Balaputradewa
E409827
Balaputradewa was a prominent 9th-century monarch of the Sailendra dynasty, known for his rule over the Srivijaya maritime empire in Southeast Asia and his patronage of Buddhism.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Balaputra-dewa | 1 |
| Balaputradewa canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4053798 — 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: Balaputradewa Context triple: [Sailendra dynasty, notableRuler, Balaputradewa]
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A.
Pavanputra
Pavanputra is a revered epithet of the Hindu deity Hanuman, highlighting his divine parentage as the son of the wind god.
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B.
Sanjaya
Sanjaya was an early Javanese king traditionally regarded as the founder of the Mataram (Medang) Kingdom and the Sanjaya dynasty in Central Java.
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C.
Sanjaya
Sanjaya is the charioteer and seer in the Mahabharata who, granted divine vision, narrates the events of the Kurukshetra war to the blind king Dhritarashtra.
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D.
Karpagambal
Karpagambal is the Hindu goddess Parvati worshipped as the consort of Lord Shiva at the Kapaleeshwarar Temple in Mylapore, Chennai.
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E.
Tribhuwana
Tribhuwana is the regnal name of a 14th-century Javanese queen of the Majapahit Empire, formally known as Tribhuwana Wijayatunggadewi.
- 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: Balaputradewa Target entity description: Balaputradewa was a prominent 9th-century monarch of the Sailendra dynasty, known for his rule over the Srivijaya maritime empire in Southeast Asia and his patronage of Buddhism.
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A.
Pavanputra
Pavanputra is a revered epithet of the Hindu deity Hanuman, highlighting his divine parentage as the son of the wind god.
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B.
Sanjaya
Sanjaya was an early Javanese king traditionally regarded as the founder of the Mataram (Medang) Kingdom and the Sanjaya dynasty in Central Java.
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C.
Sanjaya
Sanjaya is the charioteer and seer in the Mahabharata who, granted divine vision, narrates the events of the Kurukshetra war to the blind king Dhritarashtra.
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D.
Karpagambal
Karpagambal is the Hindu goddess Parvati worshipped as the consort of Lord Shiva at the Kapaleeshwarar Temple in Mylapore, Chennai.
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E.
Tribhuwana
Tribhuwana is the regnal name of a 14th-century Javanese queen of the Majapahit Empire, formally known as Tribhuwana Wijayatunggadewi.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
9th-century ruler
ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ monarch ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Sailendra rule in Sumatra
ⓘ
Srivijaya Empire ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| countryRuled |
Srivijaya
ⓘ
linked to:
Srivijaya Empire
|
| culturalSphere | Buddhist Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| dynasty | Sailendra dynasty ⓘ |
| era | 9th century ⓘ |
| governmentForm | monarchy ⓘ |
| knownFor |
links between Srivijaya and the Sailendra dynasty
ⓘ
patronage of Buddhism ⓘ rule over the Srivijaya maritime empire ⓘ |
| languageContext |
Old Javanese
ⓘ
linked to:
Kawi (Old Javanese)
Old Malay ⓘ |
| memberOf | Sailendra dynasty ⓘ |
| notableFor |
maritime trade influence
ⓘ
support of Buddhist institutions ⓘ |
| patronage |
Buddhist monasteries
ⓘ
Buddhist scholarship ⓘ |
| politicalRole | maritime overlord ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
maharaja of Srivijaya
ⓘ
ruler of Srivijaya ⓘ |
| powerBase |
Srivijaya
ⓘ
linked to:
Srivijaya Empire
|
| region | Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| sphereOfInfluence |
maritime Southeast Asia
ⓘ
linked to:
Maritime Southeast Asia
|
| title |
Balaputra
ⓘ
Balaputra-dewa ⓘ
linked to:
Balaputradewa
|
| tradeRole | controller of key sea routes in Southeast Asia ⓘ |
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: Balaputradewa Description of subject: Balaputradewa was a prominent 9th-century monarch of the Sailendra dynasty, known for his rule over the Srivijaya maritime empire in Southeast Asia and his patronage of Buddhism.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Balaputradewa