Gandhari
E450781
Gandhari is a pivotal queen in the Indian epic Mahabharata, known as the blindfolded wife of Dhritarashtra and the morally complex mother of the Kauravas.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gandhari canonical | 29 |
| Gandhari, mother of the Kauravas | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4515708 — 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: Gandhari Context triple: [Kurukshetra War, hasKeyFigure, Gandhari]
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A.
Chitrangada
Chitrangada is a warrior princess from the Indian epic Mahabharata, known as one of Arjuna’s wives and the daughter of the king of Manipur.
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B.
Rukmini
Rukmini is a principal queen of the Hindu god Krishna, revered as an incarnation of the goddess Lakshmi and celebrated for her devotion and role in Krishna’s life.
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C.
Satyabhama
Satyabhama is a prominent queen of the Hindu deity Krishna, known in mythology for her beauty, pride, and role in several legends including the slaying of the demon Narakasura.
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D.
Sita
Sita is a revered heroine in Hindu mythology, celebrated as the devoted wife of Lord Rama and an enduring symbol of virtue, loyalty, and courage.
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E.
Devasena
Devasena is a Hindu goddess known as one of the wives of the war god Kartikeya, often associated with valor and divine grace.
- 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: Gandhari Target entity description: Gandhari is a pivotal queen in the Indian epic Mahabharata, known as the blindfolded wife of Dhritarashtra and the morally complex mother of the Kauravas.
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A.
Chitrangada
Chitrangada is a warrior princess from the Indian epic Mahabharata, known as one of Arjuna’s wives and the daughter of the king of Manipur.
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B.
Rukmini
Rukmini is a principal queen of the Hindu god Krishna, revered as an incarnation of the goddess Lakshmi and celebrated for her devotion and role in Krishna’s life.
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C.
Satyabhama
Satyabhama is a prominent queen of the Hindu deity Krishna, known in mythology for her beauty, pride, and role in several legends including the slaying of the demon Narakasura.
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D.
Sita
Sita is a revered heroine in Hindu mythology, celebrated as the devoted wife of Lord Rama and an enduring symbol of virtue, loyalty, and courage.
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E.
Devasena
Devasena is a Hindu goddess known as one of the wives of the war god Kartikeya, often associated with valor and divine grace.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character in the Mahabharata
ⓘ
mythological character ⓘ queen ⓘ |
| associatedEpic | Mahabharata ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Kauravas
ⓘ
Pandavas ⓘ |
| blamesForWar | Krishna ⓘ |
| brother | Shakuni ⓘ |
| culturalContext | ancient Indian literature ⓘ |
| curseOn | Krishna ⓘ |
| curseResult | eventual destruction of the Yadava clan ⓘ |
| ethicalStance | condemns adharma in the Kurukshetra war ⓘ |
| father | Subala ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| husbandTitle | King of Hastinapura ⓘ |
| inLaw |
Bhishma
ⓘ
Kunti ⓘ Pandu ⓘ Vidura ⓘ |
| kingdomOfBirth |
Gandhara
ⓘ
linked to:
Kamboja–Gandhara region
|
| knownFor | blindfolding herself for life ⓘ |
| languageOfPrimaryTexts | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| literaryTheme | conflict between maternal love and righteousness ⓘ |
| moralRole |
morally conflicted mother
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symbol of maternal grief ⓘ |
| motherOf |
100 Kaurava sons
ⓘ
Duhsala ⓘ Duryodhana ⓘ Dushasana ⓘ |
| portrayedAs |
chaste and loyal wife
ⓘ
tragic mother figure ⓘ |
| reactionToWar | deep sorrow over death of her sons ⓘ |
| reasonForBlindfold | solidarity with her blind husband Dhritarashtra ⓘ |
| relationshipToKauravas | mother ⓘ |
| relationshipToPandavas | paternal aunt by marriage ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| residence | Hastinapura ⓘ |
| spouse | Dhritarashtra ⓘ |
| symbolism |
austerity and self-sacrifice
ⓘ
self-imposed blindness ⓘ |
| textualSource | Mahabharata ⓘ |
| title | Queen of Hastinapura ⓘ |
| tradition |
Itihasa (epic tradition)
ⓘ
linked to:
Itihasa
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| virtue |
pativrata (devoted wife)
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self-control ⓘ tapas (austerity) ⓘ |
| vow |
lifelong blindfold
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strict ascetic discipline ⓘ |
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: Gandhari Description of subject: Gandhari is a pivotal queen in the Indian epic Mahabharata, known as the blindfolded wife of Dhritarashtra and the morally complex mother of the Kauravas.
Referenced by (30)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Sanjaya and Dhritarashtra
subject linked to:
Laxman Kumara of Duryodhana
linked to: Gandhari