Shakuni
E451452
Shakuni is a key antagonist in the Indian epic Mahabharata, known as the cunning prince of Gandhara whose deceitful schemes and manipulation of dice play a central role in triggering the Kurukshetra war.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shakuni canonical | 23 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4515572 — 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: Shakuni Context triple: [Pandavas, opposedBy, Shakuni]
-
A.
Drupada
Drupada is a king in the Indian epic Mahabharata, best known as the ruler of Panchala and the father of Draupadi and Dhrishtadyumna.
-
B.
Ugrasena
Ugrasena is a legendary king in Hindu mythology, known as a ruler of the Yadava clan and the grandfather of Krishna.
-
C.
Meghnad
Meghnad is a given name most notably associated with Indian astrophysicist Meghnad Saha, renowned for his pioneering work on thermal ionization and stellar spectra.
-
D.
Dhṛtarāṣṭra
Dhṛtarāṣṭra is one of the Four Heavenly Kings in Buddhist tradition, revered as the guardian of the eastern direction and protector of the Dharma.
-
E.
Duryodhana
Duryodhana is the ambitious and antagonistic Kaurava prince in the Indian epic Mahabharata, whose rivalry with the Pandavas leads to the devastating Kurukshetra war.
- 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: Shakuni Target entity description: Shakuni is a key antagonist in the Indian epic Mahabharata, known as the cunning prince of Gandhara whose deceitful schemes and manipulation of dice play a central role in triggering the Kurukshetra war.
-
A.
Drupada
Drupada is a king in the Indian epic Mahabharata, best known as the ruler of Panchala and the father of Draupadi and Dhrishtadyumna.
-
B.
Ugrasena
Ugrasena is a legendary king in Hindu mythology, known as a ruler of the Yadava clan and the grandfather of Krishna.
-
C.
Meghnad
Meghnad is a given name most notably associated with Indian astrophysicist Meghnad Saha, renowned for his pioneering work on thermal ionization and stellar spectra.
-
D.
Dhṛtarāṣṭra
Dhṛtarāṣṭra is one of the Four Heavenly Kings in Buddhist tradition, revered as the guardian of the eastern direction and protector of the Dharma.
-
E.
Duryodhana
Duryodhana is the ambitious and antagonistic Kaurava prince in the Indian epic Mahabharata, whose rivalry with the Pandavas leads to the devastating Kurukshetra war.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
MahabharataCharacter
ⓘ
antagonist ⓘ mythologicalCharacter ⓘ |
| allyOf | Duryodhana ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Mahabharata ⓘ |
| associatedPlace |
Gandhara
ⓘ
linked to:
Kamboja–Gandhara region
|
| associatedWithEvent |
KurukshetraWar
ⓘ
linked to:
Kurukshetra War
|
| causeOf | exileOfPandavas ⓘ |
| culturalRole |
archetypeOfManipulativeUncle
ⓘ
symbolOfDeceit ⓘ |
| culture | ancientIndian ⓘ |
| enemyOf |
Arjuna
ⓘ
Bhima ⓘ Nakula ⓘ Pandavas ⓘ Sahadeva ⓘ Yudhishthira ⓘ |
| father | Subala ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| influences |
Duryodhana
ⓘ
Kauravas ⓘ |
| killedBy | Sahadeva ⓘ |
| kingdomOfOrigin |
Gandhara
ⓘ
linked to:
Kamboja–Gandhara region
|
| knownFor |
cunning
ⓘ
deceit ⓘ instigatingKurukshetraWar ⓘ manipulationOfDice ⓘ |
| languageOfTradition | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| literaryGenre | Itihasa ⓘ |
| medium |
oralEpicTradition
ⓘ
writtenEpicText ⓘ |
| nameInDevanagari | शकुनि ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | catalystForConflictInMahabharata ⓘ |
| notableAct |
advisingDuryodhanaToHumiliateDraupadi
ⓘ
riggingDiceGameAgainstPandavas ⓘ |
| opposes |
Dharma
ⓘ
Krishna ⓘ |
| portrayedAs |
gambler
ⓘ
masterStrategist ⓘ schemingPolitician ⓘ |
| relative | Gandhari ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| roleInWork | keyAntagonistInMahabharata ⓘ |
| siblingOf | Gandhari ⓘ |
| sideInKurukshetraWar |
KauravaSide
ⓘ
linked to:
Kauravas
|
| title | PrinceOfGandhara ⓘ |
| uncleOf |
Duryodhana
ⓘ
Kauravas ⓘ |
| weapon | enchantedDice ⓘ |
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: Shakuni Description of subject: Shakuni is a key antagonist in the Indian epic Mahabharata, known as the cunning prince of Gandhara whose deceitful schemes and manipulation of dice play a central role in triggering the Kurukshetra war.
Referenced by (23)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.