Skanda

Mahayana bodhisattva regarded as a devoted guardian of Buddhist monasteries who protects the teachings of Buddhism
Thing dharmapala Q2006388
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Skanda

Summary

Skanda is a dharmapala[1]. Skanda draws 116 Wikipedia views per month (dharmapala category, ranking #1 of 6).[2]

Key Facts

  • Skanda's image is recorded as 260201 Manpuku-ji Uji Kyoto pref Japan02s5.jpg[3].
  • Skanda is recorded as male[4].
  • Skanda's instance of is recorded as dharmapala[5].
  • Skanda's instance of is recorded as mythical character[6].
  • Skanda's instance of is recorded as Bodhisattva[7].
  • Skanda's Commons category is recorded as Skanda (Buddhism)[8].
  • Skanda's said to be the same as is recorded as Kartikeya[9].
  • Skanda's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06jrtx[10].
  • Skanda's Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts person ID is recorded as A004095[11].
  • Skanda's birthday is recorded as 3rd day of the 6th month in the Chinese calendar[12].
  • Skanda's Namuwiki ID is recorded as 위타천[13].
  • Skanda's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 78720[14].
  • Skanda's Pixiv Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 韋駄天[15].

Why It Matters

Skanda draws 116 Wikipedia views per month (dharmapala category, ranking #1 of 6).[2] Skanda has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] Skanda is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

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] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . fodizi.tw. fodizi.tw. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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