Buddhist monk

fully ordained male Buddhist monastic
Intangible religious_figure Q854997
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Buddhist monk

Summary

Buddhist monk is a religious figure[1]. It draws 1,604 Wikipedia views per month (religious_figure category, ranking #10 of 61).[2]

Key Facts

  • Buddhist monk's religion is recorded as Buddhism[3].
  • Buddhist monk's instance of is recorded as religious figure[4].
  • Buddhist monk is a type of monk[5].
  • Buddhist monk is a type of Buddhist clergy[6].
  • Buddhist monk is a type of mendicant[7].
  • Buddhist monk is part of seven classes of disciples[8].
  • Buddhist monk's Commons category is recorded as Buddhist monks[9].
  • Buddhist monk's field of this occupation is recorded as Buddhism[10].
  • Buddhist monk is the opposite of Buddhist nun[11].
  • Buddhist monk's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Buddhist monks[12].
  • Buddhist monk's described by source is recorded as A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms[13].
  • Buddhist monk's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • Buddhist monk's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[15].
  • Buddhist monk's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16].
  • Buddhist monk's has characteristic is recorded as clerical celibacy[17].
  • Buddhist monk's has characteristic is recorded as male[18].
  • Buddhist monk's different from is recorded as Mnich[19].
  • Buddhist monk's female form of label is recorded as راهبة بوذية[20].
  • Buddhist monk's male form of label is recorded as monaco buddhista[21].
  • Buddhist monk's P14541 is recorded as q3Nj9[22].

Body

Definition and Type

Buddhist monk's instance of is recorded as religious figure[4]. Recorded subclass of include monk[5], Buddhist clergy[6], and mendicant[7]. It is the opposite of Buddhist nun[11].

Use and Application

Buddhist monk is part of seven classes of disciples[8].

Why It Matters

Buddhist monk draws 1,604 Wikipedia views per month (religious_figure category, ranking #10 of 61).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 115 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 26d ago · Epìdosis · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Ne.se id → bhikshu
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||2 */ Cleanup: remove wikimedia refs ([[User:Difool/WikidataCleanup]])"
  2. 10w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → slendro
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11493]]: Q431434, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  3. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → q3Nj9
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  4. 16w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0207767-buddhisticti-mnisi
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0207767-buddhisticti-mnisi, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
  5. 18w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → —
    Field of this occupation → Buddhism
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 1892208
    Part of → seven classes of disciples
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007292532405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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