Sri Yantra
E18573
Sri Yantra is a complex and highly revered Hindu geometric diagram composed of interlocking triangles and lotus patterns, used as a tool for meditation, worship, and the representation of cosmic unity and divine feminine energy.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sri Chakra | 7 |
| Sri Yantra canonical | 6 |
| Shri Chakra | 1 |
| Shri Yantra | 1 |
| Structure of Sri Yantra | 1 |
| central bindu | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T152533 — 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: Sri Yantra Context triple: [Hinduism, hasSacredSymbol, Sri Yantra]
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A.
Sevagram Ashram
Sevagram Ashram is a historic rural ashram in Maharashtra, India, that served as Mahatma Gandhi’s main headquarters and center of his social and political activities during the Indian independence movement.
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B.
Star of David
The Star of David is a six-pointed star composed of two interlocking triangles, widely recognized as a central symbol of Judaism and Jewish identity.
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C.
Temple of Nature
Temple of Nature is a didactic philosophical poem by Erasmus Darwin that explores the origins and development of life through early evolutionary ideas.
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D.
Swayam
Swayam is an Indian government-backed online learning platform that provides free Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) from schools, colleges, and universities across the country.
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E.
Taj Mahal
The Taj Mahal is a 17th-century white marble mausoleum in Agra, India, renowned worldwide as a masterpiece of Mughal architecture and a symbol of enduring love.
- 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: Sri Yantra Target entity description: Sri Yantra is a complex and highly revered Hindu geometric diagram composed of interlocking triangles and lotus patterns, used as a tool for meditation, worship, and the representation of cosmic unity and divine feminine energy.
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A.
Sevagram Ashram
Sevagram Ashram is a historic rural ashram in Maharashtra, India, that served as Mahatma Gandhi’s main headquarters and center of his social and political activities during the Indian independence movement.
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B.
Star of David
The Star of David is a six-pointed star composed of two interlocking triangles, widely recognized as a central symbol of Judaism and Jewish identity.
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C.
Temple of Nature
Temple of Nature is a didactic philosophical poem by Erasmus Darwin that explores the origins and development of life through early evolutionary ideas.
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D.
Swayam
Swayam is an Indian government-backed online learning platform that provides free Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) from schools, colleges, and universities across the country.
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E.
Taj Mahal
The Taj Mahal is a 17th-century white marble mausoleum in Agra, India, renowned worldwide as a masterpiece of Mughal architecture and a symbol of enduring love.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu symbol
ⓘ
sacred diagram ⓘ yantra ⓘ |
| associatedWithConcept |
Shakta worship
ⓘ
Sri Vidya tradition ⓘ |
| associatedWithDeity |
Lalita Tripurasundari
ⓘ
linked to:
Tripura Sundari
Tripura Sundari ⓘ |
| centralPointCalled | bindu ⓘ |
| culturalRegion |
Indian subcontinent
ⓘ
linked to:
South Asia
|
| depictedIn |
three-dimensional form
ⓘ
two-dimensional form ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Shri Chakra
ⓘ
linked to:
Sri Yantra
Shri Yantra ⓘ
linked to:
Sri Yantra
Sri Chakra ⓘ
linked to:
Sri Yantra
|
| hasComponent |
T-shaped gates
ⓘ
bindu ⓘ central point ⓘ downward-pointing triangles ⓘ interlocking triangles ⓘ lotus patterns ⓘ outer square ⓘ upward-pointing triangles ⓘ |
| hasGeometricNature | sacred geometry ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfCircles | 2 ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfEnclosures | 9 ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfLotusPetals |
16
ⓘ
8 ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfTriangles | 9 ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| represents |
path to spiritual realization
ⓘ
structure of the universe ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
cosmic order
ⓘ
cosmic unity ⓘ creation ⓘ divine feminine energy ⓘ microcosm and macrocosm ⓘ prosperity ⓘ spiritual liberation ⓘ union of Shiva and Shakti ⓘ |
| threeDimensionalFormCalled | Maha Meru ⓘ |
| tradition |
Shaktism
ⓘ
Tantra ⓘ
linked to:
Vajrayana
|
| usedAs |
cosmological map
ⓘ
meditation aid ⓘ ritual focus ⓘ |
| usedFor |
concentration
ⓘ
meditation ⓘ ritual practice ⓘ visualization ⓘ worship ⓘ |
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: Sri Yantra Description of subject: Sri Yantra is a complex and highly revered Hindu geometric diagram composed of interlocking triangles and lotus patterns, used as a tool for meditation, worship, and the representation of cosmic unity and divine feminine energy.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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