Ghatotkacha
E449131
Ghatotkacha is a powerful, magic-wielding rakshasa warrior from the Mahabharata, famed for his crucial role and heroic death in the Kurukshetra War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ghatotkacha canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4515714 — 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: Ghatotkacha Context triple: [Kurukshetra War, hasKeyFigure, Ghatotkacha]
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A.
Andhaka
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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B.
Jambavan
Jambavan is a wise and powerful bear-king from Hindu mythology, renowned for his role in the Ramayana and as a devoted ally of Lord Rama.
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C.
Ugrasena
Ugrasena is a legendary king in Hindu mythology, known as a ruler of the Yadava clan and the grandfather of Krishna.
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D.
Indrajit
Indrajit is a powerful warrior prince in the Hindu epic Ramayana, famed for his mastery of celestial weapons and for being the formidable son of the demon king Ravana.
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E.
Kumbhakarna
Kumbhakarna is a giant rakshasa warrior from the Indian epic Ramayana, famed for his immense size, strength, and cursed deep sleep.
- 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: Ghatotkacha Target entity description: Ghatotkacha is a powerful, magic-wielding rakshasa warrior from the Mahabharata, famed for his crucial role and heroic death in the Kurukshetra War.
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A.
Andhaka
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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B.
Jambavan
Jambavan is a wise and powerful bear-king from Hindu mythology, renowned for his role in the Ramayana and as a devoted ally of Lord Rama.
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C.
Ugrasena
Ugrasena is a legendary king in Hindu mythology, known as a ruler of the Yadava clan and the grandfather of Krishna.
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D.
Indrajit
Indrajit is a powerful warrior prince in the Hindu epic Ramayana, famed for his mastery of celestial weapons and for being the formidable son of the demon king Ravana.
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E.
Kumbhakarna
Kumbhakarna is a giant rakshasa warrior from the Indian epic Ramayana, famed for his immense size, strength, and cursed deep sleep.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character from the Mahabharata
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mythological character ⓘ rakshasa ⓘ warrior ⓘ |
| allyOf | Pandavas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedDeity | Indra (through Vasavi Shakti weapon) ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Bhima and Hidimbi episode in the forest
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night raids on the Kaurava army ⓘ |
| basedIn | Mahabharata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalDepiction |
appears in Javanese and Indonesian wayang traditions
NERFINISHED
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featured in regional folk tales in India ⓘ portrayed in classical Indian dance and theatre ⓘ |
| deathCause | use of Vasavi Shakti by Karna ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Kurukshetra battlefield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| enemyOf | Kauravas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicity | rakshasa ⓘ |
| father | Bhima NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fightsFor | Pandava army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| grandfather | Pandu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| grandmother | Kunti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| killedBy | Karna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfPrimarySources | Sanskrit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Hindu epic literature ⓘ |
| loyalTo |
Bhima
NERFINISHED
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Pandavas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Hidimbi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | “bald-headed” in Sanskrit ⓘ |
| notableBattle | Kurukshetra War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | summoned by Bhima and Krishna during critical phase of war ⓘ |
| notableFor |
aerial warfare and illusionary tactics
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heroic death in the Kurukshetra War ⓘ use of powerful magic in battle ⓘ |
| opponent |
Duryodhana
NERFINISHED
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Dushasana NERFINISHED ⓘ Karna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| paternalUncle |
Arjuna
NERFINISHED
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Nakula NERFINISHED ⓘ Sahadeva NERFINISHED ⓘ Yudhishthira NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| power |
ability to change size at will
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flight ⓘ mastery of maya (illusion) ⓘ night-fighting prowess ⓘ superhuman strength ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| sacrifice | gave his life to protect the Pandavas ⓘ |
| strategicRole | forced Karna to use Vasavi Shakti before facing Arjuna ⓘ |
| textualSource | critical edition of the Mahabharata ⓘ |
| weaponUsedAgainstHim | Vasavi Shakti 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: Ghatotkacha Description of subject: Ghatotkacha is a powerful, magic-wielding rakshasa warrior from the Mahabharata, famed for his crucial role and heroic death in the Kurukshetra War.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.