Mahendraditya
E686745
Mahendraditya was an honorific epithet of the Gupta emperor Kumaragupta I, reflecting his status as a powerful and divinely favored ruler in ancient India.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mahendraditya canonical | 1 |
| Sri Mahendraditya | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7770875 — 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: Mahendraditya Context triple: [Kumaragupta I, title, Mahendraditya]
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A.
Aditya I
Aditya I was an early medieval Chola king who significantly expanded Chola power in South India and laid the foundations for the later imperial Chola empire.
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B.
Jadughar
Jadughar is the colloquial Bengali name for the Indian Museum in Kolkata, one of the oldest and largest museums in India, renowned for its extensive collection of art, archaeology, and natural history.
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C.
Rajasuya
Rajasuya is an ancient Vedic royal consecration ritual performed to legitimize and exalt a king’s sovereignty and supreme status.
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D.
Gunaga Vijayaditya III
Gunaga Vijayaditya III was a prominent 9th-century monarch who significantly expanded and consolidated the power of the Eastern Chalukya kingdom in southeastern India.
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E.
Mahipala I
Mahipala I was a prominent 11th-century ruler of the Pala dynasty in eastern India, known for reviving the empire’s power and patronizing Buddhism and learning.
- 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: Mahendraditya Target entity description: Mahendraditya was an honorific epithet of the Gupta emperor Kumaragupta I, reflecting his status as a powerful and divinely favored ruler in ancient India.
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A.
Aditya I
Aditya I was an early medieval Chola king who significantly expanded Chola power in South India and laid the foundations for the later imperial Chola empire.
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B.
Jadughar
Jadughar is the colloquial Bengali name for the Indian Museum in Kolkata, one of the oldest and largest museums in India, renowned for its extensive collection of art, archaeology, and natural history.
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C.
Rajasuya
Rajasuya is an ancient Vedic royal consecration ritual performed to legitimize and exalt a king’s sovereignty and supreme status.
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D.
Gunaga Vijayaditya III
Gunaga Vijayaditya III was a prominent 9th-century monarch who significantly expanded and consolidated the power of the Eastern Chalukya kingdom in southeastern India.
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E.
Mahipala I
Mahipala I was a prominent 11th-century ruler of the Pala dynasty in eastern India, known for reviving the empire’s power and patronizing Buddhism and learning.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | honorific epithet ⓘ |
| appliedTo |
Hindu king
ⓘ
Indian monarch ⓘ |
| associatedWithDynasty | Gupta dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithEmpire | Gupta Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connotation |
divinely favored ruler
ⓘ
powerful king ⓘ |
| culturalContext | classical Sanskrit court culture ⓘ |
| denotes | Gupta emperor Kumaragupta I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| epithetOf | Kumaragupta I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geographicalAssociation |
Magadha region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
North India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honorificType | royal epithet ⓘ |
| honorsDeity |
Indra
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Surya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| linkedRuler | Kumaragupta I, son of Chandragupta II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meaning | “Sun of the great Indra” or “Great Indra-sun” ⓘ |
| nameElement |
“Aditya”
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
“Mahendra” NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameElementMeaning |
Aditya refers to the sun
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mahendra refers to Indra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalFunction |
exaltation of royal prestige
ⓘ
legitimization of kingship ⓘ |
| reflectsStatus |
divine legitimacy
ⓘ
imperial power ⓘ sovereign authority ⓘ |
| region | Ancient India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religionContext | Hinduism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scriptUsed | Brahmi (Gupta variety) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stylisticRegister | courtly ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 5th century CE ⓘ |
| usedFor | Kumaragupta I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Gupta-era coins
ⓘ
royal inscriptions ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mahendraditya Description of subject: Mahendraditya was an honorific epithet of the Gupta emperor Kumaragupta I, reflecting his status as a powerful and divinely favored ruler in ancient India.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sri Mahendraditya