Pitrloka
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Pitrloka is a Hindu spiritual realm believed to be the abode of ancestors, where departed souls reside before potential rebirth or liberation.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pitrloka canonical | 1 |
| Pitru-tirtha | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9119133 — 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: Pitrloka Context triple: [Yamaloka, relatedConcept, Pitrloka]
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A.
Pavitrotsavam
Pavitrotsavam is a Hindu purification and atonement festival observed annually at temples like the Varadaraja Perumal Temple in Kanchipuram, featuring special rituals to symbolically cleanse and renew the sanctity of the deity and shrine.
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B.
Asalha Puja
Asalha Puja is a major Buddhist festival commemorating the Buddha’s first sermon and the founding of the Sangha, observed on the full moon of the eighth lunar month.
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C.
Vaikasi Visakam
Vaikasi Visakam is a prominent Hindu festival celebrating the birth of Lord Murugan (Subramanya), especially observed with grand rituals and processions in Tamil Nadu and among Tamil communities worldwide.
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D.
Diwala
Diwala is an alternative name for the Duala people, an ethnic group native to the coastal regions of Cameroon known for their historical role in trade and cultural influence in Central Africa.
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E.
Tihar
Tihar is a major Hindu festival celebrated in Nepal and parts of India, known for its multi-day worship of animals, lights, and the goddess Lakshmi.
- 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: Pitrloka Target entity description: Pitrloka is a Hindu spiritual realm believed to be the abode of ancestors, where departed souls reside before potential rebirth or liberation.
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A.
Pavitrotsavam
Pavitrotsavam is a Hindu purification and atonement festival observed annually at temples like the Varadaraja Perumal Temple in Kanchipuram, featuring special rituals to symbolically cleanse and renew the sanctity of the deity and shrine.
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B.
Asalha Puja
Asalha Puja is a major Buddhist festival commemorating the Buddha’s first sermon and the founding of the Sangha, observed on the full moon of the eighth lunar month.
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C.
Vaikasi Visakam
Vaikasi Visakam is a prominent Hindu festival celebrating the birth of Lord Murugan (Subramanya), especially observed with grand rituals and processions in Tamil Nadu and among Tamil communities worldwide.
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D.
Diwala
Diwala is an alternative name for the Duala people, an ethnic group native to the coastal regions of Cameroon known for their historical role in trade and cultural influence in Central Africa.
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E.
Tihar
Tihar is a major Hindu festival celebrated in Nepal and parts of India, known for its multi-day worship of animals, lights, and the goddess Lakshmi.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu cosmological realm
ⓘ
spiritual realm ⓘ |
| associatedWithConcept |
afterlife
ⓘ
ancestors ⓘ liberation ⓘ moksha ⓘ pitrs ⓘ rebirth ⓘ samsara ⓘ |
| associatedWithRitual |
pitru paksha
ⓘ
shraddha ⓘ tarpana ⓘ |
| believedToBe | temporary abode for souls after death ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
Devaloka
ⓘ
Naraka ⓘ |
| cosmologicalPosition | one of the lokas in Hindu cosmology ⓘ |
| cosmologicalRole | intermediate realm between earthly life and rebirth or liberation ⓘ |
| describedAs |
abode of ancestors
ⓘ
realm of departed souls ⓘ |
| eschatologicalBelief |
souls may leave Pitrloka upon attaining liberation
ⓘ
souls may leave Pitrloka upon rebirth ⓘ |
| etymology | from Sanskrit pitr meaning ancestor and loka meaning world or realm ⓘ |
| goalOfRituals |
nourishment of ancestors
ⓘ
support for souls journey ⓘ well-being of ancestors ⓘ |
| inhabitedBy |
departed ancestors
ⓘ
pitrs ⓘ |
| languageOfTerm | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Dharmashastra literature
ⓘ
linked to:
Dharmashastras
Puranas ⓘ |
| moralFunction |
realm influenced by descendants ritual merit
ⓘ
realm where ancestors can bless descendants ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
ancestral worship
ⓘ
filial duty ⓘ karma ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
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: Pitrloka Description of subject: Pitrloka is a Hindu spiritual realm believed to be the abode of ancestors, where departed souls reside before potential rebirth or liberation.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Pitrloka