Narada
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Narada is a revered sage and divine messenger in Hindu mythology, known for his wisdom, musical devotion, and role as a cosmic wanderer who connects gods and humans.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Narada canonical | 18 |
| sage Narada | 3 |
| Narada Muni | 2 |
| Hindu sage Narada | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T874016 — 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: Narada Context triple: [Brahma, parentOf, Narada]
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A.
Nathuram
Nathuram was the Indian nationalist and Hindu extremist who assassinated Mahatma Gandhi in 1948.
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B.
Jagat Narayan
Jagat Narayan was an Indian educationist and public figure who served as a member of the British-era Hunter Commission on education reforms.
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C.
Namdev
Namdev was a 13th-century Marathi saint-poet and key figure of the Bhakti movement, renowned for his devotional hymns to Vithoba that are revered in both Hindu and Sikh traditions.
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D.
Swami Rock
Swami Rock is a prominent cliff and headland in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, famed for its dramatic ocean views, historical Hindu temple, and reputation as one of the world’s finest natural harbors viewpoints.
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E.
Indra
Indra is the king of the gods and lord of storms, war, and the heavens in ancient Vedic and Hindu mythology.
- 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: Narada Target entity description: Narada is a revered sage and divine messenger in Hindu mythology, known for his wisdom, musical devotion, and role as a cosmic wanderer who connects gods and humans.
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A.
Nathuram
Nathuram was the Indian nationalist and Hindu extremist who assassinated Mahatma Gandhi in 1948.
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B.
Jagat Narayan
Jagat Narayan was an Indian educationist and public figure who served as a member of the British-era Hunter Commission on education reforms.
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C.
Namdev
Namdev was a 13th-century Marathi saint-poet and key figure of the Bhakti movement, renowned for his devotional hymns to Vithoba that are revered in both Hindu and Sikh traditions.
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D.
Swami Rock
Swami Rock is a prominent cliff and headland in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, famed for its dramatic ocean views, historical Hindu temple, and reputation as one of the world’s finest natural harbors viewpoints.
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E.
Indra
Indra is the king of the gods and lord of storms, war, and the heavens in ancient Vedic and Hindu mythology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu mythological figure
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deva rishi ⓘ divine messenger ⓘ sage ⓘ |
| abode | moves between Svarga, earth, and other lokas ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Bhagavata Purana
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Mahabharata ⓘ Padma Purana ⓘ Puranas ⓘ Ramayana ⓘ Vishnu Purana ⓘ various Smriti texts ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Bhakti (devotion)
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Vishnu ⓘ music ⓘ veena ⓘ |
| attributedWork |
Narada Bhakti Sutra
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Narada Smriti ⓘ |
| culture | Indian ⓘ |
| devoteeOf | Vishnu ⓘ |
| epithet |
Devarishi Narada
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Kalaha-priya (one who delights in quarrels) ⓘ |
| family |
mind-born son (manasaputra) of Brahma in some traditions
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son of Brahma in many accounts ⓘ |
| function |
advises gods and kings
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brings divine messages to humans ⓘ sings the glories of Vishnu ⓘ tests the devotion of devotees ⓘ |
| guides |
devotees toward devotion to Vishnu
ⓘ
kings and sages in dharma ⓘ |
| knownFor |
carrying news between worlds
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musical devotion ⓘ playing the veena ⓘ provoking events that lead to spiritual growth ⓘ spreading the name of Vishnu ⓘ wisdom ⓘ |
| language | Sanskrit (scriptural context) ⓘ |
| quality |
celibate sage in many traditions
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omnipresence in many stories ⓘ wandering freely across the three worlds ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| role |
cosmic wanderer
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mediator between gods and humans ⓘ messenger of the gods ⓘ |
| symbol |
khatvāṅga (staff) in some depictions
ⓘ
veena ⓘ |
| teacherOf | Bhakti yoga in many traditions ⓘ |
| tradition |
Vaishnavism
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broader Hindu tradition ⓘ |
| vehicle | travels without a fixed vahana in most depictions ⓘ |
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: Narada Description of subject: Narada is a revered sage and divine messenger in Hindu mythology, known for his wisdom, musical devotion, and role as a cosmic wanderer who connects gods and humans.
Referenced by (24)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Ayel in Star Trek (2009 film)
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Kalaha-priya (one who delights in quarrels)
subject linked to:
Kalaha-priya (one who delights in quarrels)
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subject linked to:
Kalaha-priya (one who delights in quarrels)
linked to: Narada
linked to: Narada
linked to: Narada