Mahāparinibbāna Sutta

one of 34 suttas in the Digha Nikaya; narrates the last few months of the Gautama Buddha's life, his death and funeral, and the distribution of his relics
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Mahāparinibbāna Sutta

Summary

Mahāparinibbāna Sutta is a Buddhist text[1]. It draws 24 Wikipedia views per month (buddhist_text category, ranking #26 of 71).[2]

Key Facts

  • Mahāparinibbāna Sutta's instance of is recorded as Buddhist text[3].
  • Mahāparinibbāna Sutta's instance of is recorded as sutra[4].
  • Mahāparinibbāna Sutta's follows is recorded as Mahānidāna Sutta[5].
  • Mahāparinibbāna Sutta's followed by is recorded as Mahāsudassana Sutta[6].
  • Mahāparinibbāna Sutta's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 186700501[7].
  • Mahāparinibbāna Sutta's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 267907584[8].
  • Mahāparinibbāna Sutta's GND ID is recorded as 4275824-5[9].
  • Mahāparinibbāna Sutta's GND ID is recorded as 1089090951[10].
  • Mahāparinibbāna Sutta's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n80020325[11].
  • Mahāparinibbāna Sutta's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 13535705x[12].
  • Mahāparinibbāna Sutta's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 17057264n[13].
  • Mahāparinibbāna Sutta's IdRef ID is recorded as 050659049[14].
  • Mahāparinibbāna Sutta's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00640705[15].
  • Mahāparinibbāna Sutta's part of is recorded as Mahā Vagga[16].
  • Mahāparinibbāna Sutta's part of is recorded as Dīgha Nikāya[17].
  • Mahāparinibbāna Sutta's catalog code is recorded as DN 16[18].
  • Mahāparinibbāna Sutta's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04jqb0[19].
  • Mahāparinibbāna Sutta's work available at URL is recorded as https://suttacentral.net./dn16[20].
  • Mahāparinibbāna Sutta's work available at URL is recorded as https://suttacentral.net./dn16/en/sujato[21].
  • Mahāparinibbāna Sutta's BIBSYS ID is recorded as 90117594[22].
  • Mahāparinibbāna Sutta's BIBSYS ID is recorded as 99037091[23].
  • Mahāparinibbāna Sutta's Library of Congress Classification is recorded as BQ1300.M35-BQ1300.M359[24].
  • Mahāparinibbāna Sutta's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Mahaparinibbana-Sutta[25].
  • Mahāparinibbāna Sutta's title is recorded as {'lang': 'pi', 'text': 'Mahāparinibbānasutta'}[26].
  • Mahāparinibbāna Sutta's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment'}[27].

Why It Matters

Mahāparinibbāna Sutta draws 24 Wikipedia views per month (buddhist_text category, ranking #26 of 71).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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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.
  7. [9] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . suttacentral.net.. suttacentral.net.. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . suttacentral.net.. suttacentral.net.. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . suttacentral.net.. suttacentral.net.. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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