Saketa

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Saketa is the ancient name of the historic Indian city now known as Ayodhya, a major cultural and religious center in Hindu tradition.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Saketa canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city ⓘ
historical place ⓘ
settlement ⓘ
associatedWithDeity Rama ⓘ
associatedWithDynasty Ikshvaku dynasty (through Ayodhya) ⓘ
linked to: Ikshvaku dynasty
associatedWithEpic Ramayana ⓘ
associatedWithTradition Vaishnavism ⓘ
describedAs ancient name of Ayodhya ⓘ
etymologyRoot Sanskrit word "saket" ⓘ
hasAlternativeTransliteration Saketa ⓘ
hasCulturalRole major cultural center (as Ayodhya) ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificanceIn Hindu tradition ⓘ
hasModernName Ayodhya ⓘ
hasReligiousRole major pilgrimage center (as Ayodhya) ⓘ
hasReligiousSignificanceIn Hinduism ⓘ
hasType cultural center ⓘ
religious center ⓘ
historicalRegion Ancient India ⓘ
linked to: ancient India
knownAs Saketa ⓘ
languageOfName Sanskrit ⓘ
linkedTo Ayodhya dispute (through modern Ayodhya) ⓘ
locatedIn Ayodhya ⓘ
India ⓘ
Uttar Pradesh ⓘ
mentionedIn Buddhist texts ⓘ
Hindu scriptures ⓘ
Jain texts ⓘ
partOf Kosala ⓘ
timePeriod ancient period ⓘ
wasCapitalOf Kosala (in some traditions) ⓘ
linked to: Kosala kingdom

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ayodhya → ancientName → Saketa ⓘ
Saketa → knownAs → Saketa ⓘ
Kosala → majorCity → Saketa ⓘ
Kosala kingdom → capital → Saketa ⓘ
Kosala kingdom → majorCity → Saketa ⓘ