Shantideva

8th-century Indian Buddhist monk and scholar
Person human Q445460
Shantideva
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Facts

14 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[12]
Date of birth
685
Date of death
763
Place of death
India
Field of work
philosophy[9]
Religion or worldview
Buddhism[11]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Sanskrit[13]
Copyright status as a creator
copyrights on works have expired[17]
Writing language
Sanskrit[16]
🏷️ Also known as
en Vushuk Pa en Shantideva en Śāntideva cs Santideva cs Šantidéva cs Shantideva de Śāntideva de Santideva fr Shântideva fr Shāntideva he שאנטידבה hi शांतिदेव hi शान्तिदेव hu Santidéva it Santideva it Shantideva ja 寂天 ko 적천 ko 샨티데바 nl Bhusuku
🔖 Identifiers · 63
VIAF cluster ID
23444930
Library of Congress authority ID
n80102717
GND ID
119141140
BAnQ authority ID
0000575202
BDRC Resource ID
P6161
BIBSYS ID
90983014
Babelio author ID
40702
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12093865t
CBDB.cz author ID
49149
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp01324764
Canadiana Name Authority ID
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DDB person (GND) ID
119141140
Databazeknih.cz author ID
36487
Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts person ID
A017001
Encyclopedia of China (Second Edition) ID
210623
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
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FAST ID
1845890
Freebase ID
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Google Knowledge Graph ID
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IdRef ID
029277736
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy ID
santideva
IxTheo authority ID
079936393
Koha Kütüphane ID
207516
Libraries Australia ID
35475465
LibraryThing author ID
santideva
LibriVox author ID
10460
Libris-URI
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Lotsawa House Indian author ID
shantideva
NDL Authority ID
00474410
NE.se ID
shantideva
NL CR AUT ID
ola2001100295
NLA Trove people ID
966538
NSK (VIAF) ID
000113955
NUKAT ID
n97066151
Namuwiki ID
샨티데바
National Library of Brazil ID
001071137
National Library of Israel ID (old)
000116520
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007267562705171
National Library of Korea ID
KAC200605759
National Library of Latvia ID
000254491
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810640822605606
National Library of Portugal ID
831763
National Library of Russia ID
7773228, 7773230
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX836947
National Virtual Library of India ID
318k (238k–318k, n=4)
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
068528388
Open Library ID
OL2985185A, OL2396A
OpenMLOL author ID
24166
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803100441354
Parsifal cluster ID
304895
SBN author ID
CUBV032467
SELIBR ID
198120
SHARE Catalogue author ID
325176
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy ID
shantideva
Treasury of Lives ID
8747
Vatican Library ID (former scheme)
ADV11173090
WorldCat Entities ID
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Affiliation 1
Field of work 1
Instance of 1
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Notable work 1
Place of death 1
Religion or worldview 1
Sex or gender 1
Works by author 1
Writing language 1
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Summary

Shantideva was born in 685[1]. He died in India[2]. He died in 763[3]. He worked as a philosopher[4], Buddhist monk[5], writer[6], translator[7], and poet[8].

Why It Matters

Works attributed to him include Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra[18], a Buddhist text[19], founded in 0008[20].

FAQs

Where did Shantideva die?

Shantideva died in India[2].

What did Shantideva do for work?

Shantideva worked as philosopher[4], Buddhist monk[5], writer[6], translator[7], and poet[8].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 5w ago · Šturmovik · 2026-09-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  3. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Open Library ID → OL2985185A, OL2396A
    Notable work → Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra
    Writing language → Sanskrit
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