Hidimba
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Hidimba is a demon character from the Indian epic Mahabharata, known for confronting the Pandavas in the forest and being slain by Bhima.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hidimba canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5375334 — 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: Hidimba Context triple: [Rakshasas, includesNotableMember, Hidimba]
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A.
Akrura
Akrura is a revered figure in Hindu mythology, known as a devout Yadava charioteer and ally of Krishna who played a key role in bringing him to Mathura.
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B.
Tadukhipa
Tadukhipa was a Mitanni princess who became a queen of Egypt during the 18th Dynasty, likely as a wife of Amenhotep III and later associated with his successor Akhenaten.
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C.
Himraja
Himraja is a notable Marathi literary work by the acclaimed poet and writer Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar, better known as Kusumagraj.
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D.
Mularaja
Mularaja was the 10th-century founder of the Chaulukya (Solanki) dynasty in Gujarat, India, known for his patronage of major temples including the famed Somnath Temple.
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E.
Bimala
Bimala is the central female protagonist and introspective narrator of Rabindranath Tagore’s novel "The Home and the World," whose personal awakening unfolds amid political and emotional turmoil.
- 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: Hidimba Target entity description: Hidimba is a demon character from the Indian epic Mahabharata, known for confronting the Pandavas in the forest and being slain by Bhima.
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A.
Akrura
Akrura is a revered figure in Hindu mythology, known as a devout Yadava charioteer and ally of Krishna who played a key role in bringing him to Mathura.
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B.
Tadukhipa
Tadukhipa was a Mitanni princess who became a queen of Egypt during the 18th Dynasty, likely as a wife of Amenhotep III and later associated with his successor Akhenaten.
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C.
Himraja
Himraja is a notable Marathi literary work by the acclaimed poet and writer Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar, better known as Kusumagraj.
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D.
Mularaja
Mularaja was the 10th-century founder of the Chaulukya (Solanki) dynasty in Gujarat, India, known for his patronage of major temples including the famed Somnath Temple.
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E.
Bimala
Bimala is the central female protagonist and introspective narrator of Rabindranath Tagore’s novel "The Home and the World," whose personal awakening unfolds amid political and emotional turmoil.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
demon
ⓘ
mythological character ⓘ rakshasa ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Mahabharata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
cannibalism
ⓘ
forest setting ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| basedOn | Mahabharata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| confronts |
Bhima
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pandavas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | Hindu mythology ⓘ |
| deathPlace | forest where he confronted the Pandavas ⓘ |
| defeatedBy | Bhima NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| enemyOf |
Bhima
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pandavas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Rakshasa tribe ⓘ |
| familyRelation | brother of Hidimbi ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| indirectlyRelatedTo | Ghatotkacha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| intendsTo |
eat the Pandavas
ⓘ
kill the Pandavas ⓘ |
| killedBy | Bhima NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor | attempting to devour the Pandavas in the forest ⓘ |
| languageOfSources | Sanskrit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | battle with Bhima in the forest ⓘ |
| notableFor | being slain by Bhima ⓘ |
| orderedBy | Hidimbi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedAs | man-eating demon ⓘ |
| relationToHidimbi | brother ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| residesIn | forest near the Pandavas’ hiding place ⓘ |
| roleInNarrative | antagonist to the Pandavas ⓘ |
| sentBy | Hidimbi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sibling | Hidimbi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceText | critical editions of the Mahabharata ⓘ |
| threatens | life of the Pandavas ⓘ |
| timePeriodInMyth | Dvapara Yuga 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: Hidimba Description of subject: Hidimba is a demon character from the Indian epic Mahabharata, known for confronting the Pandavas in the forest and being slain by Bhima.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.