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Bodhidharma was a semi-legendary Buddhist monk who lived during the 5th or 6th century CE. He is traditionally credited as the transmitter of Chan Buddhism to China, and is regarded as its first Chinese patriarch. He is also popularly regarded as the founder of Shaolin kung fu, an idea popularized in the 20th century, but based on the 17th-century Yijin…
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TTTA extracted 323 structured relationships around Bodhidharma. Examples in this analysis include Bodhidharma → Bodhidharma Names (details) Known in English: Bodhidharma Bengali: বোধিধর্ম Burmese: ဗောဓိဓမ္မ Chinese abbreviation: 達摩 Hanyu Pinyin: Pútídámó Hindi: बोधिधर्म Hokkien: Tatmo Indonesian: Budhi Darma Japanese: 達磨 Daruma Kannada: ಬೋಧಿ ಧರ್ಮ Khmer: ពោធិធម៌ Poŭthĭthôrm Korean: 달마 Dalma Malay: Dharuma Malayalam: ബോധിധർമ്മൻ Bodhidharman Odia: ବୋଧିଧର୍ମ Bodhidharma Nepali: बोधि धर्म Persian: بودیدارما Sanskrit: बोधिधर्म Simplified Chinese: 菩提达摩 Sinhala: බෝධිධර්ම Tagalog: Dharāma Tamil: போதிதருமன் Bhodhidharman Telugu: బోధిధర్మ Thai: ตั๊กม๊อ Takmoh Tibetan: Dharmottāra Traditional Chinese: 菩提達摩 Vietnamese: Bồ-đề-đạt-ma Wade–Giles: P'u-t'i-ta-mo → Known in English: and Bodhidharma → Religion → Buddhism. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bodhidharma | Bodhidharma Names (details) Known in English: Bodhidharma Bengali: বোধিধর্ম Burmese: ဗောဓိဓမ္မ Chinese abbreviation: 達摩 Hanyu Pinyin: Pútídámó Hindi: बोधिधर्म Hokkien: Tatmo Indonesian: Budhi Darma Japanese: 達磨 Daruma Kannada: ಬೋಧಿ ಧರ್ಮ Khmer: ពោធិធម៌ Poŭthĭthôrm Korean: 달마 Dalma Malay: Dharuma Malayalam: ബോധിധർമ്മൻ Bodhidharman Odia: ବୋଧିଧର୍ମ Bodhidharma Nepali: बोधि धर्म Persian: بودیدارما Sanskrit: बोधिधर्म Simplified Chinese: 菩提达摩 Sinhala: බෝධිධර්ම Tagalog: Dharāma Tamil: போதிதருமன் Bhodhidharman Telugu: బోధిధర్మ Thai: ตั๊กม๊อ Takmoh Tibetan: Dharmottāra Traditional Chinese: 菩提達摩 Vietnamese: Bồ-đề-đạt-ma Wade–Giles: P'u-t'i-ta-mo | Known in English: | 1.00 | infobox |
| Bodhidharma | Religion | Buddhism | 1.00 | infobox |
| Bodhidharma | School | Chan | 1.00 | infobox |
| Bodhidharma | Successor | Huike | 1.00 | infobox |
| Bodhidharma | Title | Chanshi 1st Chan Patriarch | 1.00 | infobox |
| Bodhidharma | is a | Record of the Buddhist Monasteries of Luoyang | 0.90 | text |
| Bodhidharma | is a | four-line stanza whose first two verses echo the Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra's disdain for words and whose second two verses stress the importance of the insight into reality achieved thr… | 0.90 | text |
| Bodhidharma | related to Abode in China | Buswell | 0.60 | section |
| Bodhidharma | related to Abode in China | Bodhidharma's | 0.60 | section |
| Bodhidharma | related to Abode in China | China | 0.60 | section |
| Bodhidharma | related to Abode in China | Broughton | 0.60 | section |
| Bodhidharma | related to Abode in China | Luoyang | 0.60 | section |
The concept neighborhoods around Bodhidharma bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Huike, Shaolin and According. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.
For Bodhidharma, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Bodhidharma with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.
TTTA analyzes the structure around Bodhidharma to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Culture, Works & Legacy, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.
Source: Wikipedia — Bodhidharma · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout