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Gelug

one of the schools of Tibetan Buddhism
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Gelug

Summary

Gelug is a school of Buddhism[1]. Gelug ranks in the top 6% of school_of_buddhism entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,071 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Gelug's instance of is recorded as school of Buddhism[3].
  • Gelug is a type of Tibetan Buddhism[4].
  • Gelug's Commons category is recorded as Gelug[5].
  • Gelug's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Gelug[6].
  • Gelug's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as denomination=gelug[7].
  • Gelug's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'bo', 'text': 'དགེ་ལུགས་པ།'}[8].

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Definition and Type

Gelug's instance of is recorded as school of Buddhism[3]. Gelug is a type of Tibetan Buddhism[4].

Why It Matters

Gelug ranks in the top 6% of school_of_buddhism entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,071 views/month).[2] Gelug has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] Gelug is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → Tibetan Buddhism
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007550683505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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