Kishkindha
E124411
Kishkindha is the mythical monkey kingdom ruled by Sugriva in the Indian epic Ramayana, where Rama forms an alliance with the vanara army to search for Sita.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kishkindha canonical | 16 |
| Kishkindha (city) | 1 |
| Kishkindha, the monkey kingdom of Ramayana | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T902530 — 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: Kishkindha Context triple: [Ramayana, setting, Kishkindha]
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A.
Sevagram
Sevagram is a village in Maharashtra, India, best known as Mahatma Gandhi’s residence and the site of his Sevagram Ashram during the Indian independence movement.
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B.
Sibi
Sibi is a historic town and district in the Balochistan region of Pakistan, known for its hot climate and traditional annual cattle and horse fair.
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C.
Gokul
Gokul is a historic town in Uttar Pradesh, India, revered in Hindu tradition as the place where Lord Krishna spent his early childhood.
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D.
Magahi
Magahi is an Eastern Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in the Indian state of Bihar and surrounding regions.
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E.
Kundagannada
Kundagannada is a regional dialect of the Kannada language spoken primarily in the coastal districts of Karnataka, India.
- 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: Kishkindha Target entity description: Kishkindha is the mythical monkey kingdom ruled by Sugriva in the Indian epic Ramayana, where Rama forms an alliance with the vanara army to search for Sita.
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A.
Sevagram
Sevagram is a village in Maharashtra, India, best known as Mahatma Gandhi’s residence and the site of his Sevagram Ashram during the Indian independence movement.
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B.
Sibi
Sibi is a historic town and district in the Balochistan region of Pakistan, known for its hot climate and traditional annual cattle and horse fair.
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C.
Gokul
Gokul is a historic town in Uttar Pradesh, India, revered in Hindu tradition as the place where Lord Krishna spent his early childhood.
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D.
Magahi
Magahi is an Eastern Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in the Indian state of Bihar and surrounding regions.
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E.
Kundagannada
Kundagannada is a regional dialect of the Kannada language spoken primarily in the coastal districts of Karnataka, India.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
location in the Ramayana
ⓘ
mythical kingdom ⓘ vanara kingdom ⓘ |
| allianceFormedBetween |
Rama and Sugriva
ⓘ
linked to:
Rama
|
| appearsIn |
Ramcharitmanas
ⓘ
Valmiki Ramayana ⓘ
linked to:
Ramayana
various Ramayana adaptations ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter |
Angada
ⓘ
Hanuman ⓘ Lakshmana ⓘ Rama ⓘ Tara ⓘ Vali ⓘ |
| associatedWithRegionTradition | modern-day Karnataka (traditional identification) ⓘ |
| associatedWithRiver |
Pampa Lake
ⓘ
linked to:
Pampa lake
|
| associatedWithSite | Hampi (traditional identification) ⓘ |
| capitalOf | Sugriva’s kingdom ⓘ |
| conflictInvolves |
Sugriva and Vali
ⓘ
linked to:
Sugriva
|
| culturalSignificance | important pilgrimage theme in Hindu tradition ⓘ |
| depictedIn |
Ramayana theatre and drama
ⓘ
classical dance ⓘ temple art ⓘ |
| genre | Hindu mythology ⓘ |
| governedBySystem | monarchy ⓘ |
| hasInhabitants |
monkeys
ⓘ
vanaras ⓘ |
| languageContext | Sanskrit epic literature ⓘ |
| locatedInWork | Ramayana ⓘ |
| notableCommander |
Hanuman
ⓘ
Jambavan ⓘ Nala ⓘ Neela ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Hanuman is sent as emissary to Lanka
ⓘ
Rama forms alliance with Sugriva ⓘ Rama kills Vali ⓘ search for Sita is organized ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
forested region
ⓘ
mountainous terrain ⓘ |
| predecessorRuler | Vali ⓘ |
| purposeOfAlliance | search for Sita ⓘ |
| religionInMyth | Hinduism ⓘ |
| resolutionOfConflict | Rama supports Sugriva ⓘ |
| roleInNarrative |
base for vanara army
ⓘ
turning point in Rama’s exile ⓘ |
| ruledBy | Sugriva ⓘ |
| searchPartiesDispatchedTo | four directions from Kishkindha ⓘ |
| successorRuler | Angada ⓘ |
| timePeriodInMyth | Treta Yuga ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Kishkindha Description of subject: Kishkindha is the mythical monkey kingdom ruled by Sugriva in the Indian epic Ramayana, where Rama forms an alliance with the vanara army to search for Sita.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Rishyamukha (indirectly, through Sugriva’s exile)
subject linked to:
Vanara chief Kesari
subject linked to:
Kishkindha region (often identified with parts of Karnataka, India)
linked to: Kishkindha
linked to: Kishkindha
subject linked to:
Anjani (mother of Hanuman)