Bakasura
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Bakasura is a fearsome demon from Hindu mythology, known for his immense strength, cannibalistic nature, and defeat at the hands of the Pandava hero Bhima in the Mahabharata.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5375335 — 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: Bakasura Context triple: [Rakshasas, includesNotableMember, Bakasura]
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A.
Andhaka
Andhaka is a prominent clan within the ancient Yadava lineage of Hindu tradition, often associated with the family and kingdom of Krishna.
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B.
Narakasura
Narakasura is a powerful demon king in Hindu mythology, best known for his tyranny, abduction of women, and eventual slaying by Krishna and Satyabhama, commemorated during the festival of Diwali.
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C.
Ghatotkacha
Ghatotkacha is a powerful, magic-wielding rakshasa warrior from the Mahabharata, famed for his crucial role and heroic death in the Kurukshetra War.
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D.
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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E.
Hiranyakashipu
Hiranyakashipu is a powerful demon king from Hindu mythology, best known as the tyrannical father of Prahlada and the antagonist slain by Vishnu’s Narasimha avatar.
- 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: Bakasura Target entity description: Bakasura is a fearsome demon from Hindu mythology, known for his immense strength, cannibalistic nature, and defeat at the hands of the Pandava hero Bhima in the Mahabharata.
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A.
Andhaka
Andhaka is a prominent clan within the ancient Yadava lineage of Hindu tradition, often associated with the family and kingdom of Krishna.
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B.
Narakasura
Narakasura is a powerful demon king in Hindu mythology, best known for his tyranny, abduction of women, and eventual slaying by Krishna and Satyabhama, commemorated during the festival of Diwali.
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C.
Ghatotkacha
Ghatotkacha is a powerful, magic-wielding rakshasa warrior from the Mahabharata, famed for his crucial role and heroic death in the Kurukshetra War.
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D.
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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E.
Hiranyakashipu
Hiranyakashipu is a powerful demon king from Hindu mythology, best known as the tyrannical father of Prahlada and the antagonist slain by Vishnu’s Narasimha avatar.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mahabharata character
ⓘ
asura ⓘ mythological character ⓘ rakshasa ⓘ |
| alignment | evil ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Mahabharata ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
gluttony
ⓘ
terror ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| confrontedBy | Pandavas ⓘ |
| culture | ancient Indian ⓘ |
| defeatedBy | Bhima ⓘ |
| defeatedSymbolism |
triumph of dharma over adharma
ⓘ
victory of righteousness over evil ⓘ |
| demanded |
food offerings
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regular human sacrifices ⓘ |
| diet |
human flesh
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meat ⓘ |
| enemyOf | Bhima ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasVictim |
citizens of Ekachakra
ⓘ
travelers near Ekachakra ⓘ |
| killedBy | Bhima ⓘ |
| killedByMethod |
Bhima’s physical strength
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hand-to-hand combat ⓘ |
| knownFor |
cannibalism
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immense strength ⓘ terrorizing a town ⓘ |
| languageOfTradition | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| literaryGenre | Itihasa ⓘ |
| mythology | Hindu mythology ⓘ |
| notableEvent | battle with Bhima at Ekachakra ⓘ |
| notableTrait |
brutality
ⓘ
enormous appetite ⓘ physical power ⓘ |
| opponentIn | Bhima ⓘ |
| partOf |
Mahabharata narrative cycle
ⓘ
linked to:
Mahabharata
|
| relatedWork | story of the Pandavas in exile ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| residence | Ekachakra ⓘ |
| role | antagonist in the Mahabharata ⓘ |
| species | demon ⓘ |
| terrorized | Ekachakra ⓘ |
| textualSource |
Adi Parva
ⓘ
Mahabharata Adi Parva ⓘ
linked to:
Adi Parva
|
| threatened | inhabitants of Ekachakra ⓘ |
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: Bakasura Description of subject: Bakasura is a fearsome demon from Hindu mythology, known for his immense strength, cannibalistic nature, and defeat at the hands of the Pandava hero Bhima in the Mahabharata.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Bakasura