Nriga
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Nriga is a king from Hindu mythology, known for being cursed and transformed into a lizard after an unintended offense involving a cow.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Nriga canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9119354 — 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: Nriga Context triple: [Shraddhadeva Manu, offspring, Nriga]
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A.
Gajanana
Gajanana is a revered aspect of the Hindu deity Ganesha, emphasizing his elephant-faced form and role as the remover of obstacles and bestower of wisdom.
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B.
Vrishni
Vrishni was a prominent clan within the ancient Yadava lineage of India, traditionally associated with Lord Krishna and centered around the region of Mathura and Dvaraka.
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C.
Devaka
Devaka is a figure in Hindu tradition known primarily as the father of Devaki, the mother of the deity Krishna.
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D.
Yaudheya
Yaudheya is a relatively lesser-known figure in the Mahabharata tradition, remembered primarily as a son of the Pandava king Yudhishthira.
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E.
Vrikodara
Vrikodara is a famous epithet of Bhima, the mighty Pandava hero of the Indian epic Mahabharata, highlighting his immense strength and voracious appetite.
- 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: Nriga Target entity description: Nriga is a king from Hindu mythology, known for being cursed and transformed into a lizard after an unintended offense involving a cow.
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A.
Gajanana
Gajanana is a revered aspect of the Hindu deity Ganesha, emphasizing his elephant-faced form and role as the remover of obstacles and bestower of wisdom.
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B.
Vrishni
Vrishni was a prominent clan within the ancient Yadava lineage of India, traditionally associated with Lord Krishna and centered around the region of Mathura and Dvaraka.
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C.
Devaka
Devaka is a figure in Hindu tradition known primarily as the father of Devaki, the mother of the deity Krishna.
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D.
Yaudheya
Yaudheya is a relatively lesser-known figure in the Mahabharata tradition, remembered primarily as a son of the Pandava king Yudhishthira.
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E.
Vrikodara
Vrikodara is a famous epithet of Bhima, the mighty Pandava hero of the Indian epic Mahabharata, highlighting his immense strength and voracious appetite.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | mythological king ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
concept of dana (charitable giving)
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concept of karma in Hinduism ⓘ story of a donated cow claimed by two Brahmins ⓘ |
| causeOfCurse | dispute over ownership of a cow ⓘ |
| culture | ancient India ⓘ |
| eventualOutcome | liberation from curse ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being cursed and transformed into a lizard
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unintended offense involving a cow ⓘ |
| moralLesson |
care must be taken in giving and recording gifts
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even kings are subject to the law of karma ⓘ repentance and divine grace can bring liberation ⓘ unintentional wrongs can still have consequences ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | illustrates justice and mercy of the divine ⓘ |
| offenseType | unintentional offense ⓘ |
| punishment | long period as a lizard ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| roleInMythology |
example of consequences of unintended sin
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example of the importance of proper charity ⓘ |
| sourceTradition | Puranic literature ⓘ |
| theme |
charity and responsibility
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fate of the soul after misdeeds ⓘ karma and retribution ⓘ |
| transformation | lizard ⓘ |
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: Nriga Description of subject: Nriga is a king from Hindu mythology, known for being cursed and transformed into a lizard after an unintended offense involving a cow.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.