Narasimha
E146684
Narasimha is the fierce man-lion incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu, known for destroying the demon king Hiranyakashipu to protect his devotee Prahlada.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Narasimha canonical | 11 |
| Simha | 2 |
| Lakshmi Narasimha | 1 |
| Lord Narsingh (Narasimha), an incarnation of Vishnu | 1 |
| Narasimha avatar | 1 |
| Narasimha avatar of Vishnu | 1 |
| Sudarshana Narasimha | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T902575 — 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: Narasimha Context triple: [Vishnu, avatar, Narasimha]
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A.
Parashurama
Parashurama is the warrior-sage incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu, famed for wielding an axe and for his role in purging corrupt Kshatriya rulers.
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B.
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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C.
Narayana
Narayana is a revered name of the Hindu god Vishnu, especially associated with his role as the supreme preserver and sustainer of the universe.
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D.
Ramachandra
Ramachandra, better known as Tatya Tope, was a prominent Indian general and key leader of the 1857 Indian Rebellion against British rule.
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E.
Venkata
Venkata is the given name of Indian physicist and Nobel laureate C. V. Raman, renowned for discovering the Raman effect in light scattering.
- 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: Narasimha Target entity description: Narasimha is the fierce man-lion incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu, known for destroying the demon king Hiranyakashipu to protect his devotee Prahlada.
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A.
Parashurama
Parashurama is the warrior-sage incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu, famed for wielding an axe and for his role in purging corrupt Kshatriya rulers.
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B.
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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C.
Narayana
Narayana is a revered name of the Hindu god Vishnu, especially associated with his role as the supreme preserver and sustainer of the universe.
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D.
Ramachandra
Ramachandra, better known as Tatya Tope, was a prominent Indian general and key leader of the 1857 Indian Rebellion against British rule.
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E.
Venkata
Venkata is the given name of Indian physicist and Nobel laureate C. V. Raman, renowned for discovering the Raman effect in light scattering.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu deity
ⓘ
avatar of Vishnu ⓘ man-lion form ⓘ |
| appearsInText |
Agni Purana
ⓘ
Bhagavata Purana ⓘ Harivamsa ⓘ Vishnu Purana ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Vishnu ⓘ |
| avatarNumber | fourth avatar of Vishnu ⓘ |
| avatarType | Narasimha avatar ⓘ |
| boonCircumvention |
neither day nor night
ⓘ
neither indoors nor outdoors ⓘ neither man nor animal ⓘ neither on earth nor in sky ⓘ no weapon used ⓘ |
| devotee | Prahlada ⓘ |
| enemy | Hiranyakashipu ⓘ |
| epithet |
Narasimha
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Lakshmi Narasimha
Ugra Narasimha ⓘ fierce incarnation of Vishnu ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasFestival | Narasimha Jayanti ⓘ |
| hasForm |
half-lion
ⓘ
half-man ⓘ |
| hasTemple |
Ahobilam
ⓘ
Melkote ⓘ Simhachalam ⓘ |
| iconographyFeature |
bulging eyes
ⓘ
lion face ⓘ mane ⓘ multiple arms ⓘ sharp claws ⓘ |
| killed | Hiranyakashipu ⓘ |
| killingMethod | tore open Hiranyakashipu with claws ⓘ |
| knownFor |
killing Hiranyakashipu
ⓘ
protecting Prahlada ⓘ |
| parentDeity | Vishnu ⓘ |
| placeOfKilling | threshold of a palace ⓘ |
| purposeOfIncarnation |
to destroy Hiranyakashipu
ⓘ
to protect devotees of Vishnu ⓘ to protect dharma ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| spouse |
Lakshmi avatar
ⓘ
surface form:
Lakshmi
|
| timeOfKilling | twilight ⓘ |
| weapon |
chakra
ⓘ
claws ⓘ shankha ⓘ |
| worshippedAs |
destroyer of evil
ⓘ
protector deity ⓘ |
| worshipTradition | Vaishnavism ⓘ |
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: Narasimha Description of subject: Narasimha is the fierce man-lion incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu, known for destroying the demon king Hiranyakashipu to protect his devotee Prahlada.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Simha
this entity surface form:
Sudarshana Narasimha
subject surface form:
Prahlada
this entity surface form:
Narasimha avatar of Vishnu
this entity surface form:
Lakshmi Narasimha
this entity surface form:
Lord Narsingh (Narasimha), an incarnation of Vishnu
subject surface form:
Narasimha shrine (Parthasarathy Temple, Triplicane)
subject surface form:
Narasimha shrine (Parthasarathy Temple, Triplicane)
subject surface form:
Narasimha shrine (Parthasarathy Temple, Triplicane)
this entity surface form:
Narasimha avatar