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Lotus Sutra (Saddharmapundarika Sutra)

The Lotus Sutra, formally the Saddharmapundarika Sutra, is a foundational Mahayana Buddhist scripture of anonymous and layered composition, and this atlas cites it as a primary text in its own voice. Its Chapter 25, the Universal Gate, lists thirty-three manifestation forms taken by the bodhisattva Avalokitesvara to save beings, including female forms, and is the scriptural warrant later drawn on as Buddhism moved into China and reshaped how that figure was depicted there. As primary scripture it is the correct source for what the text itself teaches. Its limit is that no single fixed date of composition is established, so the publication year on this record is deliberately left null rather than guessed, and a claim about historical dating needs a separate scholarly source.

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The Lotus Sutra is itself a primary Mahayana Buddhist scripture with no single modern author, cited here as the primary text.

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PublicationYear left NULL. Chapter 25, the Universal Gate, lists the thirty-three manifestation forms of Avalokitesvara, including female ones, and is the scriptural warrant later drawn on in China.

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Anonymous

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primary-text

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Avalokiteshvara

This source names Avalokiteshvara directly: "forms taken by the bodhisattva Avalokitesvara to save beings, including female forms, and is the scriptural warrant later drawn on as Buddhism moved into China and reshaped how that figure was..."

Source Lotus Sutra (Saddharmapundarika Sutra)Anonymous

China

This source names China directly: "later drawn on as Buddhism moved into China and reshaped how that figure was depicted there."

Source Lotus Sutra (Saddharmapundarika Sutra)Anonymous

Claims Backed By This Source (55 claims)

This source backs 55 claims across the atlas. As facts: 26 well-attested. As cited relationships: 11 holds, 3 connected, 1 critiqued Here. Plus 14 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

Doctrines, 17 claims: 9 well-attested, 2 holds, 2 connected, 1 critiqued Here, 3 general references.
Beliefs & Restrictions, 7 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 holds, 2 general references.
Denominations, 7 claims: 4 holds, 3 general references.
Sources, 7 claims: 5 well-attested, 2 holds.
Articles, 6 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 connected, 2 general references.
Deities, 5 claims: 3 well-attested, 2 general references.
Scriptures & Texts, 4 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
Mantras, 2 claims: 1 holds, 1 general references.