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The Adamantine Scalpel

Chinese Buddhist treatise on buddha-nature by Zhanran, in the form of a dream dialogue with a stranger, named after an ancient Indian tool for cataract surgery
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The Adamantine Scalpel

Summary

The Adamantine Scalpel is a literary work[1].

Key Facts

  • The Adamantine Scalpel authored Zhanran[2].
  • The Adamantine Scalpel's instance of is recorded as literary work[3].
  • scalpel is named after The Adamantine Scalpel[4].
  • The Adamantine Scalpel's language of work or name is recorded as Classical Chinese[5].
  • The Adamantine Scalpel's catalog code is recorded as 1932[6].
  • The Adamantine Scalpel's main subject is Buddha-nature[7].
  • The Adamantine Scalpel's main subject is Tiantai doctrine[8].
  • The Adamantine Scalpel's described at URL is recorded as https://encyclopediaofbuddhism.org/wiki/Jingang_Pi[9].
  • The Adamantine Scalpel's described at URL is recorded as https://dazangthings.nz/cbc/text/143/[10].
  • The Adamantine Scalpel's described at URL is recorded as https://kabc.dongguk.edu/content/pop_seoji?dataId=ABC_KJ_A_002_0201[11].
  • The Adamantine Scalpel's published in is recorded as Sectarian Teachings Section[12].

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Adamantine Scalpel authored Zhanran[2].

Publication

The Adamantine Scalpel's language of work or name is recorded as Classical Chinese[5].

Subject and Themes

Main subjects include Buddha-nature[7] and Tiantai doctrine[8].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Author → Zhanran
    P14541 → 3pKbj4
    Instance of → literary work
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