Sampati

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Sampati is a character in the Indian epic Ramayana, a vulture-king known for being Jatayu’s elder brother who aids Rama’s allies by revealing Sita’s whereabouts.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Sampati canonical 2
encounter with Sampati 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf character in the Ramayana ⓘ
mythological character ⓘ
vulture-king ⓘ
alignment ally of Rama ⓘ
alliesOf Rama’s allies ⓘ
appearsIn Ramayana ⓘ
associatedRegion ancient India ⓘ
associatedWith Rama ⓘ
Sita ⓘ
Vanara army ⓘ
associatedWithDeity Surya ⓘ
birthOrder elder brother of Jatayu ⓘ
causeOfInjury flying too close to the sun ⓘ
culture Hindu mythology ⓘ
episodeContext search for Sita in the Ramayana ⓘ
genre Itihasa ⓘ
grandparent Kashyapa ⓘ
Vinata ⓘ
helps Hanuman ⓘ
Sugriva’s search party ⓘ
injury lost his wings in youth ⓘ
kingOf vultures ⓘ
knownFor aiding Rama’s allies ⓘ
being Jatayu’s elder brother ⓘ
revealing Sita’s whereabouts ⓘ
languageOfPrimarySources Sanskrit ⓘ
laterCondition unable to fly ⓘ
wingless ⓘ
moralValence virtuous ⓘ
mythologicalLineage descendant of Kashyapa ⓘ
son of Aruna ⓘ
narrativeRole helper of the protagonists ⓘ
source of crucial information about Sita ⓘ
parent Aruna ⓘ
protects Jatayu (in youth) ⓘ
relative Jatayu ⓘ
religiousTradition Hinduism ⓘ
roleInPlot enables Hanuman’s leap to Lanka by confirming its location ⓘ
sibling Jatayu ⓘ
species vulture ⓘ
symbolism insight and far-sightedness ⓘ
sacrifice and assistance ⓘ
tells location of Sita ⓘ
that Sita is in Lanka ⓘ
textualTradition Indian epic literature ⓘ
title vulture-king ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jatayu → brother → Sampati ⓘ
Kishkindha Kanda → narrativeEvent → encounter with Sampati ⓘ
linked to: Sampati
Aruna → offspring → Sampati ⓘ