Vikarna
E449616
Vikarna is a character in the Indian epic Mahabharata, known as one of the Kaurava princes who questioned the injustice of Draupadi’s humiliation yet ultimately fought on the Kaurava side in the Kurukshetra war.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vikarna canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4523633 — 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: Vikarna Context triple: [Kauravas, includes, Vikarna]
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A.
Vikran
Vikran is a small village in Tromsø Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, northern Norway, situated along the coast opposite the city of Tromsø.
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B.
Ariaeus
Ariaeus was a Persian military commander who served under Cyrus the Younger during his campaign against Artaxerxes II.
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C.
Dārayavauš
Dārayavauš is the Old Persian name of Darius I, the powerful Achaemenid king who ruled the Persian Empire at its territorial height in the late 6th and early 5th centuries BCE.
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D.
Solin
Solin is a town in Croatia near Split, known as the modern successor to the ancient Roman city of Salona.
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E.
Saketa
Saketa is the ancient name of the historic Indian city now known as Ayodhya, a major cultural and religious center in Hindu tradition.
- 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: Vikarna Target entity description: Vikarna is a character in the Indian epic Mahabharata, known as one of the Kaurava princes who questioned the injustice of Draupadi’s humiliation yet ultimately fought on the Kaurava side in the Kurukshetra war.
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A.
Vikran
Vikran is a small village in Tromsø Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, northern Norway, situated along the coast opposite the city of Tromsø.
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B.
Ariaeus
Ariaeus was a Persian military commander who served under Cyrus the Younger during his campaign against Artaxerxes II.
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C.
Dārayavauš
Dārayavauš is the Old Persian name of Darius I, the powerful Achaemenid king who ruled the Persian Empire at its territorial height in the late 6th and early 5th centuries BCE.
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D.
Solin
Solin is a town in Croatia near Split, known as the modern successor to the ancient Roman city of Salona.
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E.
Saketa
Saketa is the ancient name of the historic Indian city now known as Ayodhya, a major cultural and religious center in Hindu tradition.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Kaurava prince
ⓘ
Mahabharata character ⓘ mythological character ⓘ |
| alignment | Kaurava faction ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Mahabharata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedEvent | Draupadi’s humiliation in the Kaurava court ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
conscience
ⓘ
dharma ⓘ loyalty ⓘ tragic righteousness ⓘ |
| cousin |
Arjuna
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bhima NERFINISHED ⓘ Nakula NERFINISHED ⓘ Sahadeva NERFINISHED ⓘ Yudhishthira NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticized | humiliation of Draupadi ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Indian ⓘ |
| deathCause | killed in war ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Kurukshetra battlefield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Kuru NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Kaurava NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Dhritarashtra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| house | House of Kuru NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| killedBy | Bhima NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| kingdom | Kuru Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
moral courage among the Kauravas
ⓘ
speaking against injustice in the dice hall ⓘ |
| languageContext | Sanskrit epic tradition ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Itihasa ⓘ |
| loyalTo | Duryodhana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| moralConflict | loyalty to family versus dharma ⓘ |
| moralStance | argued that Draupadi was not lawfully lost in dice ⓘ |
| mother | Gandhari NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedInBattle | Pandavas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Kurukshetra War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| questioned | Draupadi’s disrobing ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | Bhima for his righteousness ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| roleInDiceGame | voice of dissent ⓘ |
| sibling |
Duryodhana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dushasana NERFINISHED ⓘ Yuyutsu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceText | Critical tradition of the Mahabharata ⓘ |
| textualRole | example of a righteous person on the wrong side of war ⓘ |
| tookSide | Kauravas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| warSide | Kaurava army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Vikarna Description of subject: Vikarna is a character in the Indian epic Mahabharata, known as one of the Kaurava princes who questioned the injustice of Draupadi’s humiliation yet ultimately fought on the Kaurava side in the Kurukshetra war.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.