Rajagopala

E686191

Hindu deity form of Krishna

Rajagopala is a Hindu deity regarded as a form of Lord Krishna, particularly venerated as the divine cowherd and king of Gokul.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Rajagopala canonical	3
Parthasarathy	2
Lord Parthasarathy	1
Venugopala	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7733316 — 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: Rajagopala
Context triple: [Rajagopalaswamy Temple, dedicatedTo, Rajagopala]

A. Raghavendra
Raghavendra is a 2003 Telugu-language romantic drama film starring Prabhas in one of his early leading roles.
B. Srikanta
Srikanta is a classic Bengali novel by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay that explores the emotional and social struggles of its introspective protagonist against the backdrop of early 20th-century Bengal.
C. Shivaram
Shivaram is the given name of Shivaram Rajguru, an Indian revolutionary best known for his role in the Indian independence movement alongside Bhagat Singh.
D. Shabara Svamin
Shabara Svamin was an influential early Indian philosopher and commentator whose work on the Mimamsa school’s foundational texts significantly shaped Hindu ritual and hermeneutic thought.
E. Sivaguru
Sivaguru was a Hindu Brahmin scholar and the father of the philosopher and theologian Adi Shankaracharya, traditionally associated with the village of Kalady in Kerala, India.
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: Rajagopala
Target entity description: Rajagopala is a Hindu deity regarded as a form of Lord Krishna, particularly venerated as the divine cowherd and king of Gokul.

A. Raghavendra
Raghavendra is a 2003 Telugu-language romantic drama film starring Prabhas in one of his early leading roles.
B. Srikanta
Srikanta is a classic Bengali novel by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay that explores the emotional and social struggles of its introspective protagonist against the backdrop of early 20th-century Bengal.
C. Shivaram
Shivaram is the given name of Shivaram Rajguru, an Indian revolutionary best known for his role in the Indian independence movement alongside Bhagat Singh.
D. Shabara Svamin
Shabara Svamin was an influential early Indian philosopher and commentator whose work on the Mimamsa school’s foundational texts significantly shaped Hindu ritual and hermeneutic thought.
E. Sivaguru
Sivaguru was a Hindu Brahmin scholar and the father of the philosopher and theologian Adi Shankaracharya, traditionally associated with the village of Kalady in Kerala, India.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hindu deity ⓘ form of Krishna ⓘ
associatedAnimal	cow ⓘ
associatedConcept	bhakti ⓘ divine play (lila) ⓘ pastoral life ⓘ
associatedPlace	Gokul NERFINISHED ⓘ Vrindavan NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	cowherds ⓘ cows and cattle ⓘ gopis NERFINISHED ⓘ
belongsToTradition	Vaishnavism NERFINISHED ⓘ
consort	Rukmini NERFINISHED ⓘ Satyabhama NERFINISHED ⓘ
depictedAs	Krishna as kingly cowherd NERFINISHED ⓘ young Krishna as cowherd NERFINISHED ⓘ
festivalAssociation	Gokulashtami NERFINISHED ⓘ Krishna Janmashtami NERFINISHED ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Gopala NERFINISHED ⓘ Raja Gopala NERFINISHED ⓘ Rajagopala Swamy NERFINISHED ⓘ Rajagopalaswamy NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTitle	King among cowherds NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord of Gokul NERFINISHED ⓘ
iconographicAttribute	cowherd staff ⓘ flute ⓘ peacock feather crown ⓘ
identifiedWith	Gopala Krishna NERFINISHED ⓘ Krishna NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfName	Sanskrit NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorTemple	Mannargudi Rajagopalaswamy Temple NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorTempleCountry	India NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorTempleLocation	Mannargudi NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorTempleState	Tamil Nadu NERFINISHED ⓘ
nameMeaning	Krishna as protector of cows and king ⓘ
regionOfVeneration	North India NERFINISHED ⓘ South India NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Hinduism ⓘ
veneratedAs	divine cowherd ⓘ king of Gokul ⓘ
worshipFormOf	Krishna NERFINISHED ⓘ
worshippedBy	Krishna devotees ⓘ Vaishnavites NERFINISHED ⓘ
worshipType	domestic worship ⓘ temple worship ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rajagopalaswamy Temple → dedicatedTo → Rajagopala ⓘ

Rajagopalaswamy Temple → hasDeityForm → Rajagopala ⓘ

Rajagopalaswamy Temple → mainDeity → Rajagopala ⓘ

tribhanga posture of Krishna → associatedWithForm → Rajagopala ⓘ

this entity surface form: Venugopala

Vedavalli Thayar → consortOf → Rajagopala ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lord Parthasarathy

Vedavalli Thayar → associatedWithDeity → Rajagopala ⓘ

this entity surface form: Parthasarathy

Parthasarathy (utsava murti) → worshippedAs → Rajagopala ⓘ