Kurma
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Kurma is the turtle incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu, known for supporting Mount Mandara during the churning of the cosmic ocean.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T902573 — 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: Kurma Context triple: [Vishnu, avatar, Kurma]
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A.
Yam Dwitiya
Yam Dwitiya is a Hindu festival, observed on the second day of the bright fortnight of Kartik, that celebrates the bond between brothers and sisters through the worship of the god Yama and his sister Yamuna.
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B.
Taro
Taro is a common Japanese male given name, often written with kanji meaning "eldest son" or similar traditional connotations.
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C.
Sarigan
Sarigan is a small, uninhabited volcanic island in the Northern Mariana Islands known for its active stratovolcano and protected wildlife habitats.
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Tebu
Tebu is a Saharan ethnic group and language community primarily inhabiting parts of southern Libya, Chad, and Niger.
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E.
Naran
Naran is a popular mountain resort town and tourist destination in northern Pakistan, known for its scenic valleys, rivers, and access to sites like Lake Saif-ul-Malook.
- 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: Kurma Target entity description: Kurma is the turtle incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu, known for supporting Mount Mandara during the churning of the cosmic ocean.
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A.
Yam Dwitiya
Yam Dwitiya is a Hindu festival, observed on the second day of the bright fortnight of Kartik, that celebrates the bond between brothers and sisters through the worship of the god Yama and his sister Yamuna.
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B.
Taro
Taro is a common Japanese male given name, often written with kanji meaning "eldest son" or similar traditional connotations.
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C.
Sarigan
Sarigan is a small, uninhabited volcanic island in the Northern Mariana Islands known for its active stratovolcano and protected wildlife habitats.
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D.
Tebu
Tebu is a Saharan ethnic group and language community primarily inhabiting parts of southern Libya, Chad, and Niger.
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E.
Naran
Naran is a popular mountain resort town and tourist destination in northern Pakistan, known for its scenic valleys, rivers, and access to sites like Lake Saif-ul-Malook.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu deity
ⓘ
avatar of Vishnu ⓘ mythological character ⓘ |
| associatedEvent |
Samudra Manthan
ⓘ
churning of the cosmic ocean ⓘ |
| associatedPhilosophy | Vaishnavism ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Lakshmi
ⓘ
linked to:
Lakshmi avatar
Vasuki ⓘ Vishnu ⓘ amrita ⓘ asuras ⓘ devas ⓘ |
| avatarOrder | second avatar of Vishnu ⓘ |
| category | Dashavatara ⓘ |
| cosmicFunction | stabilizes the cosmic mountain during churning ⓘ |
| cosmicRole | foundation for the churning of the ocean of milk ⓘ |
| depictedWith |
Vishnu seated on a turtle
ⓘ
churning rod ⓘ serpent Vasuki ⓘ |
| form |
tortoise
ⓘ
turtle ⓘ |
| hasAspect |
cosmic turtle
ⓘ
supporting avatar of Vishnu ⓘ |
| iconographicColor | blue ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | tortoise ⓘ |
| predecessorAvatar | Matsya ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Mount Meru
ⓘ
World Turtle ⓘ cosmic ocean ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| roleInMythology |
participates in the churning of the ocean of milk
ⓘ
supports Mount Mandara ⓘ |
| successorAvatar | Varaha ⓘ |
| supports |
Mandara Mountain
ⓘ
linked to:
Mount Mandara
Mount Mandara ⓘ |
| symbolism |
foundation of the world
ⓘ
patience ⓘ stability ⓘ support of the cosmos ⓘ |
| textMention |
Bhagavata Purana
ⓘ
Kurma Purana ⓘ Mahabharata ⓘ Vishnu Purana ⓘ |
| worshippedBy |
Vaishnavites
ⓘ
linked to:
Vaishnavism
|
| worshipPlace | Srikurmam Temple ⓘ |
| worshipPlaceCountry | India ⓘ |
| worshipPlaceLocation | Andhra Pradesh ⓘ |
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: Kurma Description of subject: Kurma is the turtle incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu, known for supporting Mount Mandara during the churning of the cosmic ocean.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.