Dasharatha
E109924
Dasharatha is the legendary king of Ayodhya in Hindu mythology, best known as the father of Lord Rama.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dasharatha canonical | 14 |
| Daśaratha | 1 |
| King Dasharath | 1 |
| King Dasharatha | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T902471 — 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: Dasharatha Context triple: [Ramayana, mainCharacter, Dasharatha]
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A.
Ramachandra
Ramachandra, better known as Tatya Tope, was a prominent Indian general and key leader of the 1857 Indian Rebellion against British rule.
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B.
Rajasuya
Rajasuya is an ancient Vedic royal consecration ritual performed to legitimize and exalt a king’s sovereignty and supreme status.
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C.
Rama
Rama is a major Hindu deity and the virtuous prince-king of Ayodhya, revered as the seventh avatar of Vishnu and hero of the epic Ramayana.
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D.
Sanjaya
Sanjaya was an early Javanese king traditionally regarded as the founder of the Mataram (Medang) Kingdom and the Sanjaya dynasty in Central Java.
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E.
Sanjaya
Sanjaya is the charioteer and seer in the Mahabharata who, granted divine vision, narrates the events of the Kurukshetra war to the blind king Dhritarashtra.
- 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: Dasharatha Target entity description: Dasharatha is the legendary king of Ayodhya in Hindu mythology, best known as the father of Lord Rama.
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A.
Ramachandra
Ramachandra, better known as Tatya Tope, was a prominent Indian general and key leader of the 1857 Indian Rebellion against British rule.
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B.
Rajasuya
Rajasuya is an ancient Vedic royal consecration ritual performed to legitimize and exalt a king’s sovereignty and supreme status.
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C.
Rama
Rama is a major Hindu deity and the virtuous prince-king of Ayodhya, revered as the seventh avatar of Vishnu and hero of the epic Ramayana.
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D.
Sanjaya
Sanjaya was an early Javanese king traditionally regarded as the founder of the Mataram (Medang) Kingdom and the Sanjaya dynasty in Central Java.
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E.
Sanjaya
Sanjaya is the charioteer and seer in the Mahabharata who, granted divine vision, narrates the events of the Kurukshetra war to the blind king Dhritarashtra.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu mythological figure
ⓘ
character in the Ramayana ⓘ mythological king ⓘ |
| associatedText |
Ramayana
ⓘ
Tulsidas Ramcharitmanas ⓘ
linked to:
Ramcharitmanas
Valmiki Ramayana ⓘ
linked to:
Ramayana
|
| associatedWith |
Raghuvamsha lineage
ⓘ
linked to:
Raghuvamsha (Solar dynasty)
|
| boundBy | promise to Kaikeyi ⓘ |
| capital | Ayodhya ⓘ |
| causeOfExileOfRama | boons granted to Kaikeyi ⓘ |
| child |
Bharata
ⓘ
Lakshmana ⓘ Rama ⓘ Shatrughna ⓘ |
| consortOf |
Kaikeyi
ⓘ
Kausalya ⓘ Sumitra ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | symbol of paternal love and tragic duty in Hindu tradition ⓘ |
| diesOf | grief at separation from Rama ⓘ |
| dividesPrasadAmong |
Kaikeyi
ⓘ
Kausalya ⓘ Sumitra ⓘ |
| dynasty | Ikshvaku dynasty ⓘ |
| etymology | name interpreted as "ten-charioted" ⓘ |
| fatherOf |
Bharata
ⓘ
Lakshmana ⓘ Rama ⓘ Shatrughna ⓘ |
| grandfather |
Raghu
ⓘ
linked to:
Raghava
|
| house | Solar dynasty ⓘ |
| kingdom | Ayodhya ⓘ |
| knownAs |
King of Ayodhya
ⓘ
father of Rama ⓘ |
| moralTheme | conflict between dharma and personal attachment ⓘ |
| nameVariant |
Dasaratha
ⓘ
Daśaratha ⓘ
linked to:
Dasharatha
|
| notableDeed | great warrior who fought the gods’ battles in some traditions ⓘ |
| notableEvent | exiled Rama to the forest for fourteen years ⓘ |
| performedRitual |
Ashvamedha yajna
ⓘ
Putrakameshti yajna ⓘ |
| predecessor | Aja ⓘ |
| reasonForRitual | desire for sons ⓘ |
| receivesPrasadFrom | sacrificial fire deity ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| spouse |
Kaikeyi
ⓘ
Kausalya ⓘ Sumitra ⓘ |
| successor | Rama ⓘ |
| weapon | chariot and bow ⓘ |
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: Dasharatha Description of subject: Dasharatha is the legendary king of Ayodhya in Hindu mythology, best known as the father of Lord Rama.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Dasharatha
linked to: Dasharatha