Gajawaktra (elephant-headed demon)
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Gajawaktra is an elephant-headed demon character from the Old Javanese epic poem Kakawin Sutasoma, often depicted as one of the antagonistic figures encountered by the hero.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Gajawaktra (elephant-headed demon) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5233496 — 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: Gajawaktra (elephant-headed demon) Context triple: [Kakawin Sutasoma, containsCharacter, Gajawaktra (elephant-headed demon)]
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A.
Chinthe
The Chinthe is a mythical lion-like creature in Burmese and Southeast Asian culture, commonly seen as a guardian statue flanking the entrances of temples and pagodas.
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B.
Mahishasura
Mahishasura is a powerful buffalo demon in Hindu mythology, best known as the formidable adversary slain by the goddess Durga in a legendary cosmic battle.
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C.
Narasimha
Narasimha is the fierce man-lion incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu, known for destroying the demon king Hiranyakashipu to protect his devotee Prahlada.
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D.
Adishesha
Adishesha is the primordial cosmic serpent in Hindu mythology, often depicted as the multi-headed serpent on whom the god Vishnu reclines.
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E.
Bholath
Bholath is a small town in the Kapurthala district of the Indian state of Punjab, known primarily as a local administrative and market center for surrounding rural areas.
- 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: Gajawaktra (elephant-headed demon) Target entity description: Gajawaktra is an elephant-headed demon character from the Old Javanese epic poem Kakawin Sutasoma, often depicted as one of the antagonistic figures encountered by the hero.
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A.
Chinthe
The Chinthe is a mythical lion-like creature in Burmese and Southeast Asian culture, commonly seen as a guardian statue flanking the entrances of temples and pagodas.
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B.
Mahishasura
Mahishasura is a powerful buffalo demon in Hindu mythology, best known as the formidable adversary slain by the goddess Durga in a legendary cosmic battle.
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C.
Narasimha
Narasimha is the fierce man-lion incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu, known for destroying the demon king Hiranyakashipu to protect his devotee Prahlada.
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D.
Adishesha
Adishesha is the primordial cosmic serpent in Hindu mythology, often depicted as the multi-headed serpent on whom the god Vishnu reclines.
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E.
Bholath
Bholath is a small town in the Kapurthala district of the Indian state of Punjab, known primarily as a local administrative and market center for surrounding rural areas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character in literature
ⓘ
demon ⓘ elephant-headed demon ⓘ mythological character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Kakawin Sutasoma
ⓘ
Old Javanese literature ⓘ
linked to:
Kawi (Old Javanese)
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| associatedWithGenre | epic poetry ⓘ |
| associatedWithRegion | Java ⓘ |
| confronts | hero Sutasoma ⓘ |
| culture | Javanese ⓘ |
| depictedAs | fearsome being ⓘ |
| encountersCharacter | Sutasoma ⓘ |
| hasAttribute |
demonic
ⓘ
elephant-headed ⓘ |
| hasHeadOf | elephant ⓘ |
| hasNameOriginLanguage |
Old Javanese
ⓘ
linked to:
Kawi (Old Javanese)
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| isFictional | true ⓘ |
| languageOfWork |
Old Javanese
ⓘ
linked to:
Kawi (Old Javanese)
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| literaryFormOfWork | kakawin (Old Javanese epic poem) ⓘ |
| medium | literary text ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | obstacle to the hero ⓘ |
| partOfTradition | Javanese mythological corpus ⓘ |
| religiousCulturalContext | Hindu-Buddhist Java ⓘ |
| roleInWork | antagonist ⓘ |
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: Gajawaktra (elephant-headed demon) Description of subject: Gajawaktra is an elephant-headed demon character from the Old Javanese epic poem Kakawin Sutasoma, often depicted as one of the antagonistic figures encountered by the hero.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.