Nagasena
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Nagasena was a Buddhist monk and philosopher renowned for his dialogues on doctrine with the Indo-Greek king Menander I, recorded in the Milindapañha.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Nagasena canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17838951 — 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: Nagasena Context triple: [Menander I, dialogueWith, Nagasena]
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A.
Shurasena
Shurasena was an ancient Yadava king of the Vrishni clan, known in Hindu tradition as the grandfather of Krishna and a prominent ruler in the Mahabharata era.
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B.
Adishvara
Adishvara is an epithet of Rishabhanatha, revered in Jainism as the first Tirthankara and primordial spiritual teacher of the current time cycle.
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C.
Kashyapa
Kashyapa is a revered Vedic sage and progenitor in Hindu mythology, regarded as one of the ancient rishis and a patriarch of many gods, demons, and beings.
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D.
Nagarjuna
Nagarjuna was an influential Indian Buddhist philosopher, traditionally regarded as the founder of the Madhyamaka (Middle Way) school of Mahayana Buddhism.
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E.
Satyakāma Jābāla
Satyakāma Jābāla is a revered Vedic sage known for his exemplary truthfulness and devotion to spiritual knowledge, prominently featured in the Upanishadic tradition.
- 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: Nagasena Target entity description: Nagasena was a Buddhist monk and philosopher renowned for his dialogues on doctrine with the Indo-Greek king Menander I, recorded in the Milindapañha.
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A.
Shurasena
Shurasena was an ancient Yadava king of the Vrishni clan, known in Hindu tradition as the grandfather of Krishna and a prominent ruler in the Mahabharata era.
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B.
Adishvara
Adishvara is an epithet of Rishabhanatha, revered in Jainism as the first Tirthankara and primordial spiritual teacher of the current time cycle.
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C.
Kashyapa
Kashyapa is a revered Vedic sage and progenitor in Hindu mythology, regarded as one of the ancient rishis and a patriarch of many gods, demons, and beings.
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D.
Nagarjuna
Nagarjuna was an influential Indian Buddhist philosopher, traditionally regarded as the founder of the Madhyamaka (Middle Way) school of Mahayana Buddhism.
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E.
Satyakāma Jābāla
Satyakāma Jābāla is a revered Vedic sage known for his exemplary truthfulness and devotion to spiritual knowledge, prominently featured in the Upanishadic tradition.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.