Vendidad
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The Vendidad is a Zoroastrian religious text comprising laws, myths, and purification rituals, preserved as one of the key sections of the Avesta.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vendidad canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3973633 — 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: Vendidad Context triple: [Avesta, hasPart, Vendidad]
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A.
Cilvaringz
Cilvaringz is a Dutch-Moroccan rapper and producer closely affiliated with the Wu-Tang Clan, known for his work within their extended musical collective.
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B.
The Pillage
The Pillage is the 1998 debut solo studio album by Wu-Tang Clan affiliate Cappadonna, known for its gritty East Coast hip-hop sound and strong ties to the Wu-Tang collective.
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C.
Day of the Vow
Day of the Vow is a South African Afrikaner religious and historical holiday commemorating the Voortrekkers’ victory over the Zulu at the Battle of Blood River in 1838.
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D.
God of Vengeance
God of Vengeance is a controversial early 20th-century Yiddish play by Sholem Asch, best known for its groundbreaking depiction of a lesbian relationship and its critique of religious hypocrisy.
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E.
El Tiante
El Tiante is the famous nickname of Cuban-born Major League Baseball pitcher Luis Tiant, renowned for his distinctive delivery and success with the Boston Red Sox in the 1970s.
- 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: Vendidad Target entity description: The Vendidad is a Zoroastrian religious text comprising laws, myths, and purification rituals, preserved as one of the key sections of the Avesta.
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A.
Cilvaringz
Cilvaringz is a Dutch-Moroccan rapper and producer closely affiliated with the Wu-Tang Clan, known for his work within their extended musical collective.
-
B.
The Pillage
The Pillage is the 1998 debut solo studio album by Wu-Tang Clan affiliate Cappadonna, known for its gritty East Coast hip-hop sound and strong ties to the Wu-Tang collective.
-
C.
Day of the Vow
Day of the Vow is a South African Afrikaner religious and historical holiday commemorating the Voortrekkers’ victory over the Zulu at the Battle of Blood River in 1838.
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D.
God of Vengeance
God of Vengeance is a controversial early 20th-century Yiddish play by Sholem Asch, best known for its groundbreaking depiction of a lesbian relationship and its critique of religious hypocrisy.
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E.
El Tiante
El Tiante is the famous nickname of Cuban-born Major League Baseball pitcher Luis Tiant, renowned for his distinctive delivery and success with the Boston Red Sox in the 1970s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Avestan text
ⓘ
Zoroastrian religious text ⓘ religious legal code ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Videvdad
ⓘ
Vî-Daêvô-Dāta ⓘ |
| associatedDeity | Ahura Mazda ⓘ |
| associatedProphet |
Zarathustra
ⓘ
linked to:
Zoroaster
|
| commentaryTradition | accompanied by Pahlavi commentaries in some manuscripts ⓘ |
| contains |
dialogues between Ahura Mazda and Zarathustra
ⓘ
instructions for cleansing polluted persons ⓘ instructions for cleansing polluted places ⓘ laws concerning ritual impurity ⓘ lists of sins and punishments ⓘ myths of creation ⓘ penitential codes ⓘ regulations on disposal of the dead ⓘ rules about contact with corpses ⓘ stories about Yima (Jamshid) ⓘ |
| cosmologyRole | describes creation of various lands by Ahura Mazda ⓘ |
| culturalOrigin | ancient Iranian religion ⓘ |
| ethicalAspect | links ritual purity with moral behavior ⓘ |
| etymology | name means "law against the daevas" ⓘ |
| focus |
protection against demons and daevas
ⓘ
regulation of daily life according to purity laws ⓘ |
| genre | legal-religious prose ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | composed over several centuries in the first millennium BCE ⓘ |
| influence | shaped traditional Zoroastrian practice ⓘ |
| language |
Avestan
ⓘ
linked to:
Avestan language
|
| liturgicalUse |
recited in certain Zoroastrian rituals
ⓘ
used in purification ceremonies ⓘ |
| modernReception | sometimes viewed as legalistic compared to Gathic texts ⓘ |
| numberOfChapters | 22 fargards ⓘ |
| partOf | Avesta ⓘ |
| preservation | transmitted in Zoroastrian priestly tradition ⓘ |
| preservedBy |
Iranian Zoroastrian community
ⓘ
linked to:
Iranian Zoroastrians
Parsi Zoroastrian community ⓘ
linked to:
Parsis
|
| primaryTheme |
cosmic struggle between good and evil
ⓘ
mythological narratives ⓘ purity laws ⓘ religious law ⓘ ritual purification ⓘ |
| religion | Zoroastrianism ⓘ |
| scholarlyDebate | authenticity and age debated by Iranologists ⓘ |
| script | Avestan script in later manuscripts ⓘ |
| statusInCanon |
considered a late layer compared to Gathas
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one of the major divisions of the extant Avesta ⓘ |
| structure | divided into chapters called fargards ⓘ |
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Referenced by (9)
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