Kapha
E632264
Kapha is one of the fundamental bodily humors or bio-energies in traditional Indian medical systems, associated with structure, stability, and lubrication in the body.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kapha canonical | 1 |
| Kapha dosha | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6969041 — 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: Kapha Context triple: [Siddha medicine, hasConcept, Kapha]
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A.
Satvata
Satvata is an ancient subgroup of the Yadava clan in Indian tradition, often associated with early Vaishnavism and the worship of Krishna.
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B.
Vaisesika
Vaisesika is one of the six classical schools of Indian philosophy, known for its atomistic metaphysics and detailed categorization of reality.
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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.
Bhumij
Bhumij are an indigenous Adivasi community of eastern India, primarily found in Jharkhand, Odisha, and West Bengal, known for their distinct language, culture, and traditional agrarian lifestyle.
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E.
Agni
Agni is the Vedic god of fire, revered as a central deity of sacrifice and a divine messenger between humans and the gods in ancient Indian religion.
- 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: Kapha Target entity description: Kapha is one of the fundamental bodily humors or bio-energies in traditional Indian medical systems, associated with structure, stability, and lubrication in the body.
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A.
Satvata
Satvata is an ancient subgroup of the Yadava clan in Indian tradition, often associated with early Vaishnavism and the worship of Krishna.
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B.
Vaisesika
Vaisesika is one of the six classical schools of Indian philosophy, known for its atomistic metaphysics and detailed categorization of reality.
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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.
Bhumij
Bhumij are an indigenous Adivasi community of eastern India, primarily found in Jharkhand, Odisha, and West Bengal, known for their distinct language, culture, and traditional agrarian lifestyle.
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E.
Agni
Agni is the Vedic god of fire, revered as a central deity of sacrifice and a divine messenger between humans and the gods in ancient Indian religion.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (65)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ayurvedic concept
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bio-energy ⓘ bodily humor ⓘ dosha ⓘ |
| aggravatedBy |
heavy foods
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oily foods ⓘ sweet foods ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
anabolism
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attachment ⓘ cohesion ⓘ compassion ⓘ forgiveness ⓘ greed ⓘ growth ⓘ immunity ⓘ lethargy ⓘ lubrication ⓘ stability ⓘ structure ⓘ |
| balancedStateCharacterizedBy |
emotional stability
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good immunity ⓘ |
| dominantQuality |
cloudy
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cold ⓘ dense ⓘ heavy ⓘ oily ⓘ slow ⓘ smooth ⓘ soft ⓘ static ⓘ sticky ⓘ |
| governs |
body fluids
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emotional calmness ⓘ fat storage ⓘ immunological resistance ⓘ joint lubrication ⓘ stamina ⓘ strength ⓘ tissue formation ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateTerm |
Pitta
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Vata ⓘ |
| hasElement |
earth element
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water element ⓘ |
| imbalancedStateAssociatedWith |
congestion
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edema ⓘ excess mucus ⓘ sluggish digestion ⓘ weight gain ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
cold climate
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damp climate ⓘ |
| pacifiedBy |
light foods
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regular exercise ⓘ warming spices ⓘ |
| partOf |
Ayurveda
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three-dosha theory ⓘ |
| seasonalDominance |
late winter
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spring ⓘ |
| seatInBody |
chest
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fat tissue ⓘ head ⓘ lymph ⓘ stomach ⓘ throat ⓘ |
| timeOfDayDominance |
early morning
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evening ⓘ |
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: Kapha Description of subject: Kapha is one of the fundamental bodily humors or bio-energies in traditional Indian medical systems, associated with structure, stability, and lubrication in the body.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Kapha