seventh Manu
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The seventh Manu, known as Shraddhadeva or Vaivasvata Manu, is the progenitor of the current human race in Hindu cosmology and the lawgiver traditionally credited with the Manusmriti.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| seventh Manu canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9119329 — 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: seventh Manu Context triple: [Shraddhadeva Manu, positionInSequence, seventh Manu]
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A.
Mano (Mah)
The Mano (Mah) are an indigenous ethnic group of West Africa, primarily inhabiting parts of Liberia and Guinea, known for their distinct language and cultural traditions.
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B.
Mandar
Mandar are an indigenous ethnic group of South Sulawesi in Indonesia, known for their seafaring traditions, distinctive language, and rich maritime culture.
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C.
Mani
Mani is the personification of the Moon in Norse mythology, counted among the Aesir gods.
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D.
Mani
Mani is a diminutive form of the given name Marian, commonly used as a familiar or affectionate nickname.
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E.
Nund Rishi
Nund Rishi was a 14th-century Kashmiri Sufi saint and poet revered as a spiritual founder of Kashmir’s indigenous Rishi order and a key figure in the region’s devotional and cultural life.
- 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: seventh Manu Target entity description: The seventh Manu, known as Shraddhadeva or Vaivasvata Manu, is the progenitor of the current human race in Hindu cosmology and the lawgiver traditionally credited with the Manusmriti.
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A.
Mano (Mah)
The Mano (Mah) are an indigenous ethnic group of West Africa, primarily inhabiting parts of Liberia and Guinea, known for their distinct language and cultural traditions.
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B.
Mandar
Mandar are an indigenous ethnic group of South Sulawesi in Indonesia, known for their seafaring traditions, distinctive language, and rich maritime culture.
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C.
Mani
Mani is the personification of the Moon in Norse mythology, counted among the Aesir gods.
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D.
Mani
Mani is a diminutive form of the given name Marian, commonly used as a familiar or affectionate nickname.
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E.
Nund Rishi
Nund Rishi was a 14th-century Kashmiri Sufi saint and poet revered as a spiritual founder of Kashmir’s indigenous Rishi order and a key figure in the region’s devotional and cultural life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu deity
ⓘ
Manu ⓘ mythological figure ⓘ |
| alsoDescribedAs | son of the sun-god ⓘ |
| associatedConcept | Manvantara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedDeity |
Surya
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vishnu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedDynasty | Ikshvaku dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithText |
Mahabharata
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Manusmriti NERFINISHED ⓘ Puranas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Hindu lawgiver
ⓘ
Hindu legendary figure ⓘ Person in Hindu scriptures ⓘ |
| cosmicEvent | survivor of the great flood ⓘ |
| cosmologicalContext | Hindu cosmology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalContext | ancient India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era |
Vaivasvata Manvantara
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
current kalpa ⓘ |
| father | Vivasvan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| function |
establisher of social and moral law
ⓘ
progenitor of mankind in current age ⓘ |
| hasName |
Shraddhadeva
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vaivasvata Manu NERFINISHED ⓘ Śrāddhadeva Manu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfPrimaryText | Sanskrit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Saranyu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeType | flood myth hero ⓘ |
| offspring |
Dhrishta
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ikshvaku NERFINISHED ⓘ Karusha NERFINISHED ⓘ Nabhanedishta NERFINISHED ⓘ Nriga ⓘ Pramshu NERFINISHED ⓘ Prishadhra NERFINISHED ⓘ Saryati NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parent |
Saranyu
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vivasvan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionInSequence | seventh Manu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| rescuedBy | Matsya avatar of Vishnu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInCosmology |
lawgiver
ⓘ
progenitor of current human race ⓘ |
| spouse |
Shraddha
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Śraddhā NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traditionallyCreditedWith |
Laws of Manu
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Manusmriti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yugaCycle | present Manvantara ⓘ |
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: seventh Manu Description of subject: The seventh Manu, known as Shraddhadeva or Vaivasvata Manu, is the progenitor of the current human race in Hindu cosmology and the lawgiver traditionally credited with the Manusmriti.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.