Sakrat
E164256
Sakrat is a regional name used in parts of India for the Hindu harvest festival widely known as Makar Sankranti.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sakrat canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T966804 — 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: Sakrat Context triple: [Makar Sankranti, regionalName, Sakrat]
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A.
Socrates
Socrates was a classical Athenian philosopher renowned as a founder of Western philosophy, known for his method of questioning and his trial and execution in Athens.
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B.
Plato
Plato was an ancient Greek philosopher, a student of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle, whose dialogues and ideas laid the foundations of Western philosophy.
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C.
Antisthenes
Antisthenes was an ancient Greek philosopher, a pupil of Socrates and a key forerunner of Cynicism known for his advocacy of virtue, self-sufficiency, and ascetic living.
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D.
Protagoras
Protagoras was a pre-Socratic Greek sophist and philosopher best known for his relativistic claim that "man is the measure of all things."
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E.
Echecrates
Echecrates is a Pythagorean philosopher who appears in Plato’s dialogue "Phaedo" as the interlocutor to whom Phaedo recounts the final conversation and death of Socrates.
- 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: Sakrat Target entity description: Sakrat is a regional name used in parts of India for the Hindu harvest festival widely known as Makar Sankranti.
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A.
Socrates
Socrates was a classical Athenian philosopher renowned as a founder of Western philosophy, known for his method of questioning and his trial and execution in Athens.
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B.
Plato
Plato was an ancient Greek philosopher, a student of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle, whose dialogues and ideas laid the foundations of Western philosophy.
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C.
Antisthenes
Antisthenes was an ancient Greek philosopher, a pupil of Socrates and a key forerunner of Cynicism known for his advocacy of virtue, self-sufficiency, and ascetic living.
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D.
Protagoras
Protagoras was a pre-Socratic Greek sophist and philosopher best known for his relativistic claim that "man is the measure of all things."
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E.
Echecrates
Echecrates is a Pythagorean philosopher who appears in Plato’s dialogue "Phaedo" as the interlocutor to whom Phaedo recounts the final conversation and death of Socrates.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu festival
ⓘ
harvest festival ⓘ religious observance ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
bonfires
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charity ⓘ harvest ⓘ holy river baths ⓘ kite flying ⓘ pilgrimage ⓘ thanksgiving for harvest ⓘ |
| basedOn | solar movement of the Sun ⓘ |
| celebratedIn |
India
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Nepal ⓘ parts of South Asia ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
beginning of longer days
ⓘ
end of winter solstice period ⓘ |
| devotionalAspect | worship of Surya (Sun god) ⓘ |
| followsCalendar | Hindu solar calendar ⓘ |
| foodTradition |
jaggery (gur) sweets
ⓘ
khichdi ⓘ sesame (til) sweets ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Maghi
ⓘ
Makar Sankranti ⓘ Sankranti ⓘ
linked to:
Makar Sankranti
Uttarayan ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Harvest festivals in India
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Hindu festivals ⓘ Religious festivals in India ⓘ |
| hasRitual |
donating food and clothes
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offering sesame and jaggery ⓘ taking holy dip in rivers ⓘ |
| marksEvent |
Sun’s transition into Makara (Capricorn)
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beginning of Uttarayana ⓘ |
| observedBy |
Hindus
ⓘ
linked to:
Hinduism
|
| occursInHinduMonth |
Magha
ⓘ
Pausha ⓘ |
| regionalNameFor | Makar Sankranti ⓘ |
| regionalNameIn | parts of India ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| season | winter ⓘ |
| typicalDateGregorian |
14 January
ⓘ
15 January ⓘ |
| typicalMonthGregorian | January ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sakrat Description of subject: Sakrat is a regional name used in parts of India for the Hindu harvest festival widely known as Makar Sankranti.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.