Krishna and Gandhari
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Krishna and Gandhari are central figures in the Mahabharata whose intense post-war dialogue explores themes of grief, dharma, and divine responsibility.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Krishna and Gandhari canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5129601 — 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: Krishna and Gandhari Context triple: [Stri Parva, includesDialogueBetween, Krishna and Gandhari]
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A.
Nala and Damayanti
Nala and Damayanti is a celebrated love-and-trial romance from the Indian epic tradition, renowned for its themes of devotion, fate, and moral endurance.
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B.
Madhu and Kaitabha
Madhu and Kaitabha are two powerful asuras (demons) in Hindu mythology who emerge from Vishnu’s earwax and are ultimately slain by him, symbolizing the triumph of divine order over chaos.
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C.
Durgeshnandini
Durgeshnandini is a pioneering 19th-century Bengali historical novel by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, often regarded as one of the earliest major works of modern Bengali literature.
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D.
Dasharathi
Dasharathi is an epithet of the Hindu deity Rama, highlighting him as the son of King Dasharatha.
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E.
Khila of the Mahabharata
Khila of the Mahabharata is a supplementary section of the Indian epic tradition, closely associated with and often considered an appendix to the Harivamsa and the Mahabharata.
- 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: Krishna and Gandhari Target entity description: Krishna and Gandhari are central figures in the Mahabharata whose intense post-war dialogue explores themes of grief, dharma, and divine responsibility.
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A.
Nala and Damayanti
Nala and Damayanti is a celebrated love-and-trial romance from the Indian epic tradition, renowned for its themes of devotion, fate, and moral endurance.
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B.
Madhu and Kaitabha
Madhu and Kaitabha are two powerful asuras (demons) in Hindu mythology who emerge from Vishnu’s earwax and are ultimately slain by him, symbolizing the triumph of divine order over chaos.
-
C.
Durgeshnandini
Durgeshnandini is a pioneering 19th-century Bengali historical novel by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, often regarded as one of the earliest major works of modern Bengali literature.
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D.
Dasharathi
Dasharathi is an epithet of the Hindu deity Rama, highlighting him as the son of King Dasharatha.
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E.
Khila of the Mahabharata
Khila of the Mahabharata is a supplementary section of the Indian epic tradition, closely associated with and often considered an appendix to the Harivamsa and the Mahabharata.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu deity
ⓘ
Mahabharata character ⓘ Mahabharata relationship ⓘ |
| accepts | Gandhari’s curse without protest ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Mahabharata ⓘ |
| avatarOf | Vishnu ⓘ |
| blames | Krishna for Kurukshetra War carnage ⓘ |
| confronts | Krishna on battlefield aftermath ⓘ |
| cousinOf | Pandavas ⓘ |
| curseContent | destruction of Yadava clan ⓘ |
| curses | Krishna ⓘ |
| discusses | responsibility for war and destruction ⓘ |
| emotionAfterWar |
anger
ⓘ
grief ⓘ |
| explains |
inevitability of war due to adharma
ⓘ
limits of divine intervention ⓘ |
| influences | later Hindu reflections on theodicy ⓘ |
| justifies | support for Pandavas as dharmic ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Bhagavad Gita discourse
ⓘ
linked to:
Bhagavad Gita
curse on Krishna ⓘ lifelong blindfold ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | exploration of suffering and cosmic order ⓘ |
| motherOf |
100 Kauravas
ⓘ
Duryodhana ⓘ Dushasana ⓘ |
| narrativeContext | post-Kurukshetra War dialogue ⓘ |
| questions | Krishna’s non-intervention ⓘ |
| regrets | Duryodhana’s adharma ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| respondsTo | Gandhari’s accusations ⓘ |
| role |
advisor to Pandavas
ⓘ
charioteer of Arjuna ⓘ divine strategist in Kurukshetra War ⓘ |
| sideInKurukshetraWar |
Kauravas
ⓘ
Pandavas ⓘ |
| sourceText |
Shanti Parva of Mahabharata
ⓘ
linked to:
Shanti Parva
Stri Parva of Mahabharata ⓘ
linked to:
Stri Parva
|
| spouse | Dhritarashtra ⓘ |
| theme |
dharma
ⓘ
divine responsibility ⓘ grief ⓘ moral accountability after war ⓘ |
| themeAssociated |
divine responsibility
ⓘ
maternal grief ⓘ |
| upholdsConcept |
dharma
ⓘ
free will of humans ⓘ |
| vows | to share her blind husband’s darkness ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Input
Subject: Krishna and Gandhari Description of subject: Krishna and Gandhari are central figures in the Mahabharata whose intense post-war dialogue explores themes of grief, dharma, and divine responsibility.
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