Vishrava
E473885
Vishrava is a revered sage in Hindu mythology, best known as the father of the demon king Ravana and his giant brother Kumbhakarna in the Ramayana.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vishrava canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4782249 — 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: Vishrava Context triple: [Kumbhakarna, parent, Vishrava]
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A.
Vrushabhadri
Vrushabhadri is one of the sacred hills of the Tirumala range associated with the Tirumala Venkateswara Temple in Andhra Pradesh, India.
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B.
Akrura
Akrura is a revered figure in Hindu mythology, known as a devout Yadava charioteer and ally of Krishna who played a key role in bringing him to Mathura.
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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.
Nahusha
Nahusha is a legendary king from Hindu mythology who briefly ruled the heavens in place of Indra before being cursed and cast down for his arrogance.
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E.
Vakratunda
Vakratunda is a revered aspect of the Hindu deity Ganesha, depicted with a curved trunk and associated with the removal of obstacles and the subduing of evil forces.
- 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: Vishrava Target entity description: Vishrava is a revered sage in Hindu mythology, best known as the father of the demon king Ravana and his giant brother Kumbhakarna in the Ramayana.
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A.
Vrushabhadri
Vrushabhadri is one of the sacred hills of the Tirumala range associated with the Tirumala Venkateswara Temple in Andhra Pradesh, India.
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B.
Akrura
Akrura is a revered figure in Hindu mythology, known as a devout Yadava charioteer and ally of Krishna who played a key role in bringing him to Mathura.
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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.
Nahusha
Nahusha is a legendary king from Hindu mythology who briefly ruled the heavens in place of Indra before being cursed and cast down for his arrogance.
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E.
Vakratunda
Vakratunda is a revered aspect of the Hindu deity Ganesha, depicted with a curved trunk and associated with the removal of obstacles and the subduing of evil forces.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu mythological figure
ⓘ
rishi ⓘ sage ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Valmiki Ramayana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Lanka
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Treasury of the gods NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Characters in the Ramayana
ⓘ
Hindu sages ⓘ Mythological Brahmins ⓘ |
| childWithIlavida | Kubera NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| childWithKaikesi |
Kumbhakarna
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ravana NERFINISHED ⓘ Shurpanakha NERFINISHED ⓘ Vibhishana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfMyth | Ancient India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | Indian ⓘ |
| ethnicOrMythicGroup | Brahmin sage ⓘ |
| fatherOf |
Kubera
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kumbhakarna NERFINISHED ⓘ Ravana NERFINISHED ⓘ Shurpanakha NERFINISHED ⓘ Vibhishana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| grandparent | Brahma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| grandsonOf | Brahma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRelative |
Brahma
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kubera NERFINISHED ⓘ Kumbhakarna NERFINISHED ⓘ Pulastya NERFINISHED ⓘ Ravana NERFINISHED ⓘ Shurpanakha NERFINISHED ⓘ Vibhishana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Maharishi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
asceticism
ⓘ
austerities ⓘ scholarship in Vedas ⓘ |
| languageOfTexts | Sanskrit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lineage | Pulastya lineage ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Puranas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ramayana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mythologicalTradition | Itihasa ⓘ |
| notableWork | Ramayana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parent | Pulastya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| roleInMythology |
ancestor of Rakshasas of Lanka
ⓘ
father of Ravana ⓘ |
| sonOf | Pulastya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse |
Ilavida
NERFINISHED
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Kaikesi 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: Vishrava Description of subject: Vishrava is a revered sage in Hindu mythology, best known as the father of the demon king Ravana and his giant brother Kumbhakarna in the Ramayana.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.