Balarama
E180193
Balarama is a major Hindu deity revered as the elder brother of Krishna, known for his immense strength and role in supporting and protecting dharma.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Balarama canonical | 65 |
| Balaram | 1 |
| Balarama (in some traditions as foster child) | 1 |
| Balarama as Shesha incarnation | 1 |
| Jagannath | 1 |
| Krishna and Balarama | 1 |
| Sankarshana (Balarama) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1436571 — 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: Balarama Context triple: [Vaishnavism, honorsAvatar, Balarama]
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A.
Mrigadava
Mrigadava is the ancient deer park near Sarnath in India where Gautama Buddha is said to have delivered his first sermon.
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B.
Narasimha
Narasimha is the fierce man-lion incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu, known for destroying the demon king Hiranyakashipu to protect his devotee Prahlada.
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C.
Bholenath
Bholenath is a beloved epithet of the Hindu god Shiva, emphasizing his innocent, benevolent, and easily-pleased nature as a divine protector of devotees.
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D.
Shanmukha
Shanmukha is a revered Hindu deity of war and victory, widely worshipped as the six-faced son of Shiva and Parvati.
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E.
Krishna
Krishna is a major river in southern India that flows through the states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh before emptying into the Bay of Bengal.
- 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: Balarama Target entity description: Balarama is a major Hindu deity revered as the elder brother of Krishna, known for his immense strength and role in supporting and protecting dharma.
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A.
Mrigadava
Mrigadava is the ancient deer park near Sarnath in India where Gautama Buddha is said to have delivered his first sermon.
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B.
Narasimha
Narasimha is the fierce man-lion incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu, known for destroying the demon king Hiranyakashipu to protect his devotee Prahlada.
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C.
Bholenath
Bholenath is a beloved epithet of the Hindu god Shiva, emphasizing his innocent, benevolent, and easily-pleased nature as a divine protector of devotees.
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D.
Shanmukha
Shanmukha is a revered Hindu deity of war and victory, widely worshipped as the six-faced son of Shiva and Parvati.
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E.
Krishna
Krishna is a major river in southern India that flows through the states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh before emptying into the Bay of Bengal.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu deity
ⓘ
avatar ⓘ mythological character ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Gaudiya Vaishnavism
ⓘ
Krishna ⓘ Vaishnavism ⓘ Vishnu ⓘ Vrishni clan ⓘ Yadava dynasty ⓘ
linked to:
Yadava kingdom
agriculture ⓘ fertility ⓘ strength ⓘ |
| avatarOf |
Adi Shesha
ⓘ
linked to:
Adishesha
Shesha ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Gokul (raised)
ⓘ
Mathura (in many traditions) ⓘ
linked to:
Mathura
|
| color | fair ⓘ |
| cultCenter |
Dwarka
ⓘ
Mathura ⓘ Puri ⓘ |
| epithet | elder brother of Krishna ⓘ |
| festival |
Rath Yatra at Puri
ⓘ
linked to:
Rath Yatra
|
| iconography |
depicted with a plough and mace
ⓘ
often shown wearing blue garments ⓘ |
| knownFor |
immense strength
ⓘ
protecting dharma ⓘ supporting dharma ⓘ |
| mount |
black elephant
ⓘ
palm tree (emblematic) ⓘ |
| otherName |
Balabhadra
ⓘ
Baladeva ⓘ
linked to:
Baladeva Vidyabhushana
Haladhara ⓘ Halayudha ⓘ |
| parent |
Rohini
ⓘ
Vasudeva ⓘ
linked to:
Krishna
|
| partOf | Dashavatara traditions (in some lists) ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| role |
protector of cowherds
ⓘ
teacher of mace fighting ⓘ |
| scriptureMention |
Bhagavata Purana
ⓘ
Harivamsa ⓘ Mahabharata ⓘ Vishnu Purana ⓘ |
| sibling | Krishna ⓘ |
| spouse | Revati ⓘ |
| stepParent | Devaki ⓘ |
| symbol |
palm tree
ⓘ
plough ⓘ |
| weapon |
mace
ⓘ
ploughshare ⓘ |
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: Balarama Description of subject: Balarama is a major Hindu deity revered as the elder brother of Krishna, known for his immense strength and role in supporting and protecting dharma.
Referenced by (71)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Balarama
linked to: Balarama