Adipurana
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Adipurana is a 10th-century Kannada Jain epic poem by the poet Pampa that narrates the life and virtues of the first Tirthankara, Rishabhanatha.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2244294 — 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: Adipurana Context triple: [Pampa, notableWork, Adipurana]
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A.
Puranānūru
Puranānūru is an ancient Tamil poetic anthology of the Sangam era, renowned for its verses on war, kingship, ethics, and the public life of early Tamil society.
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B.
Jangnama
Jangnama is a notable Punjabi poetic work, traditionally composed as a war ballad that narrates and reflects on historical battles and conflicts.
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C.
Harivamsa
Harivamsa is an important Sanskrit text traditionally considered an appendix to the Mahabharata, detailing the genealogy, birth, and early life of Krishna.
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Kakawin Sutasoma
Kakawin Sutasoma is a 14th-century Old Javanese Buddhist epic poem by Mpu Tantular, renowned as the source of Indonesia’s national motto “Bhinneka Tunggal Ika” (Unity in Diversity).
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E.
Mausala Parva
Mausala Parva is a book of the Indian epic Mahabharata that narrates the tragic destruction of the Yadava clan and the events leading to the death of Krishna.
- 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: Adipurana Target entity description: Adipurana is a 10th-century Kannada Jain epic poem by the poet Pampa that narrates the life and virtues of the first Tirthankara, Rishabhanatha.
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A.
Puranānūru
Puranānūru is an ancient Tamil poetic anthology of the Sangam era, renowned for its verses on war, kingship, ethics, and the public life of early Tamil society.
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B.
Jangnama
Jangnama is a notable Punjabi poetic work, traditionally composed as a war ballad that narrates and reflects on historical battles and conflicts.
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C.
Harivamsa
Harivamsa is an important Sanskrit text traditionally considered an appendix to the Mahabharata, detailing the genealogy, birth, and early life of Krishna.
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D.
Kakawin Sutasoma
Kakawin Sutasoma is a 14th-century Old Javanese Buddhist epic poem by Mpu Tantular, renowned as the source of Indonesia’s national motto “Bhinneka Tunggal Ika” (Unity in Diversity).
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E.
Mausala Parva
Mausala Parva is a book of the Indian epic Mahabharata that narrates the tragic destruction of the Yadava clan and the events leading to the death of Krishna.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jain religious text
ⓘ
Kannada epic poem ⓘ medieval Indian literature ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Ādipurāṇa
ⓘ
linked to:
Adipurana
|
| associatedWith |
Digambara Jain tradition
ⓘ
linked to:
Digambara Jains
|
| author | Pampa ⓘ |
| basedOn | Jain Puranic tradition ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Pampa’s trilogy of Kannada classics ⓘ |
| centralFigure | Rishabhanatha ⓘ |
| century | 10th century ⓘ |
| composedBy | Adikavi Pampa ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | important to Jain communities of Karnataka ⓘ |
| depicts |
Jain cosmology
ⓘ
Jain ethical ideals ⓘ |
| features |
didactic narratives
ⓘ
heroic description of Tirthankaras ⓘ religious exhortation ⓘ |
| focusesOn | virtues of Rishabhanatha ⓘ |
| genre | epic poetry ⓘ |
| influenced | later Kannada Jain poets ⓘ |
| inspired | later Adipurana retellings in other languages ⓘ |
| language | Kannada ⓘ |
| literaryImportance |
landmark of Jain Kannada poetry
ⓘ
major classic of Kannada literature ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Old Kannada literature ⓘ |
| meter | champu style ⓘ |
| narratesLifeOf | Rishabhanatha ⓘ |
| originallyComposedIn |
Old Kannada
ⓘ
linked to:
Kannada
|
| patron | Chalukya king Arikesari II ⓘ |
| portrays |
ideal Jain king
ⓘ
path of asceticism ⓘ |
| preservedIn | Jain matha libraries ⓘ |
| region | Karnataka ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Vikramarjuna Vijaya ⓘ |
| religion | Jainism ⓘ |
| script | Kannada script ⓘ |
| structure | mixture of prose and verse ⓘ |
| studiedIn | Kannada literary studies ⓘ |
| subject | life of the first Tirthankara ⓘ |
| theme |
non-violence
ⓘ
renunciation ⓘ spiritual liberation (moksha) ⓘ |
| timeOfComposition | circa 941 CE ⓘ |
| usedIn | Jain religious discourse ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Adipurana Description of subject: Adipurana is a 10th-century Kannada Jain epic poem by the poet Pampa that narrates the life and virtues of the first Tirthankara, Rishabhanatha.
Referenced by (6)
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linked to: Adipurana
linked to: Adipurana