Andhaka
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Andhaka is a prominent clan within the ancient Yadava lineage of Hindu tradition, often associated with the family and kingdom of Krishna.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Andhaka canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4512635 — 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: Andhaka Context triple: [Yadava, hasSubgroup, Andhaka]
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A.
Kumbhakarna
Kumbhakarna is a giant rakshasa warrior from the Indian epic Ramayana, famed for his immense size, strength, and cursed deep sleep.
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B.
Ravana
Ravana is the ten-headed demon king of Lanka in Hindu mythology, best known as the powerful antagonist of the epic Ramayana.
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C.
Kubera
Kubera is the Hindu god of wealth and the treasurer of the gods, revered as the lord of riches and prosperity.
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D.
Narasimha
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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E.
Vamana
Vamana is the dwarf Brahmin incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu, known for subduing the demon king Bali through a request for three strides of land that he then expansively claimed.
- 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: Andhaka Target entity description: Andhaka is a prominent clan within the ancient Yadava lineage of Hindu tradition, often associated with the family and kingdom of Krishna.
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A.
Kumbhakarna
Kumbhakarna is a giant rakshasa warrior from the Indian epic Ramayana, famed for his immense size, strength, and cursed deep sleep.
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B.
Ravana
Ravana is the ten-headed demon king of Lanka in Hindu mythology, best known as the powerful antagonist of the epic Ramayana.
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C.
Kubera
Kubera is the Hindu god of wealth and the treasurer of the gods, revered as the lord of riches and prosperity.
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D.
Narasimha
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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E.
Vamana
Vamana is the dwarf Brahmin incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu, known for subduing the demon king Bali through a request for three strides of land that he then expansively claimed.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Yadava clan
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dynasty in Hindu tradition ⓘ |
| alliedWith |
Krishna’s kingdom of Dvaraka
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pandavas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Krishna
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Satvata lineage NERFINISHED ⓘ Vrishni clan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflictWith |
Jarasandha
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kuru dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Magadha kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalRole |
important Yadava subdivision
ⓘ
part of Krishna’s extended family ⓘ |
| describedIn |
Mahabharata
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Puranas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicContext | Yadava people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genealogicalOrigin | Yadu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genealogicalRelation | branch of the Satvata–Vrishni–Andhaka line ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Akrura
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Aniruddha NERFINISHED ⓘ Balarama NERFINISHED ⓘ Devaki NERFINISHED ⓘ Jarasandha’s in‑laws ⓘ Kamsa NERFINISHED ⓘ Krishna NERFINISHED ⓘ Pradyumna NERFINISHED ⓘ Rukmini NERFINISHED ⓘ Satyaki NERFINISHED ⓘ Uddhava NERFINISHED ⓘ Ugrasena NERFINISHED ⓘ Vasudeva NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageContext | Sanskrit literature ⓘ |
| locatedInNarrative |
Dvaraka kingdom
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mathura region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Bhagavata Purana
NERFINISHED
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Harivamsa NERFINISHED ⓘ Vishnu Purana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mythologicalStatus | semi‑historical clan ⓘ |
| notableEventAssociation | Yadava civil strife leading to clan destruction ⓘ |
| partOf | Yadava lineage ⓘ |
| politicalRole |
allied clan of Krishna
ⓘ
ruling family in Dvaraka ⓘ ruling family in Mathura ⓘ |
| regionInTradition |
Mathura–Dvaraka area
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
western India ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| roleInKrishnaNarratives |
holders of Krishna’s royal lineage
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kinship group of Krishna ⓘ |
| timePeriodInTradition | Dvapara Yuga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Andhaka Description of subject: Andhaka is a prominent clan within the ancient Yadava lineage of Hindu tradition, often associated with the family and kingdom of Krishna.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.