Vasuki
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Vasuki is the mighty serpent king in Hindu mythology, often depicted as a naga who plays a central role in the churning of the ocean (Samudra Manthan).
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vasuki canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4782794 — 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: Vasuki Context triple: [Kurma, associatedWith, Vasuki]
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A.
Thasra
Thasra is a town located in the Kheda district of the Indian state of Gujarat.
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B.
Shastina
Shastina is a prominent satellite cone and secondary peak on the western flank of California’s Mount Shasta, formed by later volcanic activity.
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C.
Devaka
Devaka is a figure in Hindu tradition known primarily as the father of Devaki, the mother of the deity Krishna.
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D.
Veeragase
Veeragase is a vigorous and ritualistic folk dance-drama of Karnataka, India, traditionally performed during festivals to depict stories of valor from Hindu mythology.
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E.
Vasanta
Vasanta is the spring season in the Hindu lunisolar calendar, associated with renewal, blossoming nature, and numerous traditional festivals.
- 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: Vasuki Target entity description: Vasuki is the mighty serpent king in Hindu mythology, often depicted as a naga who plays a central role in the churning of the ocean (Samudra Manthan).
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A.
Thasra
Thasra is a town located in the Kheda district of the Indian state of Gujarat.
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B.
Shastina
Shastina is a prominent satellite cone and secondary peak on the western flank of California’s Mount Shasta, formed by later volcanic activity.
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C.
Devaka
Devaka is a figure in Hindu tradition known primarily as the father of Devaki, the mother of the deity Krishna.
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D.
Veeragase
Veeragase is a vigorous and ritualistic folk dance-drama of Karnataka, India, traditionally performed during festivals to depict stories of valor from Hindu mythology.
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E.
Vasanta
Vasanta is the spring season in the Hindu lunisolar calendar, associated with renewal, blossoming nature, and numerous traditional festivals.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu mythological figure
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mythological serpent ⓘ naga ⓘ serpent king ⓘ |
| associatedDeity |
Indra
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shiva NERFINISHED ⓘ Vishnu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithConcept | churning of the ocean of milk ⓘ |
| associatedWithDeityAspect | Shiva as Nageshvara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | Samudra Manthan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithGroup |
asuras
ⓘ
devas ⓘ |
| associatedWithObject | Mount Mandara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme | immortality (amrita) ⓘ |
| cosmicFunction | instrument in cosmic churning ⓘ |
| cultType | naga worship ⓘ |
| culturalDomain |
Hindu epic tradition
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Indian mythology ⓘ |
| depictedAs |
multi-headed serpent
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naga with human upper body and serpent lower body ⓘ |
| familyRelation |
brother of Shesha
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brother of Takshaka ⓘ son of Kadru ⓘ son of Kashyapa ⓘ |
| hasTitle |
Nagaraja
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Serpent King NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| iconographicFeature |
coiled body
ⓘ
raised hoods ⓘ |
| mentionedInText |
Bhagavata Purana
NERFINISHED
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Mahabharata NERFINISHED ⓘ Puranas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| moralRole | ally of the gods in obtaining amrita ⓘ |
| mythologicalLocation |
Patala
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
netherworld ⓘ |
| mythologicalRole |
king of serpents
ⓘ
naga king ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| roleInSamudraManthan |
pulled by devas and asuras from opposite sides
ⓘ
served as the rope wound around Mount Mandara ⓘ |
| symbolism |
cosmic energy
ⓘ
power ⓘ protection ⓘ |
| usedAs | churning rope in Samudra Manthan ⓘ |
| worshippedInRegion |
India
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nepal 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: Vasuki Description of subject: Vasuki is the mighty serpent king in Hindu mythology, often depicted as a naga who plays a central role in the churning of the ocean (Samudra Manthan).
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.