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Mahayana sutra

religious texts in the Mahayana Buddhist tradition
Intangible literary_genre Q1191035
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Mahayana sutra

Summary

Mahayana sutra is a literary genre[1]. It draws 981 Wikipedia views per month (literary_genre category, ranking #74 of 487).[2]

Key Facts

  • Mahayana sutra's instance of is recorded as literary genre[3].
  • Mahayana sutra is a type of sutra[4].
  • Mahayana sutra is a type of Buddhist text[5].
  • Mahayana sutra's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Mahayana sutras[6].
  • Mahayana sutra's facet of is recorded as Mahāyāna[7].

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Definition and Type

Mahayana sutra's instance of is recorded as literary genre[3]. Recorded subclass of include sutra[4] and Buddhist text[5].

Why It Matters

Mahayana sutra draws 981 Wikipedia views per month (literary_genre category, ranking #74 of 487).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Pi bot bot · 2026-06-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → literary genre
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → sutra, Buddhist text
    Facet of → Mahāyāna
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ Moving commons category sitelink to category item ([[Q7138811]])"
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