Lavanasura
E510740
Lavanasura is a demon king in Hindu mythology, known primarily as a formidable adversary defeated by Shatrughna, the younger brother of Lord Rama.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lavanasura canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5309705 — 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: Lavanasura Context triple: [Shatrughna, enemy, Lavanasura]
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A.
Kesava
Kesava is a revered epithet of the Hindu god Vishnu, highlighting him as the slayer of the demon Keshi and the one with beautiful, luxuriant hair.
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B.
Maduraikāñci
Maduraikāñci is a classical Tamil poem from the Sangam era, renowned for its vivid portrayal of the city of Madurai, its society, and cultural life.
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C.
Savindan
Savindan is the Serbian Orthodox holiday and cultural celebration honoring Saint Sava, the first Archbishop of the Serbian Church and patron of education.
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D.
Manthara
Manthara is a pivotal character in the Indian epic Ramayana, known as Queen Kaikeyi’s scheming maid whose manipulation leads to Rama’s exile.
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E.
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.
- 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: Lavanasura Target entity description: Lavanasura is a demon king in Hindu mythology, known primarily as a formidable adversary defeated by Shatrughna, the younger brother of Lord Rama.
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A.
Kesava
Kesava is a revered epithet of the Hindu god Vishnu, highlighting him as the slayer of the demon Keshi and the one with beautiful, luxuriant hair.
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B.
Maduraikāñci
Maduraikāñci is a classical Tamil poem from the Sangam era, renowned for its vivid portrayal of the city of Madurai, its society, and cultural life.
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C.
Savindan
Savindan is the Serbian Orthodox holiday and cultural celebration honoring Saint Sava, the first Archbishop of the Serbian Church and patron of education.
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D.
Manthara
Manthara is a pivotal character in the Indian epic Ramayana, known as Queen Kaikeyi’s scheming maid whose manipulation leads to Rama’s exile.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
asura
ⓘ
demon king ⓘ mythological character ⓘ |
| associatedWith | forest region around Madhupuri ⓘ |
| category |
Asuras in Hindu mythology
ⓘ
Characters in the Ramayana ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Indian epic tradition ⓘ |
| defeatedIn | battle with Shatrughna ⓘ |
| enemyOf |
Kosala kingdom
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rama NERFINISHED ⓘ Shatrughna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| grantedImmunityBy | boon of Shiva’s trident ⓘ |
| hasQuality |
cruel
ⓘ
powerful ⓘ tyrannical ⓘ |
| killedAt |
Madhupuri
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
site of later Mathura ⓘ |
| killedBy | Shatrughna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfPrimarySources | Sanskrit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | Uttara Kanda of Ramayana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mythologicalRole | antagonist in Shatrughna’s exploits ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being slain by Shatrughna
ⓘ
terrorizing sages and people around Madhupuri ⓘ |
| notableInText | Ramayana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opponentOfDynasty | Ikshvaku dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| oppressed |
inhabitants of Madhupuri
ⓘ
rishis ⓘ sages ⓘ |
| parent | Madhu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| powerSource | boon from Shiva ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Ikshvaku dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| residence |
Madhuban
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Madhupuri NERFINISHED ⓘ Mathura region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodInMyth | Treta Yuga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| vulnerability | absence of his trident ⓘ |
| weapon |
Trishula of Shiva
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
divine trident ⓘ |
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: Lavanasura Description of subject: Lavanasura is a demon king in Hindu mythology, known primarily as a formidable adversary defeated by Shatrughna, the younger brother of Lord Rama.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.