Prahastha
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Prahastha is a powerful rakshasa warrior and one of Ravana’s chief generals in the Hindu epic Ramayana, renowned for his role in the battle of Lanka.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Prahastha canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21772726 — 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: Prahastha Context triple: [Lanka War, hasKeyCommanderForRavana, Prahastha]
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A.
Uttānapāda
Uttānapāda is a king in Hindu mythology, known primarily as the father of the devoted child-sage Dhruva.
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B.
Paramavishnuloka
Paramavishnuloka is a posthumous royal epithet of the Khmer king Suryavarman II, associating him with the supreme Hindu god Vishnu and the highest celestial realm.
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C.
Parsvabhyudaya
Parsvabhyudaya is a significant Jain religious text that narrates and glorifies the life and spiritual achievements of the Tirthankara Parshvanatha.
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D.
Brahmaloka
Brahmaloka is the highest heavenly realm in Hindu and Buddhist cosmology, associated with the creator deity Brahma and characterized as a plane of great spiritual purity and bliss.
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E.
Vriddhakshatra
Vriddhakshatra is a lesser-known figure from the Mahabharata tradition, recognized primarily as the son of Jayadratha, the king of Sindhu who played a key role in Abhimanyu’s death.
- 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: Prahastha Target entity description: Prahastha is a powerful rakshasa warrior and one of Ravana’s chief generals in the Hindu epic Ramayana, renowned for his role in the battle of Lanka.
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A.
Uttānapāda
Uttānapāda is a king in Hindu mythology, known primarily as the father of the devoted child-sage Dhruva.
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B.
Paramavishnuloka
Paramavishnuloka is a posthumous royal epithet of the Khmer king Suryavarman II, associating him with the supreme Hindu god Vishnu and the highest celestial realm.
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C.
Parsvabhyudaya
Parsvabhyudaya is a significant Jain religious text that narrates and glorifies the life and spiritual achievements of the Tirthankara Parshvanatha.
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D.
Brahmaloka
Brahmaloka is the highest heavenly realm in Hindu and Buddhist cosmology, associated with the creator deity Brahma and characterized as a plane of great spiritual purity and bliss.
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E.
Vriddhakshatra
Vriddhakshatra is a lesser-known figure from the Mahabharata tradition, recognized primarily as the son of Jayadratha, the king of Sindhu who played a key role in Abhimanyu’s death.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.