Sudama (in Hindu tradition)
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Sudama (in Hindu tradition) is a humble Brahmin and childhood friend of Lord Krishna, revered as an exemplar of pure devotion and poverty embraced with spiritual contentment.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sudama | 1 |
| Sudama (in Hindu tradition) canonical | 1 |
| Sudama (in Hindu tradition, associated with Porbandar city) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T152297 — 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: Sudama (in Hindu tradition) Context triple: [Porbandar, birthplaceOf, Sudama (in Hindu tradition)]
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A.
Krishna
Krishna is a major river in southern India that flows through the states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh before emptying into the Bay of Bengal.
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B.
Nana Sahib
Nana Sahib was a prominent Indian aristocrat and leader who played a key role in directing rebel forces against British rule during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
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C.
Swayam
Swayam is an Indian government-backed online learning platform that provides free Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) from schools, colleges, and universities across the country.
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D.
Amara Namani
Amara Namani is a young, resourceful Jaeger pilot and central protagonist in the science fiction film "Pacific Rim: Uprising."
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E.
Lalitha Chandrasekhar
Lalitha Chandrasekhar was an Indian physicist and mathematician who collaborated closely with her husband, Nobel laureate Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, and contributed to research and education in astrophysics.
- 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: Sudama (in Hindu tradition) Target entity description: Sudama (in Hindu tradition) is a humble Brahmin and childhood friend of Lord Krishna, revered as an exemplar of pure devotion and poverty embraced with spiritual contentment.
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A.
Krishna
Krishna is a major river in southern India that flows through the states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh before emptying into the Bay of Bengal.
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B.
Krishna
Krishna is a major Hindu deity revered as the eighth avatar of Vishnu and celebrated for his roles as a divine lover, charioteer, and teacher in texts like the Bhagavad Gita and the Mahabharata.
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C.
Nana Sahib
Nana Sahib was a prominent Indian aristocrat and leader who played a key role in directing rebel forces against British rule during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
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D.
Swayam
Swayam is an Indian government-backed online learning platform that provides free Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) from schools, colleges, and universities across the country.
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E.
Amara Namani
Amara Namani is a young, resourceful Jaeger pilot and central protagonist in the science fiction film "Pacific Rim: Uprising."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Brahmin
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devotee in Hindu tradition ⓘ mythological character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | folk songs and bhajans about Krishna’s devotees ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Puranas
ⓘ
surface form:
Bhagavata Purana
Vaishnavism ⓘ |
| associatedWithConcept |
bhakti yoga
ⓘ
dāsya-bhāva (servant-like devotion) ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace |
Dwarka
ⓘ
surface form:
Dvaraka
|
| bringsGift | flattened rice (poha) for Krishna ⓘ |
| childhoodFriendOf | Krishna ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
model for contented poverty in Hindu discourse
ⓘ
popular figure in devotional storytelling (katha) ⓘ |
| genreOfNarrative | Puranic narrative ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Kuchela
ⓘ
Brahmins ⓘ
surface form:
Kuchela Brahmin
|
| hasFriend | Krishna ⓘ |
| homeTown | Poor village in Gujarat region (traditional belief) ⓘ |
| knownFor |
friendship with Krishna
ⓘ
poverty embraced with spiritual contentment ⓘ pure devotion to Krishna ⓘ |
| languageOfPrimarySources | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| meets | Krishna in Dvaraka ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Puranas
ⓘ
surface form:
Bhagavata Purana, Skandha 10
|
| moralLesson |
God understands the devotee’s needs without asking
ⓘ
do not ask God for material favors ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
exemplar of bhakti (devotional love)
ⓘ
exemplar of ideal devotee ⓘ exemplar of poverty with dignity ⓘ |
| occupation | Brahmin priest ⓘ |
| receivesGraceFrom | Krishna ⓘ |
| relationshipTypeWithKrishna | sakhya-bhāva (friendship devotion) ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| socialClass | Brahmin ⓘ |
| spouse | Unnamed wife of Sudama ⓘ |
| storyTheme |
God’s care for the poor devotee
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divine reciprocity for pure devotion ⓘ unconditional friendship ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
friendship beyond social and economic status
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selfless offering ⓘ spiritual wealth over material wealth ⓘ |
| tradition | Krishna bhakti tradition ⓘ |
| virtue |
contentment
ⓘ
detachment from material wealth ⓘ devotion ⓘ humility ⓘ |
| worshippedBy | some Vaishnavite devotees ⓘ |
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: Sudama (in Hindu tradition) Description of subject: Sudama (in Hindu tradition) is a humble Brahmin and childhood friend of Lord Krishna, revered as an exemplar of pure devotion and poverty embraced with spiritual contentment.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Porbandar
this entity surface form:
Sudama
this entity surface form:
Sudama (in Hindu tradition, associated with Porbandar city)