Māyādevī
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Māyādevī is revered in Buddhist tradition as the queen and mother of Siddhartha Gautama, who became the Buddha.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Māyādevī canonical | 5 |
| Queen Māyādevī | 2 |
| Mahamaya | 1 |
| Maya (Buddha’s mother) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2563158 — 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: Māyādevī Context triple: [Shakyamuni Buddha, mother, Māyādevī]
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A.
Devi
Devi is the supreme goddess in Hinduism, embodying the divine feminine power (Shakti) in its many forms such as Durga, Parvati, Lakshmi, and Saraswati.
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B.
Mahalaxmi
Mahalaxmi is a coastal neighborhood in South Mumbai, India, known for its seafront location, racecourse, and proximity to prominent religious landmarks.
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C.
Padma Parvati Lakshmi
Padma Parvati Lakshmi is an Indian-American author, model, and television host best known for presenting the cooking competition show "Top Chef."
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D.
Rukmini
Rukmini is a principal queen of the Hindu god Krishna, revered as an incarnation of the goddess Lakshmi and celebrated for her devotion and role in Krishna’s life.
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E.
Jagrani Devi
Jagrani Devi was the mother of Indian revolutionary freedom fighter Chandrasekhar Azad.
- 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: Māyādevī Target entity description: Māyādevī is revered in Buddhist tradition as the queen and mother of Siddhartha Gautama, who became the Buddha.
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A.
Devi
Devi is the supreme goddess in Hinduism, embodying the divine feminine power (Shakti) in its many forms such as Durga, Parvati, Lakshmi, and Saraswati.
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B.
Mahalaxmi
Mahalaxmi is a coastal neighborhood in South Mumbai, India, known for its seafront location, racecourse, and proximity to prominent religious landmarks.
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C.
Padma Parvati Lakshmi
Padma Parvati Lakshmi is an Indian-American author, model, and television host best known for presenting the cooking competition show "Top Chef."
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D.
Rukmini
Rukmini is a principal queen of the Hindu god Krishna, revered as an incarnation of the goddess Lakshmi and celebrated for her devotion and role in Krishna’s life.
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E.
Jagrani Devi
Jagrani Devi was the mother of Indian revolutionary freedom fighter Chandrasekhar Azad.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist religious figure
ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ mother ⓘ queen ⓘ |
| associatedCountry | Nepal ⓘ |
| associatedDynastyOrClan |
Śākya clan of Kapilavastu
ⓘ
linked to:
Shakya republic
|
| associatedPlace |
Lumbinī
ⓘ
linked to:
Lumbini
|
| associatedReligionOfSon | Buddhism ⓘ |
| associatedStructure | Maya Devi Temple ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | birth of Siddhartha Gautama ⓘ |
| childhoodResidenceOfSon | Kapilavastu ⓘ |
| commemoratedAs | holy mother of the Buddha ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
Maya Devi Temple, Lumbini
ⓘ
linked to:
Maya Devi Temple
|
| culturalRole | ideal royal mother in Buddhist narratives ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Śākya ⓘ |
| gaveBirthAt |
Lumbinī
ⓘ
linked to:
Lumbini
|
| iconographicAttribute | shown holding a branch of a sāla tree ⓘ |
| iconographicScene | standing and grasping a tree during the Buddha’s birth ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| lifeEvent | died shortly after the birth of Siddhartha Gautama ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | principal consort of Śuddhodana ⓘ |
| meaningOfName | Māyā means illusion or enchantment in Sanskrit ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Buddhist Jātaka literature
ⓘ
linked to:
Jataka tales
Pāli Canon commentarial tradition ⓘ |
| motherOf |
Gautama Buddha
ⓘ
linked to:
Shakyamuni Buddha
Siddhartha Gautama ⓘ
linked to:
Shakyamuni Buddha
|
| nameVariant |
Mahāmāyā
ⓘ
linked to:
Māyā
Māyā ⓘ Queen Māyā ⓘ
linked to:
Queen Maya Devi
|
| region | ancient northern India ⓘ |
| relationshipToMahāpajāpatīGotamī | sister ⓘ |
| relative | Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī ⓘ |
| religiousStatus | revered laywoman in Buddhism ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Buddhism ⓘ |
| roleInTradition | mother of the Buddha ⓘ |
| spouseOf | Śuddhodana ⓘ |
| title | Queen of the Śākya clan ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Mahāyāna Buddhism
ⓘ
linked to:
Mahayana
Theravāda Buddhism ⓘ
linked to:
Theravada
Vajrayāna Buddhism ⓘ
linked to:
Vajrayana
|
| worshipType | veneration rather than worship in mainstream Buddhism ⓘ |
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: Māyādevī Description of subject: Māyādevī is revered in Buddhist tradition as the queen and mother of Siddhartha Gautama, who became the Buddha.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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