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Wikipedia: The Buddha

Online Reference Encyclopedia Article
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Publisher
Wikipedia
URL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Buddha
Source Type
encyclopedia
Reliability Tier
2
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Wikipedia: The Buddha
Wikipedia
  • Self-citation, page footer/site identity
    Siddhartha Gautama, most commonly referred to as the Buddha (lit. 'the awakened one'), was a wandering religious teacher who lived in the eastern Indo-Gangetic Plains during the 6th or 5th century BCE and founded Buddhism.
  • Self-citation, site identity
    Siddhartha Gautama, most commonly referred to as the Buddha (lit. 'the awakened one'), was a wandering religious teacher who lived in the eastern Indo-Gangetic Plains during the 6th or 5th century BCE and founded Buddhism.
  • Self-citation, page address
    Siddhartha Gautama, most commonly referred to as the Buddha (lit. 'the awakened one'), was a wandering religious teacher who lived in the eastern Indo-Gangetic Plains during the 6th or 5th century BCE and founded Buddhism.
  • Self-citation, family reliability convention for Wikipedia sources
    Siddhartha Gautama, most commonly referred to as the Buddha (lit. 'the awakened one'), was a wandering religious teacher who lived in the eastern Indo-Gangetic Plains during the 6th or 5th century BCE and founded Buddhism.
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Claims Backed By This Source (23 claims)

This source backs 23 claims across the atlas. As facts: 11 well-attested, 2 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 9 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Historical Figures, 19 claims: 7 well-attested, 2 scholarly debate, 1 holds, 9 general references.
  • Sources, 4 claims: 4 well-attested.

Well-attested

11

Historical Figures

Scholarly debate

2

Historical Figures

Holds

1

Historical Figures

General References

9

Historical Figures

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