Chitravahana
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Chitravahana is a lesser-known king in the Mahabharata, remembered primarily as the maternal grandfather of Babruvahana and a ruler associated with the region of Manipura.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Chitravahana canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5178673 — 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: Chitravahana Context triple: [Babruvahana, grandfather, Chitravahana]
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A.
Babruvahana
Babruvahana is a character in the Indian epic Mahabharata, known as the son of the Pandava prince Arjuna and the princess Chitrangada, and as a skilled warrior and later ruler of Manipura.
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B.
Virūpākṣa
Virūpākṣa is one of the Four Heavenly Kings in Buddhist cosmology, revered as the guardian of the western direction and protector of the Dharma.
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C.
Vichitravirya
Vichitravirya is a king from the Kuru dynasty in the Indian epic Mahabharata, known as the father of Dhritarashtra and Pandu and a key ancestral figure in the lineage leading to the Kauravas and Pandavas.
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D.
Sesha Vahana
Sesha Vahana is the divine serpent mount of Lord Vishnu, prominently featured in Hindu temple festivals and iconography.
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E.
Devantaka
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.
- 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: Chitravahana Target entity description: Chitravahana is a lesser-known king in the Mahabharata, remembered primarily as the maternal grandfather of Babruvahana and a ruler associated with the region of Manipura.
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A.
Babruvahana
Babruvahana is a character in the Indian epic Mahabharata, known as the son of the Pandava prince Arjuna and the princess Chitrangada, and as a skilled warrior and later ruler of Manipura.
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B.
Virūpākṣa
Virūpākṣa is one of the Four Heavenly Kings in Buddhist cosmology, revered as the guardian of the western direction and protector of the Dharma.
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C.
Vichitravirya
Vichitravirya is a king from the Kuru dynasty in the Indian epic Mahabharata, known as the father of Dhritarashtra and Pandu and a key ancestral figure in the lineage leading to the Kauravas and Pandavas.
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D.
Sesha Vahana
Sesha Vahana is the divine serpent mount of Lord Vishnu, prominently featured in Hindu temple festivals and iconography.
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E.
Devantaka
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character in the Mahabharata
ⓘ
mythological king ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Mahabharata ⓘ |
| associatedWithRegion | Manipura ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Indian ⓘ |
| fatherInLawOf | Arjuna ⓘ |
| fatherOf | Chitrangada ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| grandfatherOf | Babruvahana ⓘ |
| hasChild | Chitrangada ⓘ |
| hasDescendant | Babruvahana ⓘ |
| hasRelative |
Arjuna
ⓘ
Chitrangada ⓘ |
| languageOfSources | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| literaryGenre | epic ⓘ |
| maternalGrandfatherOf | Babruvahana ⓘ |
| mythologicalTradition | Itihasa ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the father of Chitrangada
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being the father-in-law of Arjuna ⓘ being the maternal grandfather of Babruvahana ⓘ |
| occupation | king ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Adi Parva ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| rulesOver | Manipura ⓘ |
| sourceText |
Mahabharata, Adi Parva
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linked to:
Mahabharata
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| title | King of Manipura ⓘ |
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: Chitravahana Description of subject: Chitravahana is a lesser-known king in the Mahabharata, remembered primarily as the maternal grandfather of Babruvahana and a ruler associated with the region of Manipura.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.