Devantaka
E486052
Devantaka is a demon warrior from the Ramayana, known as one of Ravana’s powerful sons who fought against Rama’s forces in the battle of Lanka.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Devantaka canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5010255 — 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: Devantaka Context triple: [Ravana, child, Devantaka]
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A.
Vaishvanara
Vaishvanara is a Vedic epithet of the fire god Agni, emphasizing his universal, all-pervading aspect as the cosmic fire present in all beings.
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B.
Priyadarshana
Priyadarshana is traditionally regarded as one of the children of Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankara in Jainism.
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C.
Dasharathi
Dasharathi is an epithet of the Hindu deity Rama, highlighting him as the son of King Dasharatha.
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D.
Vajapeya
Vajapeya is an ancient Vedic sacrificial ritual associated with royal power and sovereignty, often performed by kings to affirm their supremacy and divine favor.
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E.
Mrigadava
Mrigadava is the ancient deer park near Sarnath in India where Gautama Buddha is said to have delivered his first sermon.
- 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: Devantaka Target entity description: Devantaka is a demon warrior from the Ramayana, known as one of Ravana’s powerful sons who fought against Rama’s forces in the battle of Lanka.
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A.
Vaishvanara
Vaishvanara is a Vedic epithet of the fire god Agni, emphasizing his universal, all-pervading aspect as the cosmic fire present in all beings.
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B.
Priyadarshana
Priyadarshana is traditionally regarded as one of the children of Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankara in Jainism.
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C.
Dasharathi
Dasharathi is an epithet of the Hindu deity Rama, highlighting him as the son of King Dasharatha.
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D.
Vajapeya
Vajapeya is an ancient Vedic sacrificial ritual associated with royal power and sovereignty, often performed by kings to affirm their supremacy and divine favor.
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E.
Mrigadava
Mrigadava is the ancient deer park near Sarnath in India where Gautama Buddha is said to have delivered his first sermon.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character from the Ramayana
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demon ⓘ mythological character ⓘ rakshasa ⓘ warrior ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Ravana’s forces
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kingdom of Lanka ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Lanka war
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Ravana’s demon sons ⓘ |
| enemyOf | Hanuman ⓘ |
| familyRelation |
rakshasa prince of Lanka
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son of Ravana ⓘ |
| killedBy | Hanuman ⓘ |
| languageOfPrimarySources | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| mythologicalCulture | Hinduism ⓘ |
| notableAction |
engaged in combat during the siege of Lanka
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fought fiercely against the Vanaras in Lanka ⓘ |
| opponentOf |
Rama
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Rama’s army ⓘ Vanara warriors ⓘ |
| participatedIn | battle of Lanka ⓘ |
| roleInNarrative | demon warrior fighting for Ravana ⓘ |
| sideInWar | Ravana’s side in the Rama–Ravana war ⓘ |
| textualSource | Ramayana ⓘ |
| textualTradition | Hindu epic tradition ⓘ |
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: Devantaka Description of subject: Devantaka is a demon warrior from the Ramayana, known as one of Ravana’s powerful sons who fought against Rama’s forces in the battle of Lanka.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.