Neelkanth
E115559
Neelkanth is a revered epithet of the Hindu god Shiva, referring to his blue-throated form gained after consuming poison during the churning of the cosmic ocean.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Neelkanth canonical | 1 |
| Neelkanth (blue-throated) form of Shiva | 1 |
| Neelkanth (form of Shiva) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T923544 — 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: Neelkanth Context triple: [Shiva, epithet, Neelkanth]
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A.
Wat Arun
Wat Arun is a famous riverside Buddhist temple in Bangkok, Thailand, renowned for its towering, ornately decorated central prang that dominates the Chao Phraya River skyline.
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B.
Gokul
Gokul is a historic town in Uttar Pradesh, India, revered in Hindu tradition as the place where Lord Krishna spent his early childhood.
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C.
Dhondu Pant
Dhondu Pant, better known as Nana Sahib, was a prominent leader of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 who played a key role in the uprising against British rule in Kanpur.
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D.
Anup Talao
Anup Talao is an ornamental, quadrilateral water tank in the royal complex of Fatehpur Sikri, known for its central platform and association with Emperor Akbar’s court.
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E.
Kalki
Kalki is the prophesied future incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu who is foretold to appear at the end of the current age to restore righteousness and cosmic order.
- 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: Neelkanth Target entity description: Neelkanth is a revered epithet of the Hindu god Shiva, referring to his blue-throated form gained after consuming poison during the churning of the cosmic ocean.
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A.
Wat Arun
Wat Arun is a famous riverside Buddhist temple in Bangkok, Thailand, renowned for its towering, ornately decorated central prang that dominates the Chao Phraya River skyline.
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B.
Gokul
Gokul is a historic town in Uttar Pradesh, India, revered in Hindu tradition as the place where Lord Krishna spent his early childhood.
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C.
Dhondu Pant
Dhondu Pant, better known as Nana Sahib, was a prominent leader of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 who played a key role in the uprising against British rule in Kanpur.
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D.
Anup Talao
Anup Talao is an ornamental, quadrilateral water tank in the royal complex of Fatehpur Sikri, known for its central platform and association with Emperor Akbar’s court.
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E.
Kalki
Kalki is the prophesied future incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu who is foretold to appear at the end of the current age to restore righteousness and cosmic order.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
epithet
ⓘ
theonym ⓘ |
| appearsInText |
Bhagavata Purana
ⓘ
Puranas ⓘ Shiva Purana ⓘ |
| associatedDeity | Shiva ⓘ |
| associatedSubstance | halahala poison ⓘ |
| associatedWithLocation |
Garhwal Himalaya
ⓘ
surface form:
Garhwal Himalayas
Rishikesh ⓘ
surface form:
Rishikesh region
|
| causeOfBlueThroat | consumption of poison ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | fair-bodied form of Shiva ⓘ |
| deityAspect | form of Shiva ⓘ |
| denotesAttribute | blue throat ⓘ |
| denotesBodyPart | throat ⓘ |
| denotesColor | blue ⓘ |
| epithetOf | Shiva ⓘ |
| hasIconographicFeature | blue throat ⓘ |
| hasMeaning | blue-throated ⓘ |
| hasTempleNamedAfter |
Neelkanth Mahadev Temple complex
ⓘ
surface form:
Neelkanth Mahadev Temple
|
| invokedFor |
healing from poison
ⓘ
protection from venom ⓘ |
| language | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| originEvent |
Samudra Manthan
ⓘ
churning of the cosmic ocean ⓘ |
| refersTo | Shiva ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Samudra Manthan
ⓘ
surface form:
Samudra Manthan myth
cosmic ocean ⓘ halahala ⓘ |
| relatedDeity |
Brahma
ⓘ
Vishnu ⓘ |
| relatedGroup |
Asura
ⓘ
surface form:
Asuras
Devas ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| roleInMyth | savior of gods and demons from poison ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
absorption of negativity
ⓘ
compassion ⓘ protection from evil ⓘ sacrifice ⓘ |
| transliteration | Nīlakaṇṭha ⓘ |
| veneratedAs |
protector from poison
ⓘ
remover of toxins ⓘ |
| worshippedInCountry |
India
ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ |
| worshippedInTradition | Shaivism ⓘ |
| writtenAs | नीलकण्ठ ⓘ |
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: Neelkanth Description of subject: Neelkanth is a revered epithet of the Hindu god Shiva, referring to his blue-throated form gained after consuming poison during the churning of the cosmic ocean.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Neelkanth (blue-throated) form of Shiva
this entity surface form:
Neelkanth (form of Shiva)