambhava

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · HedgeHog · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Facet of → reincarnation
    Instance of → religious text, Buddhist text
    Located in the religious territorial entity → Tibetan Buddhism
    Present in work → The Tibetan Book of the Dead
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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