Maharishi
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Maharishi is an honorific Sanskrit title meaning "great sage," traditionally bestowed upon highly revered and enlightened rishis in Hinduism.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Maharishi canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17979991 — 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: Maharishi Context triple: [Pulastya, hasTitle, Maharishi]
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A.
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi was an Indian spiritual leader and guru who popularized meditation in the West and became internationally known through his association with the Beatles and the spread of his Transcendental Meditation movement.
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B.
Maharshi
Maharshi is a 2019 Telugu-language action drama film starring Mahesh Babu as a successful businessman who reconnects with his roots and champions farmers' rights.
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C.
Maharsha
Maharsha was a prominent 16th–17th century Talmudic scholar best known for his incisive analytical commentaries on the Talmud and Rashi/Tosafot, which are standard in traditional study.
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D.
Rishi Marichi
Rishi Marichi is a revered Vedic sage in Hindu tradition, regarded as one of the mind-born sons of Brahma and an ancestor of several prominent rishis.
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E.
Rishi Kanva
Rishi Kanva is an ancient Vedic sage traditionally associated with the Rigveda and revered as the progenitor of the Kanva lineage and its scholarly 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: Maharishi Target entity description: Maharishi is an honorific Sanskrit title meaning "great sage," traditionally bestowed upon highly revered and enlightened rishis in Hinduism.
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A.
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi was an Indian spiritual leader and guru who popularized meditation in the West and became internationally known through his association with the Beatles and the spread of his Transcendental Meditation movement.
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B.
Maharshi
Maharshi is a 2019 Telugu-language action drama film starring Mahesh Babu as a successful businessman who reconnects with his roots and champions farmers' rights.
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C.
Maharsha
Maharsha was a prominent 16th–17th century Talmudic scholar best known for his incisive analytical commentaries on the Talmud and Rashi/Tosafot, which are standard in traditional study.
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D.
Rishi Marichi
Rishi Marichi is a revered Vedic sage in Hindu tradition, regarded as one of the mind-born sons of Brahma and an ancestor of several prominent rishis.
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E.
Rishi Kanva
Rishi Kanva is an ancient Vedic sage traditionally associated with the Rigveda and revered as the progenitor of the Kanva lineage and its scholarly tradition.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.