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Devadatta's schism and harm-plots are received vinaya narrative, not a verified police file

Devadatta's schism and harm-plots are received vinaya narrative, not a verified police file Do not upgrade legend to a unique assassination series. In the causal graph this event strengthens Political Polarization, a driver that weakens Having a say in government — a worsening welfare path.

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Devadatta's schism and harm-plots are received vinaya narrative, not a verified police file Do not upgrade legend to a unique assassination series. Gautama Buddha's documented role is: Later canons name a cousin-schismatic. Low confidence as dated crime. Stored as received polarisation.

Context

Later vinaya. Sharing unnamed monks is required. The setting of Devadatta's schism and harm-plots are received vinaya narrative, not a verified police file is the public file around -0460-01-01. Driver political-polarization is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

Why it matters

Worsening path from Devadatta's schism and harm-plots are received vinaya narrative, not a verified police file on -0460-01-01. A received schism story is a polarisation path of low confidence. The welfare reading on this path is worsening.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Mixed effects of Devadatta's schism and harm-plots are received vinaya narrative, not a verified police file are separate paths.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Gautama Buddha

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.32 · verified

    Later canons name a cousin-schismatic. Low confidence as dated crime. Stored as received polarisation.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactDevadatta's schism and harm-plots are received vinaya narrative, not a verified police file
    2. strengthensDriverPolitical Polarization
    3. weakensIndicators (2)Having a say in government
    Worsening path

    impact weight 0.3 · Effect from 1 January 460 · verified

    A received schism story is a polarisation path of low confidence.

    • Having a say in government

      via Political Polarization

      Worse

      Weakens · Relationship strength 0.14 (weight 0.3 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      29.8% of population aged 16-65 years · 8.13 below the normal line (2023)

      Worse than normal

      Two readings: 30.2% of population aged 16-65 years (2021) and 29.8% of population aged 16-65 years (2023).

      20212023

      Above normal = better

    • Rule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score

      via Political Polarization

      Worse

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.14 (weight 0.3 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      43.9 Score · 43.9 above the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      26 readings, 1996–2024: rose from 43 Score to 43.9 Score.

      Normal is zero · any amount = worse

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Britannica — Buddha, early life neighbourhoodEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — BuddhaStanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Official locator: Britannica — Devadatta at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Buddha-founder-of-Buddhism (opens in a new tab) (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent locator: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Buddha at https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/buddha/ (opens in a new tab) (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). Official carrier: Britannica — Devadatta (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Buddha-founder-of-Buddhism (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent carrier: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Buddha (https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/buddha/ (opens in a new tab); Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy).

Established: a sourced public record of Devadatta's schism and harm-plots are received vinaya narrative, not a verified police file under -0460-01-01 for Gautama Buddha. Established: a sourced public record of Devadatta's schism and harm-plots are received vinaya narrative, not a verified police file under -0460-01-01.

Shared responsibility is part of Devadatta's schism and harm-plots are received vinaya narrative, not a verified police file. Naming Gautama Buddha does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from -0460-01-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorGautama Buddha
  2. contributed toFactDevadatta's schism and harm-plots are received vinaya narrative, not a verified police file
  3. strengthensDriverPolitical Polarization
  4. weakensIndicatorHaving a say in government

Cite this page

Factrail. (2026). Devadatta's schism and harm-plots are received vinaya narrative, not a verified police file. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/bud-devadatta

https://factrail.ai/facts/bud-devadatta

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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