Patala
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Patala is a subterranean realm in Hindu cosmology, often depicted as a luxurious underworld inhabited by serpentine beings and ruled by the serpent king Shesha.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Patala canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5010358 — 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: Patala Context triple: [Shesha, abode, Patala]
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A.
Shungopavi
Shungopavi is a traditional Hopi village in northeastern Arizona known for its deep cultural significance and long-standing Indigenous heritage.
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B.
Nagamandala
Nagamandala is a traditional South Indian ritualistic performance and folk dance-drama centered on serpent worship, especially prevalent in the Tulu-speaking regions of Karnataka.
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C.
Kapalkundala
Kapalkundala is a classic 19th-century Bengali novel renowned for its romantic and spiritual themes, written by pioneering Indian author Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay.
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D.
Veeragase
Veeragase is a vigorous and ritualistic folk dance-drama of Karnataka, India, traditionally performed during festivals to depict stories of valor from Hindu mythology.
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E.
Bhyrappa
Bhyrappa is an Indian surname most prominently associated with S. L. Bhyrappa, a renowned Kannada novelist and philosopher.
- 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: Patala Target entity description: Patala is a subterranean realm in Hindu cosmology, often depicted as a luxurious underworld inhabited by serpentine beings and ruled by the serpent king Shesha.
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A.
Shungopavi
Shungopavi is a traditional Hopi village in northeastern Arizona known for its deep cultural significance and long-standing Indigenous heritage.
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B.
Nagamandala
Nagamandala is a traditional South Indian ritualistic performance and folk dance-drama centered on serpent worship, especially prevalent in the Tulu-speaking regions of Karnataka.
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C.
Kapalkundala
Kapalkundala is a classic 19th-century Bengali novel renowned for its romantic and spiritual themes, written by pioneering Indian author Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay.
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D.
Veeragase
Veeragase is a vigorous and ritualistic folk dance-drama of Karnataka, India, traditionally performed during festivals to depict stories of valor from Hindu mythology.
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E.
Bhyrappa
Bhyrappa is an Indian surname most prominently associated with S. L. Bhyrappa, a renowned Kannada novelist and philosopher.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cosmological realm in Hinduism
ⓘ
loka ⓘ subterranean realm ⓘ underworld ⓘ |
| associatedWithDeity |
Shesha
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vishnu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterizedAs |
filled with palaces
ⓘ
free from sunlight ⓘ luxurious realm ⓘ ornately decorated with jewels ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
Svarga
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
heavenly realms ⓘ |
| cosmicPosition | below the earthly plane in Hindu cosmology ⓘ |
| cosmologicalRole |
abode of Nagas
ⓘ
one of the netherworlds ⓘ |
| describedIn |
Mahabharata
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Puranas NERFINISHED ⓘ Ramayana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| etymologyFrom | Sanskrit "pātāla" ⓘ |
| etymologyMeaning | "that which is below" ⓘ |
| guardedBy | serpents ⓘ |
| hasInhabitant |
Nagas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
serpentine beings ⓘ |
| hasLevel |
Atala
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mahatala ⓘ Patala-loka NERFINISHED ⓘ Rasatala NERFINISHED ⓘ Sutala NERFINISHED ⓘ Talatala NERFINISHED ⓘ Vitala NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasQuality |
absence of spiritual illumination
ⓘ
material opulence ⓘ sensual pleasures ⓘ |
| locatedBelow |
Bhurloka
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bhuvarloka NERFINISHED ⓘ Svarloka NERFINISHED ⓘ earth ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Bhagavata Purana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Padma Purana NERFINISHED ⓘ Vishnu Purana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Hindu cosmology
ⓘ
seven lower lokas ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Bhurloka
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Naraka NERFINISHED ⓘ Svarga Loka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ruledBy |
Shesha
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vasuki 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: Patala Description of subject: Patala is a subterranean realm in Hindu cosmology, often depicted as a luxurious underworld inhabited by serpentine beings and ruled by the serpent king Shesha.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.