Yadava

E102085

ancient Indo-Aryan clan community lineage group

Yadava refers to the ancient Indo-Aryan clan or community traditionally regarded as the lineage of King Yadu and prominently associated with the Hindu deity Krishna.

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All labels observed (12)

Label	Occurrences
Yadu	6
Yadava canonical	4
Yadava clan	4
Yadavas	3
Yadav	2
Satvata clan	1
Seuna Yadavas	1
Seuna Yadavas of Devagiri	1
Surasena	1
Yadav (often identified or associated in many regions)	1
Yadavs	1
Yaduvanshi	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T859393 — 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: Yadava
Context triple: [Krishna, associatedClan, Yadava]

A. Bhonsle
The Bhonsle were a prominent Maratha royal dynasty best known for producing Chhatrapati Shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire in western India.
B. Karamchand
Karamchand is an Indian given name best known as part of the full name of Mahatma Gandhi, whose father was Karamchand Gandhi.
C. Sardeshmukhi
Sardeshmukhi was a tax levied by the Maratha Empire, typically an additional surcharge claimed by Maratha rulers over and above regular land revenue in territories under their influence.
D. Nathuram
Nathuram was the Indian nationalist and Hindu extremist who assassinated Mahatma Gandhi in 1948.
E. Maratha
The Maratha are a prominent warrior and ruling community from western India, historically known for establishing the Maratha Empire that challenged Mughal dominance in the 17th and 18th centuries.
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: Yadava
Target entity description: Yadava refers to the ancient Indo-Aryan clan or community traditionally regarded as the lineage of King Yadu and prominently associated with the Hindu deity Krishna.

A. Bhonsle
The Bhonsle were a prominent Maratha royal dynasty best known for producing Chhatrapati Shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire in western India.
B. Karamchand
Karamchand is an Indian given name best known as part of the full name of Mahatma Gandhi, whose father was Karamchand Gandhi.
C. Sardeshmukhi
Sardeshmukhi was a tax levied by the Maratha Empire, typically an additional surcharge claimed by Maratha rulers over and above regular land revenue in territories under their influence.
D. Nathuram
Nathuram was the Indian nationalist and Hindu extremist who assassinated Mahatma Gandhi in 1948.
E. Maratha
The Maratha are a prominent warrior and ruling community from western India, historically known for establishing the Maratha Empire that challenged Mughal dominance in the 17th and 18th centuries.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Indo-Aryan clan ⓘ community ⓘ lineage group ⓘ
associatedWithCity	Dwarka ⓘ Mathura ⓘ
associatedWithDeity	Krishna ⓘ
associatedWithKingdom	Anarta ⓘ Saurashtra State ⓘ surface form: Surashtra
associatedWithReligion	Hinduism ⓘ
centralToNarrative	Krishna’s Dwarka period ⓘ Krishna’s early life ⓘ
hasAlternativeForm	Yadava self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Yadava clan Yadava self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Yaduvanshi
hasAncestralFigure	Yadava self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Yadu
hasCulturalLegacy	Yadava identity among later Indian communities ⓘ
hasCulturalRegion	South Asia ⓘ surface form: Indian subcontinent
hasDynasticAssociation	Yadu dynasty ⓘ
hasEndLocation	Prabhasa ⓘ
hasEndTradition	fratricidal war among Yadavas ⓘ
hasEthnoReligiousIdentity	Hindu community ⓘ
hasGenealogicalClaim	descendants of lunar dynasty (Chandravansha) ⓘ
hasHistoricalRegion	Dwarka ⓘ Mathura ⓘ northern India ⓘ surface form: Northern India Western India ⓘ
hasLanguageFamily	Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ surface form: Indo-Aryan
hasMythologicalOrigin	descendants of King Yadu ⓘ
hasNotableMember	Akrura ⓘ Aniruddha ⓘ Balarama ⓘ Devaki ⓘ Krishna ⓘ Aniruddha ⓘ surface form: Pradyumna Ugrasena ⓘ Krishna ⓘ surface form: Vasudeva
hasReligiousTradition	Vaishnavism ⓘ
hasRoleInEpic	allies of Pandavas ⓘ participants in Kurukshetra War ⓘ
hasSocialStatus	Kshatriya lineage (in textual tradition) ⓘ
hasSubgroup	Andhaka ⓘ Bhoja ⓘ Kuki ⓘ surface form: Kukura Satvata ⓘ Vrishni ⓘ
hasTraditionalAssociation	pastoralism and cattle-herding (through Krishna narratives) ⓘ
hasTraditionalOccupation	warriors ⓘ
mentionedInText	Harivamsa ⓘ Mahabharata ⓘ Puranas ⓘ
namedAfter	Yadava self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Yadu

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Krishna → associatedClan → Yadava ⓘ

Mathura → historicalRegion → Yadava ⓘ

this entity surface form: Surasena

Singh → usedBy → Yadava ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yadavs

Devaki → associatedWith → Yadava ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yadava clan

Nanda → ethnicGroup → Yadava ⓘ

Yadava → namedAfter → Yadava self-linksurface differs ⓘ