Indra
E102073
Indra is the king of the gods and lord of storms, war, and the heavens in ancient Vedic and Hindu mythology.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Indra canonical | 135 |
| Indra (in some traditions) | 1 |
| Indra (indirectly through weapons and boons) | 1 |
| Indra (through elephant warfare symbolism) | 1 |
| Indra and Virocana | 1 |
| Lord Indra | 1 |
| Mahendra refers to Indra | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T859254 — 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: Indra Context triple: [Vedas, primaryDeitiesMentioned, Indra]
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A.
Brahma
Brahma is a large, hardy domestic chicken breed known for its feathered legs, calm temperament, and good meat and egg production.
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B.
Brahma
Brahma is the Hindu god of creation, traditionally regarded as part of the Trimurti alongside Vishnu and Shiva.
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C.
Kartikeya
Kartikeya is a Hindu war god, traditionally depicted as a youthful, spear-wielding deity and revered as the son of Shiva and Parvati.
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D.
Vishnu
Vishnu is a principal Hindu god revered as the preserver and protector of the universe, often depicted with blue skin and four arms and associated with avatars such as Rama and Krishna.
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E.
Shiva
Shiva is a principal Hindu god revered as the destroyer and transformer within the religion’s divine trinity, associated with asceticism, cosmic dance, and the cycle of creation and dissolution.
- 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: Indra Target entity description: Indra is the king of the gods and lord of storms, war, and the heavens in ancient Vedic and Hindu mythology.
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A.
Brahma
Brahma is a large, hardy domestic chicken breed known for its feathered legs, calm temperament, and good meat and egg production.
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B.
Brahma
Brahma is the Hindu god of creation, traditionally regarded as part of the Trimurti alongside Vishnu and Shiva.
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C.
Kartikeya
Kartikeya is a Hindu war god, traditionally depicted as a youthful, spear-wielding deity and revered as the son of Shiva and Parvati.
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D.
Vishnu
Vishnu is a principal Hindu god revered as the preserver and protector of the universe, often depicted with blue skin and four arms and associated with avatars such as Rama and Krishna.
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E.
Shiva
Shiva is a principal Hindu god revered as the destroyer and transformer within the religion’s divine trinity, associated with asceticism, cosmic dance, and the cycle of creation and dissolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu deity
ⓘ
Vedic deity ⓘ king of the gods ⓘ rain god ⓘ sky god ⓘ storm god ⓘ thunder god ⓘ war god ⓘ |
| abode |
Amaravati
ⓘ
Svarga ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Adityas
ⓘ
Devas ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
fertility
ⓘ
heroism ⓘ kingship ⓘ lightning ⓘ rain ⓘ storms ⓘ thunder ⓘ war ⓘ |
| consort |
Indrani
ⓘ
Shachi ⓘ |
| equivalent |
Jupiter
ⓘ
Thor ⓘ Zeus ⓘ |
| etymology | possibly from Proto-Indo-European root for "rain" or "drop" ⓘ |
| father |
Dyaus Pitar
ⓘ
Kashyapa ⓘ |
| festival | Indra Jatra ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| mother | Aditi ⓘ |
| mount |
Airavata
ⓘ
linked to:
Airavati
white elephant ⓘ |
| notableDeed |
defense of the gods against Asuras
ⓘ
release of the waters ⓘ slaying of Vritra ⓘ |
| position |
king of Svarga
ⓘ
lord of the heavens ⓘ |
| regionOfCult |
Indian subcontinent
ⓘ
linked to:
South Asia
|
| religion |
Hinduism
ⓘ
Vedic religion ⓘ
linked to:
Vedic period
|
| symbol |
elephant
ⓘ
rain clouds ⓘ thunderbolt ⓘ |
| textualSource |
Mahabharata
ⓘ
Puranas ⓘ Rigveda ⓘ |
| weapon |
Vajra
ⓘ
linked to:
vajra
thunderbolt ⓘ |
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: Indra Description of subject: Indra is the king of the gods and lord of storms, war, and the heavens in ancient Vedic and Hindu mythology.
Referenced by (141)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Indra
linked to: Indra