Dharma Chakra
E25489
The Dharma Chakra is a 24-spoked wheel symbolizing righteousness, justice, and the eternal cycle of life in Indian and Buddhist philosophy.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dharma wheel | 3 |
| Dharmachakra | 3 |
| Dharma Wheel | 2 |
| Buddhist dharma wheel | 1 |
| Dharma Chakra canonical | 1 |
| Dharmachakra (Wheel of Dharma) | 1 |
| Dharmachakra (Wheel of Dharma) sculptures | 1 |
| Jain hand with wheel | 1 |
| Wheel of Dhamma (Dhammacakka) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T198149 — 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: Dharma Chakra Context triple: [State Emblem of India, features, Dharma Chakra]
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A.
Sri Yantra
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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B.
Swastika
The Swastika is an ancient cross-like symbol with bent arms that represents auspiciousness, good fortune, and cosmic order in Hinduism and several other Eurasian traditions.
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C.
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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D.
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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E.
Buddha
"Buddha" is a biographical and historical study of Siddhartha Gautama by religious historian Karen Armstrong, exploring the life, teachings, and enduring influence of the Buddha.
- 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: Dharma Chakra Target entity description: The Dharma Chakra is a 24-spoked wheel symbolizing righteousness, justice, and the eternal cycle of life in Indian and Buddhist philosophy.
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A.
Sri Yantra
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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B.
Swastika
The Swastika is an ancient cross-like symbol with bent arms that represents auspiciousness, good fortune, and cosmic order in Hinduism and several other Eurasian traditions.
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C.
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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D.
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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E.
Buddha
"Buddha" is a biographical and historical study of Siddhartha Gautama by religious historian Karen Armstrong, exploring the life, teachings, and enduring influence of the Buddha.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist symbol
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Hindu symbol ⓘ religious symbol ⓘ symbol ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Buddhist art
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Hindu art ⓘ Jain art ⓘ manuscript illustration ⓘ temple decoration ⓘ |
| associatedWithConcept |
Buddhist philosophy
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Dharma in Indian philosophy ⓘ Indian philosophy ⓘ law of karma ⓘ nirvana ⓘ samsara ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Dharma Wheel
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linked to:
Dharma Chakra
Dharmachakra ⓘ
linked to:
Dharma Chakra
Wheel of Dharma ⓘ |
| hasCulturalOrigin |
Indian subcontinent
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linked to:
South Asia
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| hasNumberOfSpokes | 24 ⓘ |
| hasPart |
hub
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rim ⓘ spokes ⓘ |
| hasSymbolForm | wheel ⓘ |
| hasSymbolicNumber | 24 ⓘ |
| influenced | Ashoka’s imperial symbolism ⓘ |
| isRelatedTo | Ashoka Chakra ⓘ |
| represents |
propagation of the Buddha’s teaching
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turning of the wheel of law ⓘ |
| shape | circle ⓘ |
| spokesSymbolize |
principles of righteous conduct
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various virtues ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
cosmic order
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dharma ⓘ justice ⓘ moral law ⓘ movement towards enlightenment ⓘ righteousness ⓘ spiritual progress ⓘ the Buddha’s teaching ⓘ the Noble Eightfold Path ⓘ
linked to:
Eightfold Path
the cycle of birth and rebirth ⓘ the eternal cycle of life ⓘ |
| usedAs |
emblem
ⓘ
iconographic motif ⓘ |
| usedInReligion |
Buddhism
ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ Jainism ⓘ |
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: Dharma Chakra Description of subject: The Dharma Chakra is a 24-spoked wheel symbolizing righteousness, justice, and the eternal cycle of life in Indian and Buddhist philosophy.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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