Visalakshi
E946651
Visalakshi is a revered form of the Hindu goddess Parvati worshipped as the divine consort of Lord Shiva at the Kasi Viswanathar Temple in Kumbakonam.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Visalakshi canonical | 5 |
| Vishalakshi | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11684549 — 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: Visalakshi Context triple: [Kasi Viswanathar Temple, Kumbakonam, consortDeity, Visalakshi]
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A.
Shravika
Shravika is the term in Jainism for a female lay follower who observes religious vows and practices while living a household life.
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B.
Revati
Revati is a princess from Hindu mythology, known as the daughter of King Kakudmi and the wife of the deity Balarama.
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C.
Kshipra
Kshipra is a sacred river in central India, best known for flowing through the holy city of Ujjain and its importance in Hindu religious traditions and festivals.
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D.
Vinata
Vinata is a figure in Hindu mythology known as the mother of Garuda and a consort of the sage Kashyapa.
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E.
Vaijayanti
Vaijayanti is the ancient name of Banavasi, a historic town in Karnataka, India, renowned as one of the oldest centers of Hindu and Jain culture in the region.
- 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: Visalakshi Target entity description: Visalakshi is a revered form of the Hindu goddess Parvati worshipped as the divine consort of Lord Shiva at the Kasi Viswanathar Temple in Kumbakonam.
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A.
Shravika
Shravika is the term in Jainism for a female lay follower who observes religious vows and practices while living a household life.
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B.
Revati
Revati is a princess from Hindu mythology, known as the daughter of King Kakudmi and the wife of the deity Balarama.
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C.
Kshipra
Kshipra is a sacred river in central India, best known for flowing through the holy city of Ujjain and its importance in Hindu religious traditions and festivals.
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D.
Vinata
Vinata is a figure in Hindu mythology known as the mother of Garuda and a consort of the sage Kashyapa.
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E.
Vaijayanti
Vaijayanti is the ancient name of Banavasi, a historic town in Karnataka, India, renowned as one of the oldest centers of Hindu and Jain culture in the region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu goddess
ⓘ
form of Parvati ⓘ |
| associatedWithCity | Kasi (Varanasi) in broader tradition ⓘ |
| associatedWithDeity |
Parvati
ⓘ
Shiva ⓘ |
| consortOf | Shiva ⓘ |
| culture | Tamil Hindu tradition ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Shiva ⓘ |
| epithetMeaning | one with wide eyes ⓘ |
| gender | female deity ⓘ |
| hasConsortDeity | Visalakshi ⓘ |
| hasTemple |
Shrine of Visalakshi at Kasi Viswanathar Temple, Kumbakonam
ⓘ
linked to:
Kasi Viswanathar Temple, Kumbakonam
|
| isPartOf | local forms of Parvati in South India ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
India
ⓘ
Kumbakonam ⓘ Tamil Nadu ⓘ |
| locatedInTempleTown | Kumbakonam ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married to Shiva ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| role | divine consort of Lord Shiva ⓘ |
| veneratedAs | mother goddess ⓘ |
| worshippedAs | consort of Kasi Viswanathar in Kumbakonam ⓘ |
| worshippedAt | Kasi Viswanathar Temple, Kumbakonam ⓘ |
| worshipTradition |
Shaivism
ⓘ
Shakta tradition ⓘ |
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: Visalakshi Description of subject: Visalakshi is a revered form of the Hindu goddess Parvati worshipped as the divine consort of Lord Shiva at the Kasi Viswanathar Temple in Kumbakonam.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Kasi Viswanathar Temple
subject linked to:
Kasi Viswanathar Temple
linked to: Visalakshi
subject linked to:
Visalakshi