Narakasura
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Narakasura is a powerful demon king in Hindu mythology, best known for his tyranny, abduction of women, and eventual slaying by Krishna and Satyabhama, commemorated during the festival of Diwali.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Narakasura canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4816685 — 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: Narakasura Context triple: [Satyabhama, associatedWith, Narakasura]
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A.
Hiranyaksha
Hiranyaksha is a powerful asura (demon) from Hindu mythology, known for stealing the earth and being slain by Vishnu in his Varaha (boar) avatar.
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B.
Hiranyakashipu
Hiranyakashipu is a powerful demon king from Hindu mythology, best known as the tyrannical father of Prahlada and the antagonist slain by Vishnu’s Narasimha avatar.
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C.
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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D.
Ghatotkacha
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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E.
Dushasana
Dushasana is a prominent antagonist in the Indian epic Mahabharata, known as one of the Kaurava princes infamous for his cruelty toward Draupadi and loyalty to his brother Duryodhana.
- 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: Narakasura Target entity description: Narakasura is a powerful demon king in Hindu mythology, best known for his tyranny, abduction of women, and eventual slaying by Krishna and Satyabhama, commemorated during the festival of Diwali.
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A.
Hiranyaksha
Hiranyaksha is a powerful asura (demon) from Hindu mythology, known for stealing the earth and being slain by Vishnu in his Varaha (boar) avatar.
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B.
Hiranyakashipu
Hiranyakashipu is a powerful demon king from Hindu mythology, best known as the tyrannical father of Prahlada and the antagonist slain by Vishnu’s Narasimha avatar.
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C.
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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D.
Ghatotkacha
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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E.
Dushasana
Dushasana is a prominent antagonist in the Indian epic Mahabharata, known as one of the Kaurava princes infamous for his cruelty toward Draupadi and loyalty to his brother Duryodhana.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
asura
ⓘ
demon king ⓘ mythological character ⓘ |
| alternativeParentTradition | Hiranyaksha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Pragjyotisha Kingdom
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
myths of Diwali origin ⓘ |
| associatedWithRegion |
Assam
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Northeast India ⓘ |
| birthplace | Pragjyotisha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| children | Bhagadatta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commemoratedDuring |
Diwali
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Naraka Chaturdashi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| defeatedBy |
Krishna
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Satyabhama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| defeatSymbolizes |
end of tyranny
ⓘ
triumph of good over evil ⓘ |
| enemy |
Indra
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
devas ⓘ |
| festivalAssociation |
Deepavali
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Naraka Chaturdashi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| grantedInvincibilityAgainst | all beings except his mother ⓘ |
| imprisoned |
16,000 women
ⓘ
princesses from various kingdoms ⓘ |
| killedBy |
Krishna
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Satyabhama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| killedDuring | Krishna's campaign against Pragjyotisha ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Bhagavata Purana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Harivamsa NERFINISHED ⓘ Vishnu Purana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Earth goddess ⓘ |
| notableFor |
abduction of women
ⓘ
being slain by Krishna ⓘ being slain by Satyabhama ⓘ tyranny ⓘ |
| obtainedBoonsFrom | Brahma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parent |
Bhumi Devi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Varaha avatar of Vishnu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| posthumousEvent |
his death celebrated as Naraka Chaturdashi
ⓘ
imprisoned women were married by Krishna ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| residence | Pragjyotisha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seized |
Aditi's earrings
ⓘ
Indra's umbrella NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Maya (in some traditions) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
darkness
ⓘ
evil ⓘ |
| title | King of Pragjyotisha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| weaponUsedAgainst | Sudarshana Chakra 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: Narakasura Description of subject: Narakasura is a powerful demon king in Hindu mythology, best known for his tyranny, abduction of women, and eventual slaying by Krishna and Satyabhama, commemorated during the festival of Diwali.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.