Shankara
E132807
Shankara is a revered epithet of the Hindu god Shiva, highlighting his role as a benevolent and auspicious divine benefactor.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kailasanatha | 1 |
| Mahadeva | 1 |
| Shankara canonical | 1 |
| শংকর | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T923540 — 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: Shankara Context triple: [Shiva, epithet, Shankara]
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A.
Narayana
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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B.
Jagat Gosain
Jagat Gosain was a Mughal empress and Rajput princess, best known as the wife of Emperor Jahangir and the mother of Shah Jahan.
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C.
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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D.
Swami
Swami is a Hindu honorific title denoting a religious teacher or monk who has taken vows of renunciation and spiritual discipline.
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E.
Kapila
Kapila is an ancient Indian sage and philosopher traditionally regarded as the founder of the Samkhya school of Hindu philosophy.
- 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: Shankara Target entity description: Shankara is a revered epithet of the Hindu god Shiva, highlighting his role as a benevolent and auspicious divine benefactor.
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A.
Narayana
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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B.
Jagat Gosain
Jagat Gosain was a Mughal empress and Rajput princess, best known as the wife of Emperor Jahangir and the mother of Shah Jahan.
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C.
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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D.
Swami
Swami is a Hindu honorific title denoting a religious teacher or monk who has taken vows of renunciation and spiritual discipline.
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E.
Kapila
Kapila is an ancient Indian sage and philosopher traditionally regarded as the founder of the Samkhya school of Hindu philosophy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
epithet
ⓘ
name of a deity ⓘ theonym ⓘ |
| associatedAspectOfShiva |
auspicious aspect
ⓘ
benevolent aspect ⓘ |
| associatedDeity | Shiva ⓘ |
| category |
Hindu theonyms
ⓘ
Names of Shiva ⓘ
linked to:
Shiva
|
| deityType | Hindu god name ⓘ |
| etymologyFrom |
kara (maker, doer)
ⓘ
śam (happiness, auspiciousness) ⓘ |
| gender | masculine name ⓘ |
| hasAttribute |
auspicious
ⓘ
benevolent ⓘ |
| hasRole | divine benefactor ⓘ |
| honorificFor |
Mahadeva
ⓘ
Rudra as Shiva ⓘ
linked to:
Rudra
|
| language | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| meaning |
bestower of auspiciousness
ⓘ
giver of happiness ⓘ source of bliss ⓘ |
| refersTo | Shiva ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
auspiciousness
ⓘ
divine grace ⓘ welfare of devotees ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| script |
Devanagari
ⓘ
linked to:
Devanagari script
|
| transliteration |
Śaṅkara
ⓘ
linked to:
Shankara
|
| usedAs | divine title ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Hindu devotional literature
ⓘ
Hindu hymns ⓘ Hindu prayers ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
India
ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ other Hindu-majority communities ⓘ |
| worshipTradition | Shaivism ⓘ |
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: Shankara Description of subject: Shankara is a revered epithet of the Hindu god Shiva, highlighting his role as a benevolent and auspicious divine benefactor.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.