Mrityu

E218796

Hindu mythological figure concept in Hinduism personification of death

Mrityu is a personification of death in Hindu mythology, closely associated with the god Yama as an embodiment of mortality and the end of life.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Almarhum	1
Mrityu canonical	1
Mṛtyu	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1961276 — 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: Mrityu
Context triple: [Yama, otherName, Mrityu]

A. Mrityukshuda
Mrityukshuda is a Bengali novel by Kazi Nazrul Islam that explores themes of poverty, social injustice, and revolutionary struggle in early 20th-century Bengal.
B. Ghari
Ghari is an Oceanic language spoken in the Solomon Islands, belonging to the Meso-Melanesian branch of the Austronesian language family.
C. Tumba
Tumba is a suburban locality in Stockholm County, Sweden, known for its residential areas and historical paper mill industry.
D. Last to Die
Last to Die is a Magic: The Gathering card, likely a creature or spell, associated with the Magic game universe.
E. Fataleka
Fataleka is an Oceanic language of the Southeast Solomonic group spoken by the Fataleka people in the Solomon Islands.
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: Mrityu
Target entity description: Mrityu is a personification of death in Hindu mythology, closely associated with the god Yama as an embodiment of mortality and the end of life.

A. Mrityukshuda
Mrityukshuda is a Bengali novel by Kazi Nazrul Islam that explores themes of poverty, social injustice, and revolutionary struggle in early 20th-century Bengal.
B. Ghari
Ghari is an Oceanic language spoken in the Solomon Islands, belonging to the Meso-Melanesian branch of the Austronesian language family.
C. Tumba
Tumba is a suburban locality in Stockholm County, Sweden, known for its residential areas and historical paper mill industry.
D. Last to Die
Last to Die is a Magic: The Gathering card, likely a creature or spell, associated with the Magic game universe.
E. Fataleka
Fataleka is an Oceanic language of the Southeast Solomonic group spoken by the Fataleka people in the Solomon Islands.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (37)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hindu mythological figure ⓘ concept in Hinduism ⓘ personification of death ⓘ
appearsIn	Hindu scriptures ⓘ Puranic literature ⓘ epic literature ⓘ
associatedWith	Yama ⓘ
centralTo	teachings on detachment ⓘ teachings on renunciation ⓘ
conceptualRole	boundary between life and afterlife ⓘ reminder of impermanence ⓘ
contrastedWith	jīvana (life) ⓘ
culturallySignificantIn	Hindu communities ⓘ India ⓘ
describedAs	inevitable ⓘ universal ⓘ
embodies	end of life ⓘ mortality ⓘ
etymologicallyRelatedTo	maraṇa (death) ⓘ
hasDomain	afterlife ⓘ death ⓘ
hasMeaning	death ⓘ
hasNameInSanskrit	Mṛtyu ⓘ linked to: Mrityu
hasPhilosophicalAspectIn	Hindu philosophy ⓘ Vedantic thought ⓘ
languageOfOrigin	Sanskrit ⓘ
oftenPersonifiedAs	deity-like figure ⓘ messenger of Yama ⓘ
opposedTo	amṛta ⓘ immortality ⓘ
partOf	Hindu cosmology ⓘ Hindu mythology ⓘ
relatedConcept	karma ⓘ moksha ⓘ saṃsāra ⓘ
symbolizes	limit of human lifespan ⓘ transience of worldly existence ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yama → otherName → Mrityu ⓘ

Mrityu → hasNameInSanskrit → Mṛtyu ⓘ

linked to: Mrityu

Sultan Azlan Shah → honorificPrefix → Almarhum ⓘ