blind men and an elephant

parable from the ancient Indian subcontinent, in which several blind men feel and try to conceptualize an elephant
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blind men and an elephant

Summary

blind men and an elephant is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (947 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • blind men and an elephant's image is recorded as Medieval Jain temple Anekantavada doctrine artwork.jpg[3].
  • blind men and an elephant's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • blind men and an elephant's instance of is recorded as parable[5].
  • blind men and an elephant's part of is recorded as psychological terminology[6].
  • blind men and an elephant's Commons category is recorded as Blind men and an elephant[7].
  • blind men and an elephant's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0dctcc[8].
  • blind men and an elephant's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Blind men and an elephant[9].
  • blind men and an elephant's main subject is recorded as subjectivity[10].
  • blind men and an elephant's main subject is recorded as reductionism[11].
  • blind men and an elephant's main subject is recorded as community of inquiry[12].
  • blind men and an elephant's Commons gallery is recorded as Blind men and an elephant[13].
  • blind men and an elephant's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Elephant in the dark'}[14].
  • blind men and an elephant's title is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'くらやみのゾウ'}[15].
  • blind men and an elephant's different from is recorded as The Blind Man and the Lame[16].

Why It Matters

blind men and an elephant ranks in the top 2% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (947 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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