Vimalakirti Sutra

Mahayana sutra describing a lay Buddhist meditator who has attained a very high degree of enlightenment
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Vimalakirti Sutra
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Vimalakirti Sutra

Summary

Vimalakirti Sutra is a Mahayana sutra[1]. It draws 108 Wikipedia views per month (mahayana_sutra category, ranking #6 of 34).[2]

Key Facts

  • Vimalakirti Sutra's image is recorded as Old Tibetan Chronicle, Pelliot tibétain 1287, p. 21. Vimalakīrti Nirdeśa Sūtra in Chinese.jpg[3].
  • Vimalakirti Sutra's instance of is recorded as Mahayana sutra[4].
  • Vimalakirti Sutra's instance of is recorded as Buddhist text[5].
  • Vimalakirti is named after Vimalakirti Sutra[6].
  • Vimalakirti Sutra's Commons category is recorded as Vimalakirti Sutra[7].
  • Vimalakirti Sutra's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01rky9[8].
  • Vimalakirti Sutra's characters is recorded as Vimalakirti[9].
  • Vimalakirti Sutra's characters is recorded as Amrapali[10].
  • Vimalakirti Sutra's characters is recorded as The Buddha[11].
  • Vimalakirti Sutra's characters is recorded as Mañjuśrī[12].
  • Vimalakirti Sutra's characters is recorded as Śāriputra[13].
  • Vimalakirti Sutra's characters is recorded as Ānanda[14].
  • Vimalakirti Sutra's has edition or translation is recorded as Xuanzang’s translation of the Vimalakīrti Sūtra[15].
  • Vimalakirti Sutra's has edition or translation is recorded as two-fascicle Vimalakīrti Sūtra[16].
  • Vimalakirti Sutra's has edition or translation is recorded as three-fascicle translation of the Vimalakīrti Sūtra[17].
  • Vimalakirti Sutra's narrative location is recorded as Vaishali[18].
  • Vimalakirti Sutra's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Vimalakirti-Sutra[19].
  • Vimalakirti Sutra's title is recorded as {'lang': 'sa', 'text': 'विमलकीर्तिनिर्देशसूत्र'}[20].
  • Vimalakirti Sutra's title is recorded as {'lang': 'lzh', 'text': '維摩經'}[21].
  • Vimalakirti Sutra's title is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '維摩経'}[22].
  • Vimalakirti Sutra's title is recorded as {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '유마경'}[23].
  • Vimalakirti Sutra's Getty Iconography Authority ID is recorded as 901001392[24].
  • Vimalakirti Sutra's Namuwiki ID is recorded as 유마경[25].
  • Vimalakirti Sutra's Encyclopedia of Korean Culture ID is recorded as E0041400[26].
  • Vimalakirti Sutra's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 78896[27].

Why It Matters

Vimalakirti Sutra draws 108 Wikipedia views per month (mahayana_sutra category, ranking #6 of 34).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . 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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