Yama
E42391
Yama is the Hindu god of death and justice, traditionally regarded as the ruler of the afterlife and judge of the souls of the dead.
All labels observed (10)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yama canonical | 67 |
| Enma | 3 |
| Naraka | 2 |
| Indian Buddhist deity Yama | 1 |
| Lord Yama | 1 |
| Yama Deep Daan (in some traditions) | 1 |
| Yama Dwitiya | 1 |
| Yima | 1 |
| death god Yama | 1 |
| the court of Yama | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T308930 — 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: Yama Context triple: [Yamuna, associatedWithDeity, Yama]
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A.
Hyakutake
Hyakutake is a Japanese surname borne by several notable individuals, including military figures and other public personalities.
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B.
Rarámuri
The Rarámuri, also known as the Tarahumara, are an Indigenous people of northern Mexico renowned for their exceptional long-distance running abilities and traditional way of life in the canyons and mountains of the Sierra Madre.
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C.
Tenjin
Tenjin is the Shinto kami of scholarship and learning, widely revered by students seeking academic success.
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D.
Yma Sumac
Yma Sumac was a renowned Peruvian soprano celebrated for her extraordinary vocal range and exoticized "Incan princess" persona in mid-20th-century popular and classical music.
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E.
Beni
Beni is a sparsely populated, largely Amazonian department in northeastern Bolivia known for its tropical lowlands, cattle ranching, and rich indigenous cultures.
- 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: Yama Target entity description: Yama is the Hindu god of death and justice, traditionally regarded as the ruler of the afterlife and judge of the souls of the dead.
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A.
Hyakutake
Hyakutake is a Japanese surname borne by several notable individuals, including military figures and other public personalities.
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B.
Rarámuri
The Rarámuri, also known as the Tarahumara, are an Indigenous people of northern Mexico renowned for their exceptional long-distance running abilities and traditional way of life in the canyons and mountains of the Sierra Madre.
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C.
Tenjin
Tenjin is the Shinto kami of scholarship and learning, widely revered by students seeking academic success.
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D.
Yma Sumac
Yma Sumac was a renowned Peruvian soprano celebrated for her extraordinary vocal range and exoticized "Incan princess" persona in mid-20th-century popular and classical music.
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E.
Beni
Beni is a sparsely populated, largely Amazonian department in northeastern Bolivia known for its tropical lowlands, cattle ranching, and rich indigenous cultures.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (73)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu deity
ⓘ
god of death ⓘ god of justice ⓘ |
| abode |
Naraka
ⓘ
linked to:
Yama
Yamaloka ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
afterlife
ⓘ
ancestors ⓘ death ⓘ dharma ⓘ justice ⓘ karma ⓘ |
| culture |
Indian
ⓘ
Indo-Iranian ⓘ
linked to:
Indo-Iranian peoples
|
| domain |
Naraka
ⓘ
linked to:
Yama
Yamaloka ⓘ |
| equivalent |
Enma
ⓘ
linked to:
Yama
Yanluo Wang ⓘ Yima ⓘ
linked to:
Yama
|
| equivalentCulture |
Chinese Buddhism
ⓘ
Japanese Buddhism ⓘ Zoroastrian ⓘ
linked to:
Zoroastrianism
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| iconography |
crown
ⓘ
dark-complexioned ⓘ red garments ⓘ seated on a buffalo ⓘ |
| mythologicalOrigin | first mortal to die ⓘ |
| mythologicalStatus | king of the dead ⓘ |
| otherName |
Dharmaraja
ⓘ
linked to:
Dharma-raja
Kala ⓘ
linked to:
Kali
Mrityu ⓘ Pitripati ⓘ Samana ⓘ Yamaraja ⓘ |
| position |
Dharma-raja
ⓘ
judge of the dead ⓘ king of the ancestors ⓘ lord of death ⓘ ruler of the afterlife ⓘ |
| relative |
Chitragupta
ⓘ
linked to:
Kubera
Sanjna ⓘ Shraddhadeva Manu ⓘ Surya ⓘ Yami ⓘ |
| relativeType |
brother
ⓘ
father ⓘ mother ⓘ scribe ⓘ sister ⓘ |
| religion |
Buddhism
ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ Jainism ⓘ Vedic religion ⓘ
linked to:
Vedic period
|
| role |
assigns souls to appropriate realms after death
ⓘ
records and judges human deeds ⓘ |
| script | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| sphereOfInfluence |
cosmic order
ⓘ
ethical retribution ⓘ punishment of sinners ⓘ reward of the virtuous ⓘ |
| symbol |
buffalo
ⓘ
danda ⓘ noose ⓘ |
| textMention |
Bhagavata Purana
ⓘ
Garuda Purana ⓘ Mahabharata ⓘ Manusmriti ⓘ Puranas ⓘ Rigveda ⓘ |
| vehicle | buffalo ⓘ |
| weapon |
mace
ⓘ
noose ⓘ staff ⓘ |
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: Yama Description of subject: Yama is the Hindu god of death and justice, traditionally regarded as the ruler of the afterlife and judge of the souls of the dead.
Referenced by (79)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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linked to: Yama
linked to: Yama
subject linked to:
Surya (sun) in Hinduism
subject linked to:
goddess Yamuna
linked to: Yama
linked to: Yama
linked to: Yama
linked to: Yama