Guru Amar Das
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Guru Amar Das was the third Sikh Guru, known for strengthening the Sikh community through social reforms, promotion of equality, and extensive spiritual teachings later included in the Guru Granth Sahib.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Guru Amar Das canonical | 24 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2526235 — 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: Guru Amar Das Context triple: [Guru Granth Sahib, containsTeachingsOf, Guru Amar Das]
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A.
Guru Angad
Guru Angad was the second Sikh Guru, known for consolidating the Sikh community and promoting the Gurmukhi script as the primary medium for Sikh scripture and teachings.
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B.
Guru Ram Das
Guru Ram Das was the fourth Sikh Guru, revered for his spiritual leadership and for laying the foundations of the city of Amritsar and its central shrine.
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C.
Guru Arjan
Guru Arjan was the fifth Sikh Guru, renowned for compiling the Adi Granth (the core of the Guru Granth Sahib) and for his influential devotional poetry in Punjabi.
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D.
Guru Nanak
Guru Nanak was a 15th–16th century Indian spiritual teacher whose teachings on devotion to one God, equality, and social justice laid the foundations of Sikh religious and ethical thought.
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E.
Bhagat Ravidas
Bhagat Ravidas was a 15th–16th century North Indian saint, poet, and social reformer of the Bhakti movement, revered for his devotional hymns promoting spiritual equality and opposition to caste discrimination.
- 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: Guru Amar Das Target entity description: Guru Amar Das was the third Sikh Guru, known for strengthening the Sikh community through social reforms, promotion of equality, and extensive spiritual teachings later included in the Guru Granth Sahib.
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A.
Guru Angad
Guru Angad was the second Sikh Guru, known for consolidating the Sikh community and promoting the Gurmukhi script as the primary medium for Sikh scripture and teachings.
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B.
Guru Ram Das
Guru Ram Das was the fourth Sikh Guru, revered for his spiritual leadership and for laying the foundations of the city of Amritsar and its central shrine.
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C.
Guru Arjan
Guru Arjan was the fifth Sikh Guru, renowned for compiling the Adi Granth (the core of the Guru Granth Sahib) and for his influential devotional poetry in Punjabi.
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D.
Guru Nanak
Guru Nanak was a 15th–16th century Indian spiritual teacher whose teachings on devotion to one God, equality, and social justice laid the foundations of Sikh religious and ethical thought.
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E.
Bhagat Ravidas
Bhagat Ravidas was a 15th–16th century North Indian saint, poet, and social reformer of the Bhakti movement, revered for his devotional hymns promoting spiritual equality and opposition to caste discrimination.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indian spiritual teacher
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Sikh Guru ⓘ religious leader ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace |
Goindwal Sahib
ⓘ
Khadoor Sahib ⓘ |
| birthName | Amar Das ⓘ |
| coreTeaching |
devotion to Naam (Divine Name)
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living as a householder with spiritual discipline ⓘ seva (selfless service) ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | India ⓘ |
| discipleOf | Guru Angad ⓘ |
| emphasized |
congregational worship
ⓘ
ethical living ⓘ social responsibility ⓘ |
| era | 16th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Punjabi ⓘ |
| founded |
Goindwal as a Sikh centre
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linked to:
Goindwal, Punjab
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| introducedPractice |
appointment of manjis (regional preachers)
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appointment of piri system for women preachers ⓘ mandatory pangat (sitting together in langar) before sangat (audience with Guru) ⓘ organized Sikh missionary system ⓘ |
| knownFor |
promotion of equality
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social reforms ⓘ spiritual teachings ⓘ strengthening the Sikh community ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Punjabi
ⓘ
Sant Bhasha ⓘ |
| movement | early Sikh Panth ⓘ |
| notableWork | organization of Sikh community structures at Goindwal ⓘ |
| opposedPractice |
caste discrimination
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purdah ⓘ sati ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Basarke ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Goindwal ⓘ |
| positionHeld | third Sikh Guru ⓘ |
| predecessor | Guru Angad ⓘ |
| promotedConcept |
equality of all castes
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equality of women ⓘ langar (community kitchen) ⓘ |
| region | Punjab ⓘ |
| religion | Sikhism ⓘ |
| scriptureContribution |
Anand Sahib hymn
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linked to:
Anand Sahib
hymns in Raag measure in Guru Granth Sahib ⓘ |
| spiritualHeir | Guru Ram Das ⓘ |
| successor | Guru Ram Das ⓘ |
| teachingsIncludedIn | Guru Granth Sahib ⓘ |
| veneratedIn | Sikhism ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Guru Amar Das Description of subject: Guru Amar Das was the third Sikh Guru, known for strengthening the Sikh community through social reforms, promotion of equality, and extensive spiritual teachings later included in the Guru Granth Sahib.
Referenced by (24)
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