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Second Buddhist council

council, said to have taken place 70 years after the Buddha’s death, which resulted in the first schism in the Sangha between the Sthaviras and the Mahāsāṃghikas
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Second Buddhist council

Summary

Second Buddhist council is a Buddhist council[1]. It draws 14 Wikipedia views per month (buddhist_council category, ranking #4 of 5).[2]

Key Facts

  • Second Buddhist council's instance of is recorded as Buddhist council[3].
  • Second Buddhist council's follows is recorded as First Buddhist council[4].
  • Second Buddhist council's followed by is recorded as Third Buddhist council[5].
  • Second Buddhist council's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0cgvmg[6].
  • Second Buddhist council's Namuwiki ID is recorded as 제2차 결집[7].

Body

Identity

Second Buddhist council's follows is recorded as First Buddhist council[4]. Its followed by is recorded as Third Buddhist council[5].

Why It Matters

Second Buddhist council draws 14 Wikipedia views per month (buddhist_council category, ranking #4 of 5).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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