Bandula
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Bandula is a Sinhalese given name and surname commonly used in Sri Lanka, often associated with historical and cultural figures.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bandula canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14883090 — 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: Bandula Context triple: [Maha Bandula, honorificTitle, Bandula]
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A.
Mayadunne of Sitawaka
Mayadunne of Sitawaka was a 16th-century Sri Lankan monarch who ruled the Kingdom of Sitawaka and became known for his fierce resistance against Portuguese colonial expansion on the island.
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B.
Denzil Kobbekaduwa
Denzil Kobbekaduwa was a prominent Sri Lankan Army general renowned for his leadership in key operations during the Sri Lankan Civil War before his death in a 1992 landmine explosion.
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C.
Prince Dutugemunu
Prince Dutugemunu was a legendary Sri Lankan prince and later king renowned for unifying much of the island by defeating the Chola ruler Elara and strengthening Sinhalese Buddhist culture.
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D.
King of Lanka
King of Lanka is the mythological monarch of the island kingdom of Lanka in the Hindu epic Ramayana, most famously ruled by the demon-king Ravana.
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E.
Sri Vikrama Rajasinha
Sri Vikrama Rajasinha was the final king of the Sinhalese monarchy in Sri Lanka, whose reign ended with the British annexation of his kingdom in the early 19th century.
- 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: Bandula Target entity description: Bandula is a Sinhalese given name and surname commonly used in Sri Lanka, often associated with historical and cultural figures.
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A.
Mayadunne of Sitawaka
Mayadunne of Sitawaka was a 16th-century Sri Lankan monarch who ruled the Kingdom of Sitawaka and became known for his fierce resistance against Portuguese colonial expansion on the island.
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B.
Denzil Kobbekaduwa
Denzil Kobbekaduwa was a prominent Sri Lankan Army general renowned for his leadership in key operations during the Sri Lankan Civil War before his death in a 1992 landmine explosion.
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C.
Prince Dutugemunu
Prince Dutugemunu was a legendary Sri Lankan prince and later king renowned for unifying much of the island by defeating the Chola ruler Elara and strengthening Sinhalese Buddhist culture.
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D.
King of Lanka
King of Lanka is the mythological monarch of the island kingdom of Lanka in the Hindu epic Ramayana, most famously ruled by the demon-king Ravana.
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E.
Sri Vikrama Rajasinha
Sri Vikrama Rajasinha was the final king of the Sinhalese monarchy in Sri Lanka, whose reign ended with the British annexation of his kingdom in the early 19th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.