Ajātaśatru
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Ajātaśatru is an ancient Indian king of the Kuru-Videha region, known from early Buddhist and Upanishadic texts for his political power and his role in philosophical dialogues on the nature of the self and reality.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ajatashatru | 10 |
| Ajātaśatru canonical | 4 |
| Ajatashatru of Magadha | 2 |
| Ajatashatru (according to tradition) | 1 |
| King Jitashatru | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5845835 — 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: Ajātaśatru Context triple: [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upanishad, containsDialogueWith, Ajātaśatru]
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A.
Ajatashatru
Ajatashatru is another name for Yudhishthira, the eldest of the Pandava brothers and a central, dharma-abiding king in the Indian epic Mahabharata.
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Jarāsandha
Jarāsandha is a powerful and tyrannical king in the Indian epic Mahābhārata, known as the ruler of Magadha and a formidable enemy of the Pāṇḍavas and Krishna.
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Bindusara
Bindusara was the second emperor of the Maurya dynasty in ancient India, known for consolidating and expanding the vast empire established by his father Chandragupta Maurya.
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D.
King Ashvapati
King Ashvapati is a righteous and devoted monarch in the Mahabharata’s Savitrī and Satyavan legend, known especially as Savitrī’s father and a model of piety and wisdom.
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E.
Jadughar
Jadughar is the colloquial Bengali name for the Indian Museum in Kolkata, one of the oldest and largest museums in India, renowned for its extensive collection of art, archaeology, and natural history.
- 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: Ajātaśatru Target entity description: Ajātaśatru is an ancient Indian king of the Kuru-Videha region, known from early Buddhist and Upanishadic texts for his political power and his role in philosophical dialogues on the nature of the self and reality.
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A.
Ajatashatru
Ajatashatru is another name for Yudhishthira, the eldest of the Pandava brothers and a central, dharma-abiding king in the Indian epic Mahabharata.
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B.
Jarāsandha
Jarāsandha is a powerful and tyrannical king in the Indian epic Mahābhārata, known as the ruler of Magadha and a formidable enemy of the Pāṇḍavas and Krishna.
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C.
Bindusara
Bindusara was the second emperor of the Maurya dynasty in ancient India, known for consolidating and expanding the vast empire established by his father Chandragupta Maurya.
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D.
King Ashvapati
King Ashvapati is a righteous and devoted monarch in the Mahabharata’s Savitrī and Satyavan legend, known especially as Savitrī’s father and a model of piety and wisdom.
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E.
Jadughar
Jadughar is the colloquial Bengali name for the Indian Museum in Kolkata, one of the oldest and largest museums in India, renowned for its extensive collection of art, archaeology, and natural history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist canonical figure
ⓘ
Upanishadic character ⓘ ancient Indian king ⓘ historical figure ⓘ |
| associatedRegion |
Kuru
ⓘ
Videha ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Brahman
ⓘ
Kuru-Pañcāla cultural area ⓘ Videha kingdom ⓘ
linked to:
Kuru-Videha
Ātman ⓘ |
| country | ancient India ⓘ |
| culturalContext | ancient North India ⓘ |
| dialogueWith | Gārgya Bālāki ⓘ |
| discusses |
relationship between body and self
ⓘ
states of consciousness ⓘ ultimate reality ⓘ |
| engagedIn | philosophical dialogues ⓘ |
| knownFrom |
Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad
ⓘ
linked to:
Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upanishad
Kaushītaki Upaniṣad ⓘ
linked to:
Kaushītaki Upanishad
Upanishads ⓘ early Buddhist texts ⓘ |
| languageOfSources |
Pali
ⓘ
Sanskrit ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 2.1
ⓘ
linked to:
Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upanishad
|
| philosophicalTopic |
immortality of the self
ⓘ
nature of consciousness ⓘ nature of reality ⓘ nature of the self ⓘ |
| portrayedAs |
philosophically insightful king
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politically powerful ruler ⓘ |
| regionRuled | Kuru-Videha ⓘ |
| religiousContext |
Buddhism
ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ |
| role |
king
ⓘ
patron of Brahmins ⓘ patron of ascetics ⓘ philosophical interlocutor ⓘ |
| sourceGenre | philosophical dialogue ⓘ |
| sourceType | scriptural ⓘ |
| statusInPhilosophy | teacher-king figure ⓘ |
| statusInTexts | royal authority ⓘ |
| teaches |
doctrine of the waking self as superior to dream states
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identification of the self with the conscious subject ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1st millennium BCE ⓘ |
| tradition |
Vedic tradition
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early Buddhist tradition ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Input
Subject: Ajātaśatru Description of subject: Ajātaśatru is an ancient Indian king of the Kuru-Videha region, known from early Buddhist and Upanishadic texts for his political power and his role in philosophical dialogues on the nature of the self and reality.
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