Sugriva

E115376

Ramayana character Vanara king mythological character

Sugriva is the exiled monkey king in the Hindu epic Ramayana who allies with Rama to defeat the demon king Ravana and reclaim his own throne.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Sugriva canonical	13
King of Kishkindha	1
Sugriva (Sukhrip)	1
Sugriva and Vali	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T902477 — 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: Sugriva
Context triple: [Ramayana, mainCharacter, Sugriva]

A. Vibhishana
Vibhishana is a virtuous rakshasa prince in the Hindu epic Ramayana, known for abandoning his brother Ravana to ally with Rama and uphold dharma.
B. Rama
Rama is a major Hindu deity and the virtuous prince-king of Ayodhya, revered as the seventh avatar of Vishnu and hero of the epic Ramayana.
C. Sanjaya
Sanjaya was an early Javanese king traditionally regarded as the founder of the Mataram (Medang) Kingdom and the Sanjaya dynasty in Central Java.
D. Sanjaya
Sanjaya is the charioteer and seer in the Mahabharata who, granted divine vision, narrates the events of the Kurukshetra war to the blind king Dhritarashtra.
E. Hanuman
Hanuman is a revered Hindu deity known for his immense strength, unwavering devotion to Lord Rama, and central role in the epic Ramayana.
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: Sugriva
Target entity description: Sugriva is the exiled monkey king in the Hindu epic Ramayana who allies with Rama to defeat the demon king Ravana and reclaim his own throne.

A. Vibhishana
Vibhishana is a virtuous rakshasa prince in the Hindu epic Ramayana, known for abandoning his brother Ravana to ally with Rama and uphold dharma.
B. Rama
Rama is a major Hindu deity and the virtuous prince-king of Ayodhya, revered as the seventh avatar of Vishnu and hero of the epic Ramayana.
C. Sanjaya
Sanjaya was an early Javanese king traditionally regarded as the founder of the Mataram (Medang) Kingdom and the Sanjaya dynasty in Central Java.
D. Sanjaya
Sanjaya is the charioteer and seer in the Mahabharata who, granted divine vision, narrates the events of the Kurukshetra war to the blind king Dhritarashtra.
E. Hanuman
Hanuman is a revered Hindu deity known for his immense strength, unwavering devotion to Lord Rama, and central role in the epic Ramayana.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Ramayana character ⓘ Vanara king ⓘ mythological character ⓘ
allyOf	Rama ⓘ
appearsIn	Ramayana ⓘ
associatedRegion	Kishkindha region (often identified with parts of Karnataka, India) ⓘ
associatedWith	Hanuman ⓘ
brother	Vali ⓘ
commands	Vanara army ⓘ
culture	Ancient Indian ⓘ
devoteeOf	Rama ⓘ
enemyOf	Ravana ⓘ Vali ⓘ
formsAllianceAt	Rishyamukha mountain ⓘ surface form: Rishyamukha
friendOf	Rama ⓘ
genre	Itihasa (epic history) ⓘ
kingdom	Kishkindha ⓘ
languageTradition	Sanskrit epics ⓘ
leads	battle of Lanka ⓘ surface form: Vanara forces in the war against Ravana
moralTheme	justice in regaining rightful kingship ⓘ loyalty to allies ⓘ
notableAct	forming a pact of mutual assistance with Rama ⓘ helping in the search for Sita ⓘ participating in the siege of Lanka ⓘ
ordersSearchFor	Sita ⓘ
patronOf	Hanuman ⓘ
placeOfExile	Rishyamukha mountain ⓘ surface form: Rishyamukha
portrayedAs	initially fearful and later courageous ⓘ
promisesTo	help Rama find Sita ⓘ
reasonForExile	conflict with his brother Vali ⓘ
receivesPromiseFrom	Rama to kill Vali ⓘ
regainsThroneFrom	Vali ⓘ
regainsThroneWithHelpOf	Rama ⓘ
religion	Hinduism ⓘ
roleInWar	ally of Rama in the Lanka campaign ⓘ
sendsToSouth	Hanuman ⓘ
species	Vanara ⓘ
spouse	Ruma ⓘ Tara ⓘ
supportedBy	Hanuman ⓘ Vibhishana ⓘ surface form: Lakshmana Rama ⓘ
textualSource	Ramcharitmanas ⓘ Ramayana ⓘ surface form: Valmiki Ramayana
title	King of Kishkindha ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (16)

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

Ramayana → mainCharacter → Sugriva ⓘ

Hanuman → associatedWith → Sugriva ⓘ

Surya → fatherOf → Sugriva ⓘ

Vali → title → Sugriva ⓘ

this entity surface form: King of Kishkindha

Vali → brother → Sugriva ⓘ

Vali → successor → Sugriva ⓘ

Thai Ramakien → featuresCharacter → Sugriva ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sugriva (Sukhrip)

Vanaras → leader → Sugriva ⓘ

Vanaras → notableMember → Sugriva ⓘ

Kothandaramaswamy Temple → associatedWithFigure → Sugriva ⓘ

Kishkindha Kanda → featuresCharacter → Sugriva ⓘ

Sundara Kanda → importantCharacter → Sugriva ⓘ

Javanese Kakawin Ramayana → containsCharacter → Sugriva ⓘ

Yuddha Kanda → centralCharacter → Sugriva ⓘ

Kishkindha → ruledBy → Sugriva ⓘ

Kishkindha → conflictInvolves → Sugriva ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sugriva and Vali

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Referenced by (16)

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