shruti
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Shruti is the category of sacred Hindu revelation comprising the Vedas and other texts believed to be divinely heard by ancient sages.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| shruti canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T902402 — 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: shruti Context triple: [Yajurveda, status, shruti]
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A.
Pranhita
Pranhita is a major river in central India that flows through the states of Maharashtra and Telangana before joining the Godavari River.
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B.
Parushni
Parushni is the ancient Vedic name for the Ravi River, one of the major rivers of the northwestern Indian subcontinent.
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C.
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.
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D.
Isha
Isha is the nightly Islamic prayer that is performed after dusk and marks the final of the five daily obligatory prayers in Islam.
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E.
Kripa
Kripa is a revered warrior and sage in the Mahabharata, known as one of the few survivors of the Kurukshetra war and respected as a wise teacher and counselor.
- 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: shruti Target entity description: Shruti is the category of sacred Hindu revelation comprising the Vedas and other texts believed to be divinely heard by ancient sages.
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A.
Pranhita
Pranhita is a major river in central India that flows through the states of Maharashtra and Telangana before joining the Godavari River.
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B.
Parushni
Parushni is the ancient Vedic name for the Ravi River, one of the major rivers of the northwestern Indian subcontinent.
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C.
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.
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D.
Isha
Isha is the nightly Islamic prayer that is performed after dusk and marks the final of the five daily obligatory prayers in Islam.
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E.
Kripa
Kripa is a revered warrior and sage in the Mahabharata, known as one of the few survivors of the Kurukshetra war and respected as a wise teacher and counselor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu scripture category
ⓘ
religious revelation ⓘ sacred text classification ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Vedic rishis (sages) ⓘ |
| authorityStatus | supreme authority in Hindu theology ⓘ |
| canonicalRole | primary canon of Hinduism ⓘ |
| characteristic |
authorless in traditional Hindu view
ⓘ
believed to be heard by ancient sages ⓘ considered divinely revealed ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | Smriti ⓘ |
| distinctionFromSmriti | Shruti is revealed, Smriti is remembered or composed ⓘ |
| etymology | Sanskrit word meaning “that which is heard” ⓘ |
| includes |
Aranyakas
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linked to:
Āraṇyaka
Atharvaveda ⓘ Brahmanas ⓘ Rigveda ⓘ Samaveda ⓘ Upanishads ⓘ Vedas ⓘ Yajurveda ⓘ |
| influenceOn |
Hindu law and dharma concepts
ⓘ
Mimamsa philosophy ⓘ
linked to:
Mimamsa
Vedanta philosophy ⓘ
linked to:
Vedanta
|
| languageOfTerm | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| normativeRole | foundation for Hindu doctrinal teachings ⓘ |
| preservationMethod | memorization and recitation ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | orthodox Hindu schools (Astika) ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| scope | ritual, cosmology, metaphysics, ethics ⓘ |
| statusInPractice | source text for many Hindu rites and ceremonies ⓘ |
| subdivisionOf | Hindu sacred literature ⓘ |
| timeOfOrigin | Vedic period ⓘ |
| transmissionMode | oral tradition ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Hindu philosophy
ⓘ
Hindu ritual practice ⓘ |
| viewInTradition | eternal sound perceived by rishis ⓘ |
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: shruti Description of subject: Shruti is the category of sacred Hindu revelation comprising the Vedas and other texts believed to be divinely heard by ancient sages.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.