Brahma
E18875
Brahma is the Hindu god of creation, traditionally regarded as part of the Trimurti alongside Vishnu and Shiva.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Brahma canonical | 108 |
| Lord Brahma | 8 |
| Brahma (as first man or lawgiver created by Brahma, in some traditions) | 1 |
| Brahma seated on Hamsa | 1 |
| Brahmā | 1 |
| Pitamah (grandfather of beings) | 1 |
| Prajapati | 1 |
| the Prajapatis | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T152482 — 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: Brahma Context triple: [Hinduism, hasDeity, Brahma]
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A.
Brahman
Brahman is the ultimate, all-pervading reality or absolute principle in Hindu philosophy, understood as the source and essence of everything that exists.
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B.
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.
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C.
Krishna
Krishna is a major Hindu deity revered as the eighth avatar of Vishnu and celebrated for his roles as a divine lover, charioteer, and teacher in texts like the Bhagavad Gita and the Mahabharata.
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D.
Vedanta
Vedanta is a major Hindu philosophical tradition that interprets and systematizes the teachings of the Upanishads, focusing on the nature of ultimate reality (Brahman) and the self (Atman).
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E.
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.
- 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: Brahma Target entity description: Brahma is the Hindu god of creation, traditionally regarded as part of the Trimurti alongside Vishnu and Shiva.
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A.
Brahman
Brahman is the ultimate, all-pervading reality or absolute principle in Hindu philosophy, understood as the source and essence of everything that exists.
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B.
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.
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C.
Krishna
Krishna is a major Hindu deity revered as the eighth avatar of Vishnu and celebrated for his roles as a divine lover, charioteer, and teacher in texts like the Bhagavad Gita and the Mahabharata.
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D.
Vedanta
Vedanta is a major Hindu philosophical tradition that interprets and systematizes the teachings of the Upanishads, focusing on the nature of ultimate reality (Brahman) and the self (Atman).
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu deity
ⓘ
creator god ⓘ |
| abode |
Brahmaloka
ⓘ
Satyaloka ⓘ
linked to:
Brahmaloka
|
| associatedConcept |
Brahmanda (cosmic egg)
ⓘ
cosmic creation cycle ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Shiva
ⓘ
Vishnu ⓘ |
| consort | Saraswati ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
Shiva as destroyer
ⓘ
linked to:
Shiva
Vishnu as preserver ⓘ |
| cosmicFunction | creation ⓘ |
| creationMethod |
creation through mind-born sons (Manasaputras)
ⓘ
emanation from the cosmic egg ⓘ |
| depictedHolding |
Vedas
ⓘ
lotus ⓘ rosary ⓘ water pot ⓘ |
| depictedWith |
four arms
ⓘ
four faces ⓘ four heads ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| majorTemple | Brahma Temple, Pushkar ⓘ |
| majorTempleLocation | Pushkar, Rajasthan, India ⓘ |
| memberOf | Trimurti ⓘ |
| mount |
Hamsa
ⓘ
swan ⓘ |
| oftenConfusedWith |
Brahman
ⓘ
Brahmin ⓘ |
| parentOf |
Marichi
ⓘ
Narada ⓘ the Prajapatis ⓘ
linked to:
Brahma
|
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| role | god of creation ⓘ |
| scripturalMention |
Mahabharata
ⓘ
Puranas ⓘ Ramayana ⓘ Vedas ⓘ |
| spouse | Saraswati ⓘ |
| symbol |
Vedas
ⓘ
lotus ⓘ rosary ⓘ swan ⓘ water pot ⓘ |
| timeAssociation | kalpa (day of Brahma) ⓘ |
| title |
Pitamah (grandfather of beings)
ⓘ
linked to:
Brahma
Prajapati ⓘ
linked to:
Brahma
|
| worshipDecline | classical and later Hinduism ⓘ |
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: Brahma Description of subject: Brahma is the Hindu god of creation, traditionally regarded as part of the Trimurti alongside Vishnu and Shiva.
Referenced by (122)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Brahma
subject linked to:
Brahmanda (cosmic egg)
subject linked to:
Brahmanda (cosmic egg)
linked to: Brahma
subject linked to:
Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
subject linked to:
Gandiva bow
subject linked to:
Gandiva bow
subject linked to:
Gandiva bow
linked to: Brahma
linked to: Brahma
subject linked to:
Brahma temple
subject linked to:
Brahma temple
linked to: Brahma
linked to: Brahma