Virūpākṣa
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Virūpākṣa is one of the Four Heavenly Kings in Buddhist cosmology, revered as the guardian of the western direction and protector of the Dharma.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Virūpākṣa canonical | 22 |
| Virūpakkha | 2 |
| Virūpākṣa guards the west | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2600938 — 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: Virūpākṣa Context triple: [Heavenly Kings Hall, associatedDeity, Virūpākṣa]
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A.
Vakratunda
Vakratunda is a revered aspect of the Hindu deity Ganesha, depicted with a curved trunk and associated with the removal of obstacles and the subduing of evil forces.
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B.
Palas
Palas is the main residential and ceremonial building within Nuremberg Castle, historically used as the living quarters and audience hall of the ruling nobility.
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C.
Palas
Palas is a remote valley and settlement in Pakistan’s Kohistan region, known for its rugged terrain, rich biodiversity, and traditional mountain communities.
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D.
Jatayu
Jatayu is a noble vulture-king in the Ramayana who heroically attempts to rescue Sita from Ravana, symbolizing courage and sacrifice.
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E.
Vaisesika
Vaisesika is one of the six classical schools of Indian philosophy, known for its atomistic metaphysics and detailed categorization of reality.
- 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: Virūpākṣa Target entity description: Virūpākṣa is one of the Four Heavenly Kings in Buddhist cosmology, revered as the guardian of the western direction and protector of the Dharma.
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A.
Vakratunda
Vakratunda is a revered aspect of the Hindu deity Ganesha, depicted with a curved trunk and associated with the removal of obstacles and the subduing of evil forces.
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B.
Palas
Palas is the main residential and ceremonial building within Nuremberg Castle, historically used as the living quarters and audience hall of the ruling nobility.
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C.
Palas
Palas is a remote valley and settlement in Pakistan’s Kohistan region, known for its rugged terrain, rich biodiversity, and traditional mountain communities.
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D.
Jatayu
Jatayu is a noble vulture-king in the Ramayana who heroically attempts to rescue Sita from Ravana, symbolizing courage and sacrifice.
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E.
Vaisesika
Vaisesika is one of the six classical schools of Indian philosophy, known for its atomistic metaphysics and detailed categorization of reality.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Four Heavenly King
ⓘ
deity in Buddhism ⓘ guardian deity ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Agama sutras
ⓘ
linked to:
Āgamas
Pali Canon ⓘ
linked to:
the Pali Canon
various Mahayana sutras ⓘ |
| associatedDirection | west ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Nāga kings
ⓘ
dragons ⓘ serpents ⓘ |
| ChineseName |
Guangmu Tianwang
ⓘ
廣目天王 ⓘ |
| commandOver |
nāgas
ⓘ
other serpent spirits ⓘ |
| cosmologicalRole |
guardian of the world
ⓘ
protector of the Dharma ⓘ |
| culture |
East Asian Buddhism
ⓘ
Indian Buddhism ⓘ Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ |
| domain | western quarter of Mount Sumeru ⓘ |
| duty |
guarding Buddhist practitioners
ⓘ
guarding monasteries ⓘ protecting the Buddha’s teachings ⓘ |
| gender | male deity ⓘ |
| iconographicAttribute |
holds a serpent or dragon
ⓘ
holds a stupa or pagoda in East Asian art ⓘ stands in a protective stance ⓘ wears armor ⓘ |
| JapaneseName | Kōmokuten ⓘ |
| KoreanName | Gwangmok Cheonwang ⓘ |
| meaningOfName |
He of the deformed eyes
ⓘ
He of the varied eyes ⓘ |
| memberOf | Four Heavenly Kings ⓘ |
| PaliName |
Virūpakkha
ⓘ
linked to:
Virūpākṣa
|
| position | guardian of the western direction ⓘ |
| protects |
Buddhist images
ⓘ
Buddhist scriptures ⓘ Buddhist temples ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| residesIn | Trāyastriṃśa Heaven’s western side ⓘ |
| SanskritName | Virūpākṣa ⓘ |
| TibetanName | Mig-mi bzang ⓘ |
| veneratedAs |
guardian king
ⓘ
protector of the western direction ⓘ |
| worshipPractices |
depicted at temple gates
ⓘ
invoked in protective rituals ⓘ |
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: Virūpākṣa Description of subject: Virūpākṣa is one of the Four Heavenly Kings in Buddhist cosmology, revered as the guardian of the western direction and protector of the Dharma.
Referenced by (25)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Virūpākṣa
linked to: Virūpākṣa