Sudarshana Chakra
E102086
Sudarshana Chakra is a legendary spinning disc-like divine weapon in Hindu mythology, most famously associated with the god Vishnu and used to destroy evil.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sudarshana Chakra canonical | 3 |
| Chakra (discus) | 1 |
| Sudarshana Yantra | 1 |
| Sudarshana means good vision or auspicious vision in Sanskrit | 1 |
| Vel (spear of Murugan) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T859395 — 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: Sudarshana Chakra Context triple: [Krishna, weapon, Sudarshana Chakra]
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A.
Dharma Chakra
The Dharma Chakra is a 24-spoked wheel symbolizing righteousness, justice, and the eternal cycle of life in Indian and Buddhist philosophy.
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B.
Yantra
Yantra is a major river in northern Bulgaria that flows through cities like Veliko Tarnovo before joining the Danube.
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C.
Sri Yantra
Sri Yantra is a complex and highly revered Hindu geometric diagram composed of interlocking triangles and lotus patterns, used as a tool for meditation, worship, and the representation of cosmic unity and divine feminine energy.
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D.
Sardeshmukhi
Sardeshmukhi was a tax levied by the Maratha Empire, typically an additional surcharge claimed by Maratha rulers over and above regular land revenue in territories under their influence.
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E.
Swayam
Swayam is an Indian government-backed online learning platform that provides free Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) from schools, colleges, and universities across the country.
- 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: Sudarshana Chakra Target entity description: Sudarshana Chakra is a legendary spinning disc-like divine weapon in Hindu mythology, most famously associated with the god Vishnu and used to destroy evil.
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A.
Dharma Chakra
The Dharma Chakra is a 24-spoked wheel symbolizing righteousness, justice, and the eternal cycle of life in Indian and Buddhist philosophy.
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B.
Yantra
Yantra is a major river in northern Bulgaria that flows through cities like Veliko Tarnovo before joining the Danube.
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C.
Sri Yantra
Sri Yantra is a complex and highly revered Hindu geometric diagram composed of interlocking triangles and lotus patterns, used as a tool for meditation, worship, and the representation of cosmic unity and divine feminine energy.
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D.
Sardeshmukhi
Sardeshmukhi was a tax levied by the Maratha Empire, typically an additional surcharge claimed by Maratha rulers over and above regular land revenue in territories under their influence.
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E.
Swayam
Swayam is an Indian government-backed online learning platform that provides free Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) from schools, colleges, and universities across the country.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
astral weapon
ⓘ
divine weapon ⓘ mythological object ⓘ |
| associatedDeityForm |
Sudarshana Narasimha
ⓘ
linked to:
Narasimha
|
| associatedTemple |
Sudarshana Chakra shrine at Tirumala Venkateswara Temple
ⓘ
Sudarshana shrine in Srirangam Ranganathaswamy Temple ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Krishna
ⓘ
Narayana ⓘ Vaishnavism ⓘ Vishnu ⓘ |
| epithet | Ayudhapurusha of Vishnu ⓘ |
| etymology |
Sudarshana means good vision or auspicious vision in Sanskrit
ⓘ
linked to:
Sudarshana Chakra
|
| heldBy | Vishnu ⓘ |
| heldIn | right rear hand of Vishnu ⓘ |
| iconography | depicted as a spinning disc with serrated edges ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Bhagavata Purana
ⓘ
Harivamsa ⓘ Mahabharata ⓘ Puranas ⓘ Ramayana ⓘ Vishnu Purana ⓘ |
| originBelief |
created by Vishvakarma
ⓘ
given to Vishnu ⓘ |
| power |
cuts through anything
ⓘ
infallible aim ⓘ returns to wielder ⓘ |
| property |
fiery
ⓘ
luminous ⓘ sharp-edged ⓘ spinning ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| roleInMyth |
used by Krishna in the Mahabharata war
ⓘ
used by Krishna to behead Shishupala ⓘ used to create an eclipse in the Mahabharata ⓘ used to protect devotees of Vishnu ⓘ |
| shape | disc ⓘ |
| symbolism |
cosmic order
ⓘ
destruction of evil ⓘ divine power ⓘ protection ⓘ |
| usedAgainst |
asuras
ⓘ
demons ⓘ evil beings ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Krishna
ⓘ
Vishnu ⓘ |
| weaponType |
chakra
ⓘ
discus ⓘ |
| worship |
Sudarshana Homa
ⓘ
Sudarshana Yantra ⓘ
linked to:
Sudarshana Chakra
|
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: Sudarshana Chakra Description of subject: Sudarshana Chakra is a legendary spinning disc-like divine weapon in Hindu mythology, most famously associated with the god Vishnu and used to destroy evil.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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linked to: Sudarshana Chakra
linked to: Sudarshana Chakra