Nivruttinath
E563362
Nivruttinath was a 13th-century Marathi saint and spiritual teacher, revered as the elder brother and guru of the poet-saint Dnyaneshwar and an important figure in the Bhakti movement of Maharashtra.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nivruttinath canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5881842 — 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: Nivruttinath Context triple: [Varkari community, associatedSaint, Nivruttinath]
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A.
Matsyendranath
Matsyendranath is a revered early master of Hatha and Tantra yoga, traditionally regarded as the founder of the Nath yogi lineage and guru of Gorakhnath.
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B.
Anandatirtha
Anandatirtha is another name for Madhvacharya, the 13th-century Indian philosopher and theologian who founded the Dvaita (dualist) school of Vedanta.
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C.
Raghavendra Tirtha
Raghavendra Tirtha was a prominent 17th-century Hindu saint, philosopher, and theologian renowned for his influential commentaries and leadership within the Dvaita Vedanta tradition.
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D.
Nimbarkacharya
Nimbarkacharya was a medieval Hindu philosopher and theologian best known for founding the Dvaitadvaita (dualistic–non-dualistic) school of Vedanta centered on devotion to Radha-Krishna.
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E.
Jagat Gosain
Jagat Gosain was a Mughal empress and Rajput princess, best known as the wife of Emperor Jahangir and the mother of Shah Jahan.
- 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: Nivruttinath Target entity description: Nivruttinath was a 13th-century Marathi saint and spiritual teacher, revered as the elder brother and guru of the poet-saint Dnyaneshwar and an important figure in the Bhakti movement of Maharashtra.
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A.
Matsyendranath
Matsyendranath is a revered early master of Hatha and Tantra yoga, traditionally regarded as the founder of the Nath yogi lineage and guru of Gorakhnath.
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B.
Anandatirtha
Anandatirtha is another name for Madhvacharya, the 13th-century Indian philosopher and theologian who founded the Dvaita (dualist) school of Vedanta.
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C.
Raghavendra Tirtha
Raghavendra Tirtha was a prominent 17th-century Hindu saint, philosopher, and theologian renowned for his influential commentaries and leadership within the Dvaita Vedanta tradition.
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D.
Nimbarkacharya
Nimbarkacharya was a medieval Hindu philosopher and theologian best known for founding the Dvaitadvaita (dualistic–non-dualistic) school of Vedanta centered on devotion to Radha-Krishna.
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E.
Jagat Gosain
Jagat Gosain was a Mughal empress and Rajput princess, best known as the wife of Emperor Jahangir and the mother of Shah Jahan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu saint
ⓘ
Marathi saint ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Alandi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nath Sampradaya NERFINISHED ⓘ Paithan NERFINISHED ⓘ Trimbakeshwar region NERFINISHED ⓘ Varkari tradition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| century | 13th century ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Medieval Deccan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| devoteesLanguage | Marathi-speaking devotees ⓘ |
| era | medieval India ⓘ |
| familyBackground | Deshastha Brahmin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| guruOf |
Dnyaneshwar
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jñāneśvar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Sant Nivruttinath NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenceOn |
Marathi devotional literature
ⓘ
Varkari Bhakti practices ⓘ |
| languageContext | Marathi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legacy |
remembered as guru of Dnyaneshwar
ⓘ
revered in Varkari pilgrimage traditions ⓘ |
| movement | Bhakti movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalOrientation |
Advaita-influenced devotion
ⓘ
Bhakti ⓘ |
| region | Maharashtra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| rememberedFor |
guiding Dnyaneshwar’s spiritual life
ⓘ
role in shaping early Marathi Bhakti thought ⓘ |
| roleInBhakti | early Marathi Bhakti leader ⓘ |
| sibling |
Dnyaneshwar
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Muktabai NERFINISHED ⓘ Sopan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spiritualRole | elder brother and guru of Dnyaneshwar ⓘ |
| spiritualStatus | liberated saint in Varkari understanding ⓘ |
| teacherOf |
devotional path of bhakti
ⓘ
spiritual discipline ⓘ |
| tradition | Nath tradition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| veneratedAs |
guru
ⓘ
saint ⓘ |
| veneratedIn | Maharashtra 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: Nivruttinath Description of subject: Nivruttinath was a 13th-century Marathi saint and spiritual teacher, revered as the elder brother and guru of the poet-saint Dnyaneshwar and an important figure in the Bhakti movement of Maharashtra.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.