Sanjaya
E102167
Sanjaya is the charioteer and seer in the Mahabharata who, granted divine vision, narrates the events of the Kurukshetra war to the blind king Dhritarashtra.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sanjaya canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T860902 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sanjaya Context triple: [Arjuna Vishada Yoga, narratedBy, Sanjaya]
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A.
Sanjaya
Sanjaya was an early Javanese king traditionally regarded as the founder of the Mataram (Medang) Kingdom and the Sanjaya dynasty in Central Java.
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B.
Wikramawardhana
Wikramawardhana was a king of the Majapahit Empire in late 14th–early 15th century Java, known for ruling during the empire’s gradual decline and internal dynastic conflicts.
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C.
Jayabaya
Jayabaya was a legendary 12th-century king of the Kediri Kingdom in Java, renowned in Indonesian history and folklore for his just rule and prophetic visions.
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D.
Kutaraja
Kutaraja was the principal urban and political center of the Singhasari Kingdom, a powerful Javanese Hindu-Buddhist state in 13th-century Indonesia.
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E.
Jagat Narayan
Jagat Narayan was an Indian educationist and public figure who served as a member of the British-era Hunter Commission on education reforms.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sanjaya Target entity description: Sanjaya is the charioteer and seer in the Mahabharata who, granted divine vision, narrates the events of the Kurukshetra war to the blind king Dhritarashtra.
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A.
Sanjaya
Sanjaya was an early Javanese king traditionally regarded as the founder of the Mataram (Medang) Kingdom and the Sanjaya dynasty in Central Java.
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B.
Wikramawardhana
Wikramawardhana was a king of the Majapahit Empire in late 14th–early 15th century Java, known for ruling during the empire’s gradual decline and internal dynastic conflicts.
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C.
Jayabaya
Jayabaya was a legendary 12th-century king of the Kediri Kingdom in Java, renowned in Indonesian history and folklore for his just rule and prophetic visions.
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D.
Kutaraja
Kutaraja was the principal urban and political center of the Singhasari Kingdom, a powerful Javanese Hindu-Buddhist state in 13th-century Indonesia.
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E.
Jagat Narayan
Jagat Narayan was an Indian educationist and public figure who served as a member of the British-era Hunter Commission on education reforms.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character in the Mahabharata
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charioteer ⓘ narrator ⓘ seer ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Mahabharata ⓘ |
| associatedWithDynasty | Kuru dynasty ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | Kurukshetra War ⓘ |
| can |
hear conversations on the battlefield from a distance
ⓘ
see events on the battlefield from a distance ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | symbol of truthful reporting ⓘ |
| describedAs |
impartial observer of the war
ⓘ
loyal to Dhritarashtra ⓘ truthful narrator ⓘ |
| ethicalRole | to confront Dhritarashtra with consequences of his choices ⓘ |
| explains |
omens and portents before the war
ⓘ
significance of major events to Dhritarashtra ⓘ |
| genreContext | Itihasa (epic history) ⓘ |
| grantedBy | divine vision from Vyasa ⓘ |
| grantedVisionFor | duration of the Kurukshetra war ⓘ |
| hasAbility | divya-drishti (divine sight) ⓘ |
| hearingType | clairaudient ⓘ |
| knows | both Pandava and Kaurava sides ⓘ |
| languageOfText | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| loyalty | Dhritarashtra ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Bhishma Parva of the Mahabharata
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Drona Parva ⓘ
surface form:
Drona Parva of the Mahabharata
Karna Parva ⓘ
surface form:
Karna Parva of the Mahabharata
Shalya Parva ⓘ
surface form:
Shalya Parva of the Mahabharata
|
| moralStance | often critical of adharma (unrighteousness) ⓘ |
| narratesTo | Dhritarashtra ⓘ |
| narrativeFrameRole | link between battlefield and royal court ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person eyewitness via divine vision ⓘ |
| portrayedAs |
calm and composed under pressure
ⓘ
duty-bound courtier ⓘ |
| primaryFunction | to narrate the Kurukshetra war ⓘ |
| relationshipToDhritarashtra | trusted attendant ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| reports |
battle formations
ⓘ
emotions and reactions of warriors ⓘ key duels and deaths in the war ⓘ strategies of the Pandavas and Kauravas ⓘ |
| reportsTo | Dhritarashtra ⓘ |
| roleInText | narrator of the Kurukshetra war to Dhritarashtra ⓘ |
| servesAs |
advisor to King Dhritarashtra
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charioteer of King Dhritarashtra ⓘ |
| sourceTradition | Indian epic literature ⓘ |
| textualFunction | to provide continuous account of the war ⓘ |
| visionType | clairvoyant ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Sanjaya Description of subject: Sanjaya is the charioteer and seer in the Mahabharata who, granted divine vision, narrates the events of the Kurukshetra war to the blind king Dhritarashtra.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Bhishma Parva