Ranganatha
E476031
Ranganatha is a reclining form of the Hindu god Vishnu, especially revered in South Indian Vaishnavism as the supreme preserver deity resting on the serpent Adishesha.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ranganatha canonical | 10 |
| Lord Ranganatha | 1 |
| Panduranga | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4871934 — 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: Ranganatha Context triple: [Mudaliyandan, devoteeOf, Ranganatha]
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A.
Venkatadri
Venkatadri is one of the sacred hills of the Tirumala range in Andhra Pradesh, India, revered in Hindu tradition as part of the abode of Lord Venkateswara.
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B.
Panduranga
Panduranga was a historical Cham polity and important regional center located in what is now south-central Vietnam.
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C.
Shivarama
Shivarama is the given name of Shivarama Karanth, a prominent Indian writer, social reformer, and Jnanpith Award–winning figure in Kannada literature.
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D.
Sureshvara
Sureshvara was an influential early Advaita Vedanta philosopher and commentator, traditionally regarded as a direct disciple of Adi Shankaracharya and known for his works clarifying non-dualistic doctrine.
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E.
Shanmukha
Shanmukha is a revered Hindu deity of war and victory, widely worshipped as the six-faced son of Shiva and Parvati.
- 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: Ranganatha Target entity description: Ranganatha is a reclining form of the Hindu god Vishnu, especially revered in South Indian Vaishnavism as the supreme preserver deity resting on the serpent Adishesha.
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A.
Venkatadri
Venkatadri is one of the sacred hills of the Tirumala range in Andhra Pradesh, India, revered in Hindu tradition as part of the abode of Lord Venkateswara.
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B.
Panduranga
Panduranga was a historical Cham polity and important regional center located in what is now south-central Vietnam.
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C.
Shivarama
Shivarama is the given name of Shivarama Karanth, a prominent Indian writer, social reformer, and Jnanpith Award–winning figure in Kannada literature.
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D.
Sureshvara
Sureshvara was an influential early Advaita Vedanta philosopher and commentator, traditionally regarded as a direct disciple of Adi Shankaracharya and known for his works clarifying non-dualistic doctrine.
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E.
Shanmukha
Shanmukha is a revered Hindu deity of war and victory, widely worshipped as the six-faced son of Shiva and Parvati.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu deity
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Vaishnavite deity ⓘ form of Vishnu ⓘ |
| associatedConcept | Yoga Nidra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedMyth | cosmic sleep between cycles of creation ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Adishesha
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Alvar saints NERFINISHED ⓘ Divya Desams NERFINISHED ⓘ Pancharanga Kshetrams NERFINISHED ⓘ Sri Ranganatha Swamy Temple rituals ⓘ Sri Vaishnavism NERFINISHED ⓘ Vishnu NERFINISHED ⓘ river Kaveri (Cauvery) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| consort | Lakshmi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cosmicFunction | preservation ⓘ |
| cosmicOcean | Kshira Sagara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts | Vishnu in reclining posture ⓘ |
| epithetOf | Vishnu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| especiallyReveredIn | South Indian Vaishnavism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| festival |
Brahmotsavam
NERFINISHED
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Vaikunta Ekadashi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| holds |
lotus
ⓘ
mace ⓘ |
| iconographicFeature |
multiple-hooded serpent canopy
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reclining on serpent couch ⓘ |
| languageOfWorship |
Sanskrit
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Tamil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| liesOn | Adishesha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorTemple |
Ranganathar Temple, Sri Rangam (Tamil Nadu)
NERFINISHED
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Ranganathaswamy Temple, Nellore NERFINISHED ⓘ Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam NERFINISHED ⓘ Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangapatna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| posture | reclining ⓘ |
| praisedIn | Divya Prabandham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionOfProminence |
Andhra Pradesh
NERFINISHED
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Karnataka NERFINISHED ⓘ Tamil Nadu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| role | supreme preserver deity ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
cosmic rest
ⓘ
preservation of the universe ⓘ |
| title | Lord of Srirangam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| universeState | resting between creations ⓘ |
| vahana | Garuda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| weapon |
Panchajanya Shankha
NERFINISHED
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Sudarshana Chakra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| worshippedAs | supreme deity ⓘ |
| worshipTradition | Vaishnavism 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: Ranganatha Description of subject: Ranganatha is a reclining form of the Hindu god Vishnu, especially revered in South Indian Vaishnavism as the supreme preserver deity resting on the serpent Adishesha.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Panduranga
this entity surface form:
Lord Ranganatha