Ocean of Milk
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The Ocean of Milk is a primordial cosmic sea in Hindu mythology that was churned by gods and demons to obtain the nectar of immortality and other divine treasures.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ocean of Milk canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4871164 — 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: Ocean of Milk Context triple: [Samudra Manthan, relatedConcept, Ocean of Milk]
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A.
Water of Milk
Water of Milk is a small river in Dumfries and Galloway in southwest Scotland, known for flowing near the town of Lockerbie.
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B.
The Eternal Sea
The Eternal Sea is a 1955 American war drama film starring Sterling Hayden as a determined naval officer coping with the loss of his leg during World War II.
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C.
Tongue of the Ocean
Tongue of the Ocean is a deep, U-shaped submarine trench in the Bahamas known for its steep walls, great depth, and use as a site for underwater acoustic research.
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D.
House of the Dolphins
House of the Dolphins is an ancient Greek residence on the island of Delos, notable for its well-preserved mosaics depicting dolphins and other marine motifs.
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E.
The Sea
The Sea is a painting by British artist L. S. Lowry, known for its minimalist seascape composition and characteristic muted palette.
- 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: Ocean of Milk Target entity description: The Ocean of Milk is a primordial cosmic sea in Hindu mythology that was churned by gods and demons to obtain the nectar of immortality and other divine treasures.
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A.
Water of Milk
Water of Milk is a small river in Dumfries and Galloway in southwest Scotland, known for flowing near the town of Lockerbie.
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B.
The Eternal Sea
The Eternal Sea is a 1955 American war drama film starring Sterling Hayden as a determined naval officer coping with the loss of his leg during World War II.
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C.
Tongue of the Ocean
Tongue of the Ocean is a deep, U-shaped submarine trench in the Bahamas known for its steep walls, great depth, and use as a site for underwater acoustic research.
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D.
House of the Dolphins
House of the Dolphins is an ancient Greek residence on the island of Delos, notable for its well-preserved mosaics depicting dolphins and other marine motifs.
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E.
The Sea
The Sea is a painting by British artist L. S. Lowry, known for its minimalist seascape composition and characteristic muted palette.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu mythological concept
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cosmic ocean ⓘ mythological location ⓘ |
| abodeOf |
Lakshmi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vishnu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedDeity |
Lakshmi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vishnu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedEvent |
Churning of the Ocean of Milk
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Samudra Manthan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| churnedBy |
asuras
ⓘ
devas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
amrita
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
divine treasures ⓘ |
| cosmicLocation | between earthly and heavenly realms ⓘ |
| culturalTradition | Puranic Hinduism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedAs | primordial cosmic sea ⓘ |
| guardedBy | serpents ⓘ |
| hasPalace | Vaikuntha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Sanskrit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInMythology | cosmos ⓘ |
| meaningOfName | Ocean of Milk ⓘ |
| narratedIn |
Bhagavata Purana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mahabharata NERFINISHED ⓘ Ramayana (later versions) NERFINISHED ⓘ Vishnu Purana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| otherNames |
Kshira Sagar
NERFINISHED
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Kshira Sagara NERFINISHED ⓘ Kshira Samudra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purposeOfChurning | to obtain amrita ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Samudra
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
cosmic ocean ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
cosmic fertility
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reservoir of potentiality ⓘ source of creation ⓘ |
| usedAsChurningRod | Mount Mandara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAsChurningRope | Vasuki NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yields |
Airavata
NERFINISHED
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Apsaras NERFINISHED ⓘ Chandra NERFINISHED ⓘ Halahala poison ⓘ Kamadhenu NERFINISHED ⓘ Kaustubha jewel NERFINISHED ⓘ Lakshmi NERFINISHED ⓘ Parijata tree NERFINISHED ⓘ Varuni NERFINISHED ⓘ amrita ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Ocean of Milk Description of subject: The Ocean of Milk is a primordial cosmic sea in Hindu mythology that was churned by gods and demons to obtain the nectar of immortality and other divine treasures.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.