Vakratunda
E122748
Vakratunda is a revered aspect of the Hindu deity Ganesha, depicted with a curved trunk and associated with the removal of obstacles and the subduing of evil forces.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lambodara | 1 |
| Vakratunda canonical | 1 |
| Vighnaharta | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T941941 — 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: Vakratunda Context triple: [Ganesha, hasAspect, Vakratunda]
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A.
Babruvahana
Babruvahana is a character in the Indian epic Mahabharata, known as the son of the Pandava prince Arjuna and the princess Chitrangada, and as a skilled warrior and later ruler of Manipura.
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B.
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.
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C.
Jatayu
Jatayu is a noble vulture-king in the Ramayana who heroically attempts to rescue Sita from Ravana, symbolizing courage and sacrifice.
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D.
Kesava
Kesava is a revered epithet of the Hindu god Vishnu, highlighting him as the slayer of the demon Keshi and the one with beautiful, luxuriant hair.
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E.
Kumbhakarna
Kumbhakarna is a giant rakshasa warrior from the Indian epic Ramayana, famed for his immense size, strength, and cursed deep sleep.
- 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: Vakratunda Target entity description: Vakratunda is a revered aspect of the Hindu deity Ganesha, depicted with a curved trunk and associated with the removal of obstacles and the subduing of evil forces.
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A.
Babruvahana
Babruvahana is a character in the Indian epic Mahabharata, known as the son of the Pandava prince Arjuna and the princess Chitrangada, and as a skilled warrior and later ruler of Manipura.
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B.
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.
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C.
Jatayu
Jatayu is a noble vulture-king in the Ramayana who heroically attempts to rescue Sita from Ravana, symbolizing courage and sacrifice.
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D.
Kesava
Kesava is a revered epithet of the Hindu god Vishnu, highlighting him as the slayer of the demon Keshi and the one with beautiful, luxuriant hair.
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E.
Kumbhakarna
Kumbhakarna is a giant rakshasa warrior from the Indian epic Ramayana, famed for his immense size, strength, and cursed deep sleep.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu deity aspect
ⓘ
aspect of Ganesha ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
auspicious beginnings
ⓘ
protection ⓘ removal of obstacles ⓘ subduing of evil forces ⓘ |
| culturalRegion |
India
ⓘ
South Asia ⓘ |
| depictedWith | curved trunk ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasAttribute |
curved elephant trunk
ⓘ
elephant head ⓘ |
| hasDeityFormOf | Ganesha ⓘ |
| hasEtymology | Sanskrit term meaning “one with a curved trunk” ⓘ |
| knownFor |
granting success by removing obstacles
ⓘ
protecting devotees from evil influences ⓘ |
| partOf | Ganesha’s multiple forms ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| role |
remover of obstacles
ⓘ
subduer of demons ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
divine protection
ⓘ
overcoming difficulties ⓘ victory over evil ⓘ |
| worshipContext |
Ganesha worship
ⓘ
Hindu devotional practices ⓘ |
| worshippedAs | form of Ganesha ⓘ |
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: Vakratunda Description of subject: Vakratunda is a revered aspect of the Hindu deity Ganesha, depicted with a curved trunk and associated with the removal of obstacles and the subduing of evil forces.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Vighnaharta