Katyayani
E479875
Katyayani is a fierce and protective form of the Hindu goddess Durga, venerated especially for granting strength, courage, and the removal of obstacles.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Katyayani canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4906788 — 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: Katyayani Context triple: [Navadurga, hasPart, Katyayani]
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A.
Māyādevī
Māyādevī is revered in Buddhist tradition as the queen and mother of Siddhartha Gautama, who became the Buddha.
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B.
Mata Kausalya
Mata Kausalya is revered in Hindu tradition as the mother of Lord Rama and the chief queen of King Dasharatha in the epic Ramayana.
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C.
Dasharathi
Dasharathi is an epithet of the Hindu deity Rama, highlighting him as the son of King Dasharatha.
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D.
Chhathi Maiya
Chhathi Maiya is a Hindu solar deity and mother goddess revered especially in Bihar, Jharkhand, and eastern Uttar Pradesh, associated with fertility, protection of children, and the worship of the Sun.
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E.
Sri Mata
Sri Mata is a revered epithet of the Hindu goddess Tripura Sundari, honoring her as the supreme divine mother and embodiment of beauty, power, and grace.
- 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: Katyayani Target entity description: Katyayani is a fierce and protective form of the Hindu goddess Durga, venerated especially for granting strength, courage, and the removal of obstacles.
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A.
Māyādevī
Māyādevī is revered in Buddhist tradition as the queen and mother of Siddhartha Gautama, who became the Buddha.
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B.
Mata Kausalya
Mata Kausalya is revered in Hindu tradition as the mother of Lord Rama and the chief queen of King Dasharatha in the epic Ramayana.
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C.
Dasharathi
Dasharathi is an epithet of the Hindu deity Rama, highlighting him as the son of King Dasharatha.
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D.
Chhathi Maiya
Chhathi Maiya is a Hindu solar deity and mother goddess revered especially in Bihar, Jharkhand, and eastern Uttar Pradesh, associated with fertility, protection of children, and the worship of the Sun.
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E.
Sri Mata
Sri Mata is a revered epithet of the Hindu goddess Tripura Sundari, honoring her as the supreme divine mother and embodiment of beauty, power, and grace.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu goddess
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Mahavidya ⓘ Navadurga aspect ⓘ form of Durga ⓘ |
| aspectOf |
Adi Shakti
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Divine Mother NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedLegend |
slaying of demon Mahishasura
ⓘ
worship by gopis of Vrindavan ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Durga
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mahishasuramardini NERFINISHED ⓘ Parvati NERFINISHED ⓘ Shakti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorAssociation |
golden
ⓘ
red ⓘ |
| epithet |
fierce form of Durga
ⓘ
protector of devotees ⓘ warrior goddess ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| knownFor |
destroying demons
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granting courage ⓘ granting strength ⓘ protective nature ⓘ removal of obstacles ⓘ |
| mantraAssociation | Katyayani Mantra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mount | lion ⓘ |
| navadurgaOrder | sixth form of Durga ⓘ |
| parents |
Himalaya
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Parvati (as source form) ⓘ |
| partOf | Navadurga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionOfVeneration |
Bengal
NERFINISHED
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North India NERFINISHED ⓘ Vrindavan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| scriptureMention |
Bhagavata Purana
NERFINISHED
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Devi Bhagavata Purana NERFINISHED ⓘ Markandeya Purana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
courage
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inner strength ⓘ righteous anger ⓘ victory over evil ⓘ |
| weapon |
lotus
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mace ⓘ sword ⓘ trident ⓘ |
| worshippedDuring | Navaratri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| worshippedFor |
good husband
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marital harmony ⓘ protection from evil ⓘ removal of obstacles in marriage ⓘ |
| worshippedOn | sixth day of Navaratri ⓘ |
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: Katyayani Description of subject: Katyayani is a fierce and protective form of the Hindu goddess Durga, venerated especially for granting strength, courage, and the removal of obstacles.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.