Narayana
E131832
Narayana is a revered name of the Hindu god Vishnu, especially associated with his role as the supreme preserver and sustainer of the universe.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Narayana canonical | 11 |
| Ranganatha | 3 |
| Adiśeṣa | 1 |
| Aniruddha (in some traditions) | 1 |
| Narayana (Vishnu) in Badrinath tradition | 1 |
| Pradyumna (in some traditions) | 1 |
| Sriyaḥpati (Lord of Lakshmi) | 1 |
| Varadaraja | 1 |
| personal God (Narayana) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T902585 — 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: Narayana Context triple: [Vishnu, epithet, Narayana]
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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.
Jagat Narayan
Jagat Narayan was an Indian educationist and public figure who served as a member of the British-era Hunter Commission on education reforms.
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C.
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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D.
Babruvahana
Babruvahana is a character in the Indian epic Mahabharata, known as the son of the Pandava prince Arjuna and the princess Chitrangada, and as a skilled warrior and later ruler of Manipura.
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E.
Narada
Narada is a revered sage and divine messenger in Hindu mythology, known for his wisdom, musical devotion, and role as a cosmic wanderer who connects gods and humans.
- 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: Narayana Target entity description: Narayana is a revered name of the Hindu god Vishnu, especially associated with his role as the supreme preserver and sustainer of the universe.
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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.
Jagat Narayan
Jagat Narayan was an Indian educationist and public figure who served as a member of the British-era Hunter Commission on education reforms.
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C.
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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D.
Babruvahana
Babruvahana is a character in the Indian epic Mahabharata, known as the son of the Pandava prince Arjuna and the princess Chitrangada, and as a skilled warrior and later ruler of Manipura.
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E.
Narada
Narada is a revered sage and divine messenger in Hindu mythology, known for his wisdom, musical devotion, and role as a cosmic wanderer who connects gods and humans.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu deity
ⓘ
Vaishnavite deity ⓘ form of Vishnu ⓘ |
| abode |
Kshira Sagara
ⓘ
linked to:
Kshira Sagara (Ocean of Milk)
Vaikuntha ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
Sri (prosperity and grace)
ⓘ
Vaikuntha (supreme abode) ⓘ
linked to:
Vaikuntha
|
| associatedWith |
Ananta Shesha
ⓘ
Garuda ⓘ Sri (Lakshmi) ⓘ Vaishnavism ⓘ cosmic ocean of milk ⓘ |
| attribute |
Chakra (discus)
ⓘ
linked to:
Sudarshana Chakra
Gada (mace) ⓘ Padma (lotus) ⓘ Shankha (conch) ⓘ |
| consort |
Lakshmi
ⓘ
linked to:
Lakshmi avatar
|
| cosmicFunction | maintenance of cosmic order ⓘ |
| cosmicPosition |
lord of all worlds
ⓘ
source of all avatars of Vishnu ⓘ |
| describedAs | supreme being in many Vaishnava traditions ⓘ |
| epithetOf | Vishnu ⓘ |
| festival |
Janmashtami (as Vishnu-Krishna form)
ⓘ
linked to:
Janmashtami
Vaikuntha Ekadashi ⓘ
linked to:
Vaikunta Ekadasi
|
| iconography | depicted reclining on serpent Ananta Shesha ⓘ |
| identifiedWith | Vishnu ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| meaningOfName |
he who dwells in all beings
ⓘ
the refuge of all beings ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Bhagavad Gita
ⓘ
Bhagavata Purana ⓘ Mahabharata ⓘ Rigveda ⓘ Vishnu Purana ⓘ |
| mount | Garuda ⓘ |
| regionOfWorship |
India
ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| role |
preserver of the universe
ⓘ
sustainer of the universe ⓘ |
| title |
Bhagavan
ⓘ
linked to:
Bhagavān
Paramatman ⓘ
linked to:
Brahman
Purushottama ⓘ |
| weapon |
Kaumodaki Gada
ⓘ
Sudarshana Chakra ⓘ |
| worshippedAs | supreme lord by many Vaishnavas ⓘ |
| worshipTradition |
Madhva tradition
ⓘ
linked to:
Madhva Sampradaya
Pancharatra ⓘ
linked to:
Pancharatra texts
Sri 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: Narayana Description of subject: Narayana is a revered name of the Hindu god Vishnu, especially associated with his role as the supreme preserver and sustainer of the universe.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Srirangapatna
linked to: Narayana
subject linked to:
Srirangam
linked to: Narayana
linked to: Narayana
linked to: Narayana
linked to: Narayana
linked to: Narayana
linked to: Narayana