Kandyan massa

E82422

coin historical currency unit

Kandyan massa was a traditional coin used as a monetary unit in the historical Kingdom of Kandy in Sri Lanka.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Kandyan massa canonical	1
Kandyan royal administration	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T682412 — 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: Kandyan massa
Context triple: [Kingdom of Kandy, currency, Kandyan massa]

A. Pararaton
Pararaton is a Javanese historical chronicle, also known as the "Book of Kings," that narrates the legendary and political history of the Singhasari and Majapahit kingdoms in Indonesia.
B. Kundagannada
Kundagannada is a regional dialect of the Kannada language spoken primarily in the coastal districts of Karnataka, India.
C. Gwarinpa
Gwarinpa is a large, planned residential district in Abuja, Nigeria, known for its extensive housing estates and relatively well-organized urban layout.
D. Nganasan
The Nganasan are an Indigenous Samoyedic people of northern Siberia, traditionally semi-nomadic reindeer hunters and fishers with a distinct Uralic language and culture.
E. Monkombu
Monkombu is the given name of M. S. Swaminathan, the renowned Indian agricultural scientist known as the father of India’s Green Revolution.
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: Kandyan massa
Target entity description: Kandyan massa was a traditional coin used as a monetary unit in the historical Kingdom of Kandy in Sri Lanka.

A. Pararaton
Pararaton is a Javanese historical chronicle, also known as the "Book of Kings," that narrates the legendary and political history of the Singhasari and Majapahit kingdoms in Indonesia.
B. Kundagannada
Kundagannada is a regional dialect of the Kannada language spoken primarily in the coastal districts of Karnataka, India.
C. Gwarinpa
Gwarinpa is a large, planned residential district in Abuja, Nigeria, known for its extensive housing estates and relatively well-organized urban layout.
D. Nganasan
The Nganasan are an Indigenous Samoyedic people of northern Siberia, traditionally semi-nomadic reindeer hunters and fishers with a distinct Uralic language and culture.
E. Monkombu
Monkombu is the given name of M. S. Swaminathan, the renowned Indian agricultural scientist known as the father of India’s Green Revolution.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (25)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	coin ⓘ historical currency unit ⓘ
associatedWith	Kandyan kings ⓘ Kandyan royal administration ⓘ linked to: Kandyan massa
category	numismatics of Sri Lanka ⓘ
circulationArea	central highlands of Sri Lanka ⓘ linked to: Central Highlands of Sri Lanka
country	Sri Lanka ⓘ
culturalContext	Sinhalese culture ⓘ
denominationOf	Kandyan currency ⓘ
governedBy	Kandyan royal court ⓘ linked to: Kandyan kings
historicalPeriod	early modern period ⓘ pre‑colonial Sri Lanka ⓘ
historicalStatus	obsolete currency unit ⓘ
location	Sri Lanka ⓘ
monetarySystem	Kandyan monetary system ⓘ
namedAfter	Kandy ⓘ
partOf	history of Sri Lankan currency ⓘ
replacedBy	British colonial currency in Ceylon ⓘ
usedBefore	full British colonial rule in Sri Lanka ⓘ
usedBy	inhabitants of the Kingdom of Kandy ⓘ
usedFor	monetary transactions ⓘ tax payments ⓘ trade ⓘ
usedIn	Kingdom of Kandy ⓘ linked to: Kingdom of Kandy (interior Sri Lanka)
usedInRegion	Kandyan Kingdom ⓘ