Bhishma
E107614
Bhishma is a revered elder warrior and statesman of the Kuru dynasty in the Indian epic Mahabharata, renowned for his vow of celibacy, unwavering duty, and pivotal role in the Kurukshetra War.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bhishma canonical | 23 |
| Bhishma (as regent) | 1 |
| Bhishma (earlier as guardians) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T860921 — 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: Bhishma Context triple: [Arjuna Vishada Yoga, featuresCharacter, Bhishma]
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A.
Dhritarashtra
Dhritarashtra is the blind Kuru king in the Indian epic Mahabharata, whose inner conflict and questions frame the dialogue of the Bhagavad Gita.
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B.
Arjuna
Arjuna is a central warrior prince in the Indian epic Mahabharata, renowned as the chief disciple of Krishna and the primary recipient of the teachings in the Bhagavad Gita.
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C.
Sanjaya
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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D.
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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E.
Hiranyakashipu
Hiranyakashipu is a powerful demon king from Hindu mythology, best known as the tyrannical father of Prahlada and the antagonist slain by Vishnu’s Narasimha avatar.
- 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: Bhishma Target entity description: Bhishma is a revered elder warrior and statesman of the Kuru dynasty in the Indian epic Mahabharata, renowned for his vow of celibacy, unwavering duty, and pivotal role in the Kurukshetra War.
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A.
Dhritarashtra
Dhritarashtra is the blind Kuru king in the Indian epic Mahabharata, whose inner conflict and questions frame the dialogue of the Bhagavad Gita.
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B.
Arjuna
Arjuna is a central warrior prince in the Indian epic Mahabharata, renowned as the chief disciple of Krishna and the primary recipient of the teachings in the Bhagavad Gita.
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C.
Sanjaya
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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D.
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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E.
Hiranyakashipu
Hiranyakashipu is a powerful demon king from Hindu mythology, best known as the tyrannical father of Prahlada and the antagonist slain by Vishnu’s Narasimha avatar.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Kuru elder
ⓘ
Mahabharata character ⓘ mythological character ⓘ statesman ⓘ warrior ⓘ |
| ability | to choose the time of his death ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Gangaputra
ⓘ
surface form:
Devavrata
Gangaputra ⓘ Pitamah ⓘ Shantanava ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Mahabharata ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Hastinapura ⓘ |
| boon | iccha-mrityu ⓘ |
| causeOfVow | marriage of Shantanu and Satyavati ⓘ |
| commanded | Kaurava forces for first ten days of Kurukshetra War ⓘ |
| culturalRole | symbol of duty and sacrifice ⓘ |
| diedOn | day of Uttarayana ⓘ |
| father | Shantanu ⓘ |
| fellOn | bed of arrows ⓘ |
| gaveDiscourseOn |
dharma
ⓘ
duties of a ruler ⓘ kingship ⓘ |
| gaveDiscourseTo | Yudhishthira ⓘ |
| grandfatherOf |
Kauravas
ⓘ
Pandavas ⓘ |
| hasVow |
lifelong celibacy
ⓘ
never to claim the Kuru throne ⓘ to protect the throne of Hastinapura ⓘ |
| knownFor |
knowledge of dharma
ⓘ
knowledge of statecraft ⓘ martial prowess ⓘ renunciation of claim to the throne ⓘ terrible vow ⓘ unwavering duty ⓘ vow of lifelong celibacy ⓘ |
| mother | Ganga ⓘ |
| partOf | Kuru dynasty ⓘ |
| positionInWar | commander-in-chief of Kaurava army ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| roleIn | Kurukshetra War ⓘ |
| sectionOfMahabharata |
Anushasana Parva
ⓘ
Shanti Parva ⓘ |
| sideInKurukshetraWar | Kauravas ⓘ |
| stepmother | Satyavati ⓘ |
| taught |
ethics
ⓘ
statecraft ⓘ warfare ⓘ |
| teacherOf |
Kauravas
ⓘ
Pandavas ⓘ |
| woundedBy | Arjuna ⓘ |
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: Bhishma Description of subject: Bhishma is a revered elder warrior and statesman of the Kuru dynasty in the Indian epic Mahabharata, renowned for his vow of celibacy, unwavering duty, and pivotal role in the Kurukshetra War.
Referenced by (25)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Bhishma (earlier as guardians)
subject surface form:
Bhishma Parva
subject surface form:
Gandiva
this entity surface form:
Bhishma (as regent)