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meditation

mental practice of focus on a particular object, thought or activity
Intangible concept Q108458
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Summary

meditation is a concept[1]. meditation ranks in the top 2% of concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,049 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: hobby[3]
  • Subclass of: relaxation technique[4], religious concept[5]
  • Commons category: Meditation[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Meditation[7]
  • Facet of: Buddhism[8]
  • Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[9]
  • Topic has template: Template:Meditation[10]
  • Different from: Q54894882[11], meditation[12], attention[13]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[14]

Why It Matters

meditation has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] meditation is known by 64 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

Michael Alan Singer Radim Brixí Sam Harris

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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.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → meditation
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: meditation, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289948292|meditation (#289948292)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #m"
  2. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → wpQjq
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0002244-meditace
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0002244-meditace, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259473|batch #259473]]"
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