Svarga
E448833
Svarga is the heavenly realm in Hindu cosmology, ruled by the god Indra and inhabited by gods and righteous souls.
All labels observed (11)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Svarga canonical | 13 |
| Svargaloka | 2 |
| Indra's heaven | 1 |
| Indraloka | 1 |
| Indra’s heaven | 1 |
| Indra’s realm | 1 |
| Svarga (heaven of Indra) | 1 |
| Svarga (heaven) | 1 |
| Svarga Loka | 1 |
| Trāyastriṃśa heaven | 1 |
| kāmadhātu (desire realm) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4511951 — 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: Svarga Context triple: [Indra, abode, Svarga]
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A.
Brahmaloka
Brahmaloka is the highest heavenly realm in Hindu and Buddhist cosmology, associated with the creator deity Brahma and characterized as a plane of great spiritual purity and bliss.
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B.
Videha
Videha was an ancient Indo-Aryan kingdom in the eastern Indian subcontinent, centered in the Mithila region and known from Vedic and later religious traditions.
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C.
Jagati
Jagati is a classical Vedic poetic meter characterized by longer lines, commonly used in hymns of the Rigveda.
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D.
Deva
Deva is the Roman-era name for the ancient fortress and settlement that later became the modern English city of Chester.
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E.
Deva
Deva is a city in western Romania known for its historic fortress and location near the Mureș River in Transylvania.
- 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: Svarga Target entity description: Svarga is the heavenly realm in Hindu cosmology, ruled by the god Indra and inhabited by gods and righteous souls.
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A.
Brahmaloka
Brahmaloka is the highest heavenly realm in Hindu and Buddhist cosmology, associated with the creator deity Brahma and characterized as a plane of great spiritual purity and bliss.
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B.
Videha
Videha was an ancient Indo-Aryan kingdom in the eastern Indian subcontinent, centered in the Mithila region and known from Vedic and later religious traditions.
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C.
Jagati
Jagati is a classical Vedic poetic meter characterized by longer lines, commonly used in hymns of the Rigveda.
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D.
Deva
Deva is the Roman-era name for the ancient fortress and settlement that later became the modern English city of Chester.
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E.
Deva
Deva is a city in western Romania known for its historic fortress and location near the Mureș River in Transylvania.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
heavenly realm
ⓘ
loka ⓘ realm of afterlife ⓘ |
| accessCondition |
accumulation of good karma
ⓘ
performance of virtuous deeds ⓘ |
| associatedBeing |
Maruts
ⓘ
apsaras ⓘ gandharvas ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
karma
ⓘ
punya ⓘ reincarnation ⓘ |
| associatedDeity |
Devi Shachi
ⓘ
Indra ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
Moksha
ⓘ
linked to:
Nibbana
Naraka ⓘ |
| cosmicLevel | one of the higher lokas ⓘ |
| cosmology | Hindu cosmology ⓘ |
| culturalRole | goal for ritual merit in Vedic religion ⓘ |
| describedIn |
Mahabharata
ⓘ
Puranas ⓘ Ramayana ⓘ Rigveda ⓘ |
| equivalentConcept | heaven in Hindu tradition ⓘ |
| etymology | derived from Sanskrit word "svarga" meaning heaven or paradise ⓘ |
| fateOfInhabitants | return to samsara after exhaustion of merit ⓘ |
| feature |
abundance and pleasure
ⓘ
celestial gardens ⓘ celestial music ⓘ |
| hasCapital | Amaravati ⓘ |
| inhabitant |
ancestors
ⓘ
devas ⓘ righteous souls ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| locatedIn | upper regions of the universe ⓘ |
| moralFunction | reward for righteousness ⓘ |
| mythologicalEvent |
Arjuna's visit to heaven
ⓘ
Yudhishthira's ascent to heaven ⓘ scene of many episodes in the Mahabharata ⓘ |
| opposedMoralFunction | contrast to punishment in Naraka ⓘ |
| partOf |
three worlds
ⓘ
triloka ⓘ |
| relatedPlace |
Indraloka
ⓘ
linked to:
Svarga
Svargaloka ⓘ
linked to:
Svarga
|
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| ruler | Indra ⓘ |
| tenure | temporary abode ⓘ |
| viewInBuddhism | adapted as a heavenly realm in Buddhist cosmology ⓘ |
| viewInVedanta | inferior to liberation (moksha) ⓘ |
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: Svarga Description of subject: Svarga is the heavenly realm in Hindu cosmology, ruled by the god Indra and inhabited by gods and righteous souls.
Referenced by (24)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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