Kesava
E112603
Kesava is a revered epithet of the Hindu god Vishnu, highlighting him as the slayer of the demon Keshi and the one with beautiful, luxuriant hair.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kesava canonical | 4 |
| Keśi (a demon in Hindu mythology) | 1 |
| केशव | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T902587 — 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: Kesava Context triple: [Vishnu, epithet, Kesava]
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A.
Kalki
Kalki is the prophesied future incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu who is foretold to appear at the end of the current age to restore righteousness and cosmic order.
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B.
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.
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C.
Vaikuntha
Vaikuntha is the eternal, transcendental spiritual realm in Hinduism where the god Vishnu resides in supreme bliss with his devotees.
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D.
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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E.
Yerrapragada
Yerrapragada was a prominent medieval Telugu poet and scholar, renowned for his contributions to classical Telugu literature and refinement of earlier works.
- 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: Kesava Target entity description: Kesava is a revered epithet of the Hindu god Vishnu, highlighting him as the slayer of the demon Keshi and the one with beautiful, luxuriant hair.
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A.
Kalki
Kalki is the prophesied future incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu who is foretold to appear at the end of the current age to restore righteousness and cosmic order.
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B.
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.
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C.
Vaikuntha
Vaikuntha is the eternal, transcendental spiritual realm in Hinduism where the god Vishnu resides in supreme bliss with his devotees.
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D.
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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E.
Yerrapragada
Yerrapragada was a prominent medieval Telugu poet and scholar, renowned for his contributions to classical Telugu literature and refinement of earlier works.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
epithet
ⓘ
name of a deity ⓘ |
| associatedDeityForm |
Krishna
ⓘ
Vishnu ⓘ |
| associatedWithConcept |
protection of devotees
ⓘ
victory over evil ⓘ |
| associatedWithDemon | Keshi ⓘ |
| attributeHighlighted |
divine power over demons
ⓘ
heroic prowess ⓘ physical beauty ⓘ |
| category |
Hindu theophoric names
ⓘ
Names of Krishna ⓘ Names of Vishnu ⓘ |
| culturalRegion |
Indian subcontinent
ⓘ
linked to:
South Asia
|
| deityAspect | preserver aspect of the divine ⓘ |
| devotionalUse |
invoked in prayers and mantras to Vishnu
ⓘ
sung in bhajans and kirtans ⓘ |
| etymologyComponent |
Keśi (a demon in Hindu mythology)
ⓘ
linked to:
Kesava
va (one who destroys) ⓘ |
| gender | masculine ⓘ |
| honorificType | reverential epithet ⓘ |
| iconographicAssociation | Krishna as cowherd and warrior ⓘ |
| isOneOfNamesOf |
Krishna
ⓘ
Vishnu ⓘ |
| language | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| listedIn | Vishnu Sahasranama ⓘ |
| meaning |
one with beautiful, luxuriant hair
ⓘ
slayer of the demon Keshi ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Bhagavad Gita
ⓘ
Mahabharata ⓘ Puranas ⓘ |
| refersTo |
Krishna
ⓘ
Vishnu ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| roleInBhagavadGita | name used by Arjuna to address Krishna ⓘ |
| SanskritSpelling |
केशव
ⓘ
linked to:
Kesava
|
| scriptType |
Devanagari
ⓘ
linked to:
Devanagari script
|
| usedAs | theophoric given name ⓘ |
| worshipContext | Vaishnavism ⓘ |
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: Kesava Description of subject: Kesava is a revered epithet of the Hindu god Vishnu, highlighting him as the slayer of the demon Keshi and the one with beautiful, luxuriant hair.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.