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Parinirvana at Kusinara is received; competing year-systems remain; this catalog does not pick a unique ISO death-day

Parinirvana at Kusinara is received; competing year-systems remain; this catalog does not pick a unique ISO death-day Do not manufacture an exact day. Gautama Buddha's documented role is: Received death-narrative. In the causal graph this event weakens Humanitarian Access, a driver that strengthens People Internally Displaced by Conflict and Violence (IDMC) — an improving welfare path.

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Parinirvana at Kusinara is received; competing year-systems remain; this catalog does not pick a unique ISO death-day Do not manufacture an exact day. Relic-stupas are later. Gautama Buddha's documented role is: Received death-narrative. Later relic cults are not this event.

Context

Malla country as received. Sharing unnamed attendants is required. The setting of Parinirvana at Kusinara is received; competing year-systems remain; this catalog does not pick a unique ISO death-day is the public file around -0400-06-01. Driver humanitarian-access is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

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

Why it matters

Worsening path from Parinirvana at Kusinara is received; competing year-systems remain; this catalog does not pick a unique ISO death-day on -0400-06-01. The welfare reading on this path is worsening.

Shared responsibility is part of Parinirvana at Kusinara is received; competing year-systems remain; this catalog does not pick a unique ISO death-day. Naming Gautama Buddha does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from -0400-06-01 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.

Who was responsible

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

  • Gautama Buddha

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.24 · verified

    Received death-narrative. Later relic cults are not this event.

What changed

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

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 — Buddha, death 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 — Buddha, death (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 Parinirvana at Kusinara is received; competing year-systems remain; this catalog does not pick a unique ISO death-day under -0400-06-01 for Gautama Buddha. Established: a sourced public record of Parinirvana at Kusinara is received; competing year-systems remain; this catalog does not pick a unique ISO death-day under -0400-06-01.

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

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

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Relic-stupas are later. Mixed effects of Parinirvana at Kusinara is received; competing year-systems remain; this catalog does not pick a unique ISO death-day are separate paths.

Causal path

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

  1. ActorGautama Buddha
  2. contributed toFactParinirvana at Kusinara is received; competing year-systems remain; this catalog does not pick a unique ISO death-day
  3. weakensDriverHumanitarian Access
  4. strengthensIndicatorPeople Internally Displaced by Conflict and Violence (IDMC)

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Factrail. (2026). Parinirvana at Kusinara is received; competing year-systems remain; this catalog does not pick a unique ISO death-day. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/bud-parinirvana

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

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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