Bhagavān
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Bhagavān is a revered honorific in Indian religious traditions, especially Buddhism and Hinduism, denoting a supremely blessed, enlightened, or divine being.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bhagavān canonical | 2 |
| Bhagavan | 1 |
| Bhagavān (feminine: Bhagavatī) | 1 |
| Nijanand (Supreme Lord) | 1 |
| Īśvara | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2563134 — 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: Bhagavān Context triple: [Shakyamuni Buddha, honorificTitle, Bhagavān]
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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.
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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D.
Brahman
Brahman is the ultimate, all-pervading reality or absolute principle in Hindu philosophy, understood as the source and essence of everything that exists.
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E.
Shankara
Shankara is a revered epithet of the Hindu god Shiva, highlighting his role as a benevolent and auspicious divine benefactor.
- 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: Bhagavān Target entity description: Bhagavān is a revered honorific in Indian religious traditions, especially Buddhism and Hinduism, denoting a supremely blessed, enlightened, or divine being.
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
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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D.
Brahman
Brahman is the ultimate, all-pervading reality or absolute principle in Hindu philosophy, understood as the source and essence of everything that exists.
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E.
Shankara
Shankara is a revered epithet of the Hindu god Shiva, highlighting his role as a benevolent and auspicious divine benefactor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sanskrit term
ⓘ
religious honorific title ⓘ theonym ⓘ |
| appearsInText |
Bhagavad Gita
ⓘ
surface form:
Bhagavad Gītā
Mahabharata ⓘ
surface form:
Mahābhārata
Purāṇas ⓘ various Buddhist sūtras ⓘ |
| denotes |
divine being
ⓘ
enlightened being ⓘ supreme deity (in some traditions) ⓘ supremely blessed being ⓘ |
| etymologicalRoot | bhaga ⓘ |
| function |
devotional name of God
ⓘ
marker of spiritual supremacy ⓘ title of reverence ⓘ |
| gender | masculine ⓘ |
| grammaticalForm | vocative often used in address ⓘ |
| honorificFor |
Krishna
ⓘ
Rama ⓘ Shiva ⓘ Tirthankaras ⓘ
surface form:
Tirthankaras (in Jainism)
Vishnu ⓘ gurus or saints (in some traditions) ⓘ Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ
surface form:
the Buddha
|
| language | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| meaning |
Bodhi
ⓘ
surface form:
the Blessed One
Holy One ⓘ
surface form:
the Divine One
Holy One ⓘ
surface form:
the Glorious One
the Lord ⓘ the Possessor of fortune or opulence ⓘ |
| region |
South Asia
ⓘ
surface form:
Indian subcontinent
|
| relatedConcept |
Bhagavat
ⓘ
Bhagavān self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Bhagavān (feminine: Bhagavatī)
Deva ⓘ Bhagavān self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Īśvara
|
| religiousTradition |
Buddhism
ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ Jainism ⓘ Sikhism ⓘ
surface form:
Sikhism (in some contexts)
|
| script |
Devanagari script
ⓘ
surface form:
Devanagari
|
| semanticField |
blessedness
ⓘ
divinity ⓘ lordship ⓘ |
| transliterationIAST | Bhagavān self-link ⓘ |
| useContext |
Bhakti traditions
ⓘ
Indian religions ⓘ devotional literature ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Buddhism
ⓘ
surface form:
Buddhists
Hindus ⓘ Jains ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Bhagavān Description of subject: Bhagavān is a revered honorific in Indian religious traditions, especially Buddhism and Hinduism, denoting a supremely blessed, enlightened, or divine being.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Nijanand (Supreme Lord)
this entity surface form:
Bhagavān (feminine: Bhagavatī)
this entity surface form:
Īśvara