Dhumavati
E513911
Dhumavati is a Hindu goddess from the Mahavidya tradition, often depicted as an old, widowed, and fearsome form of the Divine Mother associated with inauspiciousness, emptiness, and transcendence beyond worldly desires.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dhumavati canonical | 3 |
| Goddess Dhumavati | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5336273 — 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: Dhumavati Context triple: [Mahavidyas, member, Dhumavati]
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A.
Mandodari
Mandodari is a revered queen in the Hindu epic Ramayana, known as the wise and virtuous wife of the demon king Ravana.
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B.
Sairandhri
Sairandhri is the assumed incognito identity of Draupadi during the Pandavas’ year of exile in the Hindu epic Mahabharata.
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C.
Devasena
Devasena is a Hindu goddess known as one of the wives of the war god Kartikeya, often associated with valor and divine grace.
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D.
Jambavati
Jambavati is a prominent queen of the Hindu deity Krishna, revered in scripture as one of his principal consorts and the daughter of the bear-king Jambavan.
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E.
Bhudevi
Bhudevi is the Hindu earth goddess and consort of Lord Vishnu, revered as the personification of the fertile, nurturing aspects of the Earth.
- 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: Dhumavati Target entity description: Dhumavati is a Hindu goddess from the Mahavidya tradition, often depicted as an old, widowed, and fearsome form of the Divine Mother associated with inauspiciousness, emptiness, and transcendence beyond worldly desires.
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A.
Mandodari
Mandodari is a revered queen in the Hindu epic Ramayana, known as the wise and virtuous wife of the demon king Ravana.
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B.
Sairandhri
Sairandhri is the assumed incognito identity of Draupadi during the Pandavas’ year of exile in the Hindu epic Mahabharata.
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C.
Devasena
Devasena is a Hindu goddess known as one of the wives of the war god Kartikeya, often associated with valor and divine grace.
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D.
Jambavati
Jambavati is a prominent queen of the Hindu deity Krishna, revered in scripture as one of his principal consorts and the daughter of the bear-king Jambavan.
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E.
Bhudevi
Bhudevi is the Hindu earth goddess and consort of Lord Vishnu, revered as the personification of the fertile, nurturing aspects of the Earth.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu goddess
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Mahavidya goddess ⓘ Tantric deity ⓘ |
| abode |
cremation ground
ⓘ
desolate places ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Saturn
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conflict ⓘ crow ⓘ crow vehicle ⓘ darkness ⓘ death ⓘ disgust for worldly life ⓘ emptiness ⓘ inauspiciousness ⓘ misfortune ⓘ moksha ⓘ old age ⓘ poverty ⓘ quarrels ⓘ renunciation ⓘ smoke ⓘ sorrow ⓘ spiritual liberation ⓘ transcendence of worldly desires ⓘ void ⓘ widowhood ⓘ |
| consort | Shiva ⓘ |
| depictedAs |
emaciated woman
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old woman ⓘ toothless woman ⓘ ugly and fearsome goddess ⓘ widow ⓘ |
| formOf |
Parvati
ⓘ
linked to:
Kamakshi
Shakti ⓘ
linked to:
Mahashakti
|
| iconographicAttribute |
broom
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skull bowl ⓘ sword ⓘ trident ⓘ unbound hair ⓘ white or dirty clothes ⓘ winnowing basket ⓘ |
| memberOf | Mahavidyas ⓘ |
| mythologicalOrigin | emerged when Sati swallowed Shiva and he cursed her to become a widow ⓘ |
| numberInGroup | seventh Mahavidya ⓘ |
| primaryTexts |
Dhumavati Tantra
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Tantric compendia on Mahavidyas ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| rides |
chariot without horses
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crow ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
the end of all desires
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the power of disappointment and loss as spiritual catalysts ⓘ the state beyond dualities ⓘ the unattractive and rejected aspects of existence ⓘ |
| worshipBenefits |
detachment from material life
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freedom from delusion ⓘ protection from poverty and misfortune ⓘ |
| worshippedIn |
Shakta traditions
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Tantric traditions ⓘ |
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: Dhumavati Description of subject: Dhumavati is a Hindu goddess from the Mahavidya tradition, often depicted as an old, widowed, and fearsome form of the Divine Mother associated with inauspiciousness, emptiness, and transcendence beyond worldly desires.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Dhumavati