Nandaraja
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Nandaraja is an alternate name for Nanda Baba, the foster father of the Hindu deity Krishna and a revered figure in Vaishnavite tradition.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Nandaraja canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17937356 — 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: Nandaraja Context triple: [Nanda Baba, nameVariant, Nandaraja]
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A.
Nandiraj
Nandiraj is a tributary river that feeds into the Indravati River in central India.
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B.
Naranappa
Naranappa is a central, rebellious character in U. R. Ananthamurthy’s Kannada novel "Samskara," whose defiance of Brahminical norms triggers the story’s moral and spiritual crisis.
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C.
Pothuraju
Pothuraju is a fierce village guardian and folk deity in South Indian, especially Telangana, traditions, often portrayed as a muscular, mustachioed warrior who protects communities from evil.
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D.
Chakrapani
Chakrapani is a Hindu deity, regarded as a form of Lord Vishnu associated with the discus (chakra) and worshipped as the presiding god of the Chakrapani Temple.
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E.
Ransingha
Ransingha is a traditional curved brass or copper trumpet used in Himalayan folk music, especially in ceremonial and ritual contexts.
- 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: Nandaraja Target entity description: Nandaraja is an alternate name for Nanda Baba, the foster father of the Hindu deity Krishna and a revered figure in Vaishnavite tradition.
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A.
Nandiraj
Nandiraj is a tributary river that feeds into the Indravati River in central India.
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B.
Naranappa
Naranappa is a central, rebellious character in U. R. Ananthamurthy’s Kannada novel "Samskara," whose defiance of Brahminical norms triggers the story’s moral and spiritual crisis.
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C.
Pothuraju
Pothuraju is a fierce village guardian and folk deity in South Indian, especially Telangana, traditions, often portrayed as a muscular, mustachioed warrior who protects communities from evil.
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D.
Chakrapani
Chakrapani is a Hindu deity, regarded as a form of Lord Vishnu associated with the discus (chakra) and worshipped as the presiding god of the Chakrapani Temple.
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E.
Ransingha
Ransingha is a traditional curved brass or copper trumpet used in Himalayan folk music, especially in ceremonial and ritual contexts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.