Shiva
E19933
Shiva is a principal Hindu god revered as the destroyer and transformer within the religion’s divine trinity, associated with asceticism, cosmic dance, and the cycle of creation and dissolution.
All labels observed (22)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shiva canonical | 211 |
| Lord Shiva | 56 |
| Śiva | 4 |
| Shiva as Nataraja | 3 |
| Mahadev | 2 |
| Nataraja | 2 |
| Rudra | 2 |
| Bhairava | 1 |
| Mahadev (Shiva) | 1 |
| Maheshvara | 1 |
| Mahākāla | 1 |
| Names of Shiva | 1 |
| Pashupati | 1 |
| Shiva as Kapaleeshwarar | 1 |
| Shiva as Konesar | 1 |
| Shiva as Omkareshwar | 1 |
| Shiva as Thayumanaswamy | 1 |
| Shiva as destroyer | 1 |
| Shiva in the form of Nataraja | 1 |
| Shiva is Shakti’s consort | 1 |
| Vighneshvara | 1 |
| Vishwanath (form of Shiva) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T152484 — 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: Shiva Context triple: [Hinduism, hasDeity, Shiva]
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A.
Vishnu
Vishnu is a principal Hindu god revered as the preserver and protector of the universe, often depicted with blue skin and four arms and associated with avatars such as Rama and Krishna.
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B.
Brahma
Brahma is the Hindu god of creation, traditionally regarded as part of the Trimurti alongside Vishnu and Shiva.
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C.
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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D.
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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E.
Brahman
Brahman is the ultimate, all-pervading reality or absolute principle in Hindu philosophy, understood as the source and essence of everything that exists.
- 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: Shiva Target entity description: Shiva is a principal Hindu god revered as the destroyer and transformer within the religion’s divine trinity, associated with asceticism, cosmic dance, and the cycle of creation and dissolution.
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A.
Vishnu
Vishnu is a principal Hindu god revered as the preserver and protector of the universe, often depicted with blue skin and four arms and associated with avatars such as Rama and Krishna.
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B.
Brahma
Brahma is the Hindu god of creation, traditionally regarded as part of the Trimurti alongside Vishnu and Shiva.
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C.
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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D.
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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E.
Brahman
Brahman is the ultimate, all-pervading reality or absolute principle in Hindu philosophy, understood as the source and essence of everything that exists.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (80)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu deity
ⓘ
member of the Trimurti ⓘ principal deity in Hinduism ⓘ |
| abode | Mount Kailash ⓘ |
| associatedConcept | union of masculine and feminine principles ⓘ |
| associatedMyth | Samudra Manthan ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Aghori ascetics
ⓘ
Ganges ⓘ
surface form:
Ganges River
Himalayas ⓘ Laya (dissolution) ⓘ Mount Kailash ⓘ Rudraksha beads ⓘ Shaivism ⓘ Tandava ⓘ asceticism ⓘ bhakti (devotion) ⓘ cosmic dance ⓘ creation ⓘ destruction ⓘ dissolution of the universe ⓘ five elements (Pancha Bhuta) ⓘ lingam worship ⓘ mantra Om Namah Shivaya ⓘ meditation ⓘ moksha ⓘ panchakshari mantra ⓘ smashana (cremation grounds) ⓘ time ⓘ transformation ⓘ vairagya (detachment) ⓘ yoga ⓘ |
| causeOfBlueThroat | drinking halahala poison ⓘ |
| consort |
Devi
ⓘ
surface form:
Parvati
|
| cosmicForm |
Nataraja sculptures
ⓘ
surface form:
Nataraja
|
| cosmicFunction |
dissolution of creation at the end of a cycle
ⓘ
regulation of cosmic cycles ⓘ |
| danceType | Tandava ⓘ |
| epithet |
Bholenath
ⓘ
Shankara ⓘ
surface form:
Mahadeva
Mahakala ⓘ Shiva self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Maheshvara
Shiva self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Nataraja
Neelkanth ⓘ Shiva self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Pashupati
Shiva self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Rudra
Shankara ⓘ |
| fatherOf |
Ganesha
ⓘ
Kartikeya ⓘ Murugan ⓘ Kartikeya ⓘ
surface form:
Skanda
|
| hasAspect |
Ardhanarishvara
ⓘ
Shiva self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Bhairava
|
| iconographicFeature | blue throat ⓘ |
| majorFestival |
Maha Shivaratri
ⓘ
Shravan month observances ⓘ |
| mantra | Om Namah Shivaya ⓘ |
| meaningOfName | the auspicious one ⓘ |
| memberOf | Trimurti ⓘ |
| mount | Nandi ⓘ |
| nameInSanskrit |
Shiva
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Śiva
|
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| roleInTrimurti |
destroyer
ⓘ
transformer ⓘ |
| spouse |
Devi
ⓘ
surface form:
Parvati
|
| symbol |
Ganga flowing from hair
ⓘ
ash-smeared body ⓘ crescent moon ⓘ lingam ⓘ matted hair ⓘ third eye ⓘ tiger skin garment ⓘ |
| vehicle | Nandi ⓘ |
| weapon |
damaru
ⓘ
trishula ⓘ |
| worshipPlace |
Amarnath Cave Temple
ⓘ
Kashi Vishwanath Temple ⓘ Kedarnath Temple ⓘ Somnath Temple ⓘ Trimbakeshwar ⓘ
surface form:
Twelve Jyotirlingas
|
| worshipTradition | Shaivism ⓘ |
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: Shiva Description of subject: Shiva is a principal Hindu god revered as the destroyer and transformer within the religion’s divine trinity, associated with asceticism, cosmic dance, and the cycle of creation and dissolution.
Referenced by (295)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Sambisari Temple
subject surface form:
Bindu
subject surface form:
Brahmanda
subject surface form:
Kailasa Temple
this entity surface form:
Shiva as Nataraja
this entity surface form:
Lord Shiva
this entity surface form:
Mahākāla
this entity surface form:
Vighneshvara
subject surface form:
Vandana Shiva
this entity surface form:
Shiva as Nataraja
this entity surface form:
Śiva