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Buddhist texts: Regions, The texts of the early Buddhist schools & Mahāyāna texts

Buddhist texts are religious texts that belong to, or are associated with, Buddhism and its traditions. There is no single textual collection for all of Buddhism. Instead, there are three main Buddhist Canons: the Pāli Canon of the Theravāda tradition, the Chinese Buddhist Canon used in East Asian Buddhist tradition, and the Tibetan Buddhist Canon used…

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Buddhist texts topic overview

The analysis highlights Regions, The texts of the early Buddhist schools and Mahāyāna texts as prominent areas in the source structure around Buddhist texts. 1 topic appears in more than one source area, which can help identify connections that are less obvious in a linear reading.

Related topics
322
Source areas
6
Connected nodes
333
Extracted relationships
93
Related term clusters
95
Bridge connections
333

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Mahāyāna texts · 116 topics
The texts of the early Buddhist schools · 81 topics
Vajrayana texts · 53 topics
Overview · 36 topics
Theravāda texts · 19 topics
Buddhavacana · 18 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

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Buddhist texts
3Prajnaparamita · Da zhidu lun · Kumārajīva
3Dharma (Buddhism) · Gautama Buddha · Fable
3Kangyur · Tibetan Buddhism · Terma (Buddhism)
3Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra · Yogachara · Cheng Weishi Lun
9Religious text · Buddhism · Schools of Buddhism

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Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Buddhavacana

The texts of the early Buddhist schools

Theravāda texts

Mahāyāna texts

Vajrayana texts

Bibliography

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Advanced semantic analysis

How Buddhist texts connects Entity context

The extracted context around Buddhist texts shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Buddhist texts → BCE, Buddhism, Buddhist, Chinese, Dharmaguptaka, Gāndhārī, Magadhan, Mahāsāṅghika, Mahīśāsaka, Middle Indo-Aryan, Mūlasarvāstivāda, Prakrits, Pāli, Pāli Canon, Pāli Nikayas, Sarvāstivāda, Sri Lanka, Theravāda Another extracted example is Buddhist texts → Buddhist, Buddhist Tantric, Dharanis, Fire, Mandalas, Mantras, Many, Mudras, Seventh, Tantras. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Buddhist texts

Top relations

related to Early Buddhist texts · 18
Buddhist texts → BCE, Buddhism, Buddhist, Chinese, Dharmaguptaka, Gāndhārī, Magadhan, Mahāsāṅghika, Mahīśāsaka, Middle Indo-Aryan, Mūlasarvāstivāda, Prakrits, Pāli, Pāli Canon, Pāli Nikayas, Sarvāstivāda, Sri Lanka, Theravāda
related to Buddhist tantras · 10
Buddhist texts → Buddhist, Buddhist Tantric, Dharanis, Fire, Mandalas, Mantras, Many, Mudras, Seventh, Tantras

Important terminology

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Important terminology

buddhist texts buddhism chinese buddha also mahāyāna sutra tibetan text buddhavacana sūtras sutras literature various pali schools another known abhidharma

Buddhist texts relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 93 structured relationships around Buddhist texts. Examples in this analysis include Buddhist Chinese → instance of → These texts were collected into various collections and translated into other languages and Buddhas → instance of → A number of different beings. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Buddhist Chineseinstance ofThese texts were collected into various collections and translated into other languages0.80text
Buddhasinstance ofA number of different beings0.80text
disciples of the Buddhainstance ofA number of different beings0.80text
ṛṣisinstance ofA number of different beings0.80text
and devas were considered capable of transmitting buddhavacanainstance ofA number of different beings0.80text
Richard Gombrichinstance ofThe modern study of early pre-sectarian Buddhism often relies on comparative scholarship using these various early Buddhist sources.Various scholars of Buddhist studies0.80text
Akira Hirakawainstance ofThe modern study of early pre-sectarian Buddhism often relies on comparative scholarship using these various early Buddhist sources.Various scholars of Buddhist studies0.80text
Alexander Wynneinstance ofThe modern study of early pre-sectarian Buddhism often relies on comparative scholarship using these various early Buddhist sources.Various scholars of Buddhist studies0.80text
and Ainstance ofThe modern study of early pre-sectarian Buddhism often relies on comparative scholarship using these various early Buddhist sources.Various scholars of Buddhist studies0.80text
dependent originationinstance ofthis text is in general agreement with the basic doctrines of the early sutras of the Sthavira schools0.80text
the Aṭṭhakavaggainstance ofincluding texts0.80text
Pārāyanavaggainstance ofincluding texts0.80text

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

The concept neighborhoods around Buddhist texts bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Texts, Chinese and Literature. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Buddhist texts
    • Texts
    • Chinese
    • Literature
    • Buddhism
    • Sutras
    • Schools
    • Also
    • Many
    • Tibetan
    • Various
    • Canon
    • Asian
  • buddhist texts
    • Texts
    • Chinese
    • Literature
    • Buddhism
    • Also
    • Mahāyāna
    • Sutras
    • Collections
    • Schools
    • Many
    • Tibetan
    • Various
  • religious texts
    • Also
    • Mahāyāna
    • Collections
    • Various
    • Sutras
    • Schools
    • Well
    • One
    • Pali
    • School
    • Buddhavacana
    • Sūtras
  • buddhism
    • East
    • Asian
    • Influential
    • Chinese
    • Buddhist
    • Tibetan
    • Canon
    • Texts
    • Tantras
    • Indian
    • Tradition
    • Sutra
  • buddhist canons
    • Texts
    • Chinese
    • Literature
    • Buddhism
    • Sutras
    • Schools
    • Also
    • Many
    • Tibetan
    • Various
    • Canon
    • Asian
  • pāli canon
    • Chinese
    • Collection
    • Pali
    • Tibetan
    • East
    • Indian
    • Sutras
    • Known
    • Buddhavacana
    • Literature
    • Theravāda
    • Text
  • theravāda tradition
    • School
    • Buddhavacana
    • Schools
    • Tradition
    • Collection
    • Collections
    • Also
    • Buddha
    • East
    • Abhidharma
    • Texts
    • Works
  • chinese buddhist canon
    • Texts
    • Chinese
    • Literature
    • Tibetan
    • Collection
    • Buddhism
    • Pali
    • Sutras
    • Schools
    • East
    • Also
    • Indian

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Buddhist texts, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Buddhist texts with Mahāyāna texts. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Buddhist texts — Mahāyāna texts · splits 215 ⟂ 119
Buddhist texts — The texts of the early Buddhist schools · splits 252 ⟂ 82
Buddhist texts — Vajrayana texts · splits 280 ⟂ 54
Buddhist texts — Overview · splits 297 ⟂ 37
Buddhist texts — Theravāda texts · splits 314 ⟂ 20
Buddhist texts — Buddhavacana · splits 315 ⟂ 19

Map overview Semantic statistics

Buddhist texts

Nodes334
Edges333
Triples93
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.005988
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Buddhist texts to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Regions, The texts of the early Buddhist schools & Mahāyāna texts, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Buddhist texts · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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