Sutra of Forty-two Chapters

early Chinese Buddhist text consisting of passages extracted from canonical sūtras
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Sutra of Forty-two Chapters

Summary

Sutra of Forty-two Chapters is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sutra of Forty-two Chapters's image is recorded as 佛说第四十二章经.JPG[3].
  • Sutra of Forty-two Chapters's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • 42 is named after Sutra of Forty-two Chapters[5].
  • Sutra of Forty-two Chapters's Commons category is recorded as Sutra of Forty-two Chapters[6].
  • Sutra of Forty-two Chapters's language of work or name is recorded as Chinese[7].
  • Sutra of Forty-two Chapters's catalog code is recorded as 784[8].
  • Sutra of Forty-two Chapters's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/026pf2b[9].
  • Sutra of Forty-two Chapters's has edition or translation is recorded as Q114856826[10].
  • Sutra of Forty-two Chapters's published in is recorded as Collected Sūtras Section[11].
  • Sutra of Forty-two Chapters's title is recorded as {'lang': 'lzh', 'text': '佛說四十二章經'}[12].
  • Sutra of Forty-two Chapters's ctext work ID is recorded as ctp:work:wb290039[13].

Why It Matters

Sutra of Forty-two Chapters ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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