Dushmanta
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Dushmanta is a legendary king in ancient Indian literature, best known from the Mahabharata and Kalidasa’s play "Abhijnanashakuntalam" as the husband of Shakuntala and father of Emperor Bharata.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dushmanta canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18477361 — 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: Dushmanta Context triple: [King Dushyanta, hasVariantName, Dushmanta]
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A.
Dasharathi
Dasharathi is an epithet of the Hindu deity Rama, highlighting him as the son of King Dasharatha.
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B.
Vishnukumara
Vishnukumara was a 10th-century Khmer official associated with the construction and patronage of the intricately carved Banteay Srei temple in Cambodia.
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C.
Dhrishta
Dhrishta is a figure in Hindu mythology known as one of the sons of Shraddhadeva Manu, associated with the early dynastic lineages of humanity.
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D.
Satyavan
Satyavan is a virtuous prince in the Indian epic Mahabharata, best known as the husband of Savitri whose devotion wins him back from death.
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E.
Yayati
Yayati is a legendary king from Hindu mythology, known as a progenitor of several royal lineages and for the tale in which he exchanges his old age with his son's youth.
- 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: Dushmanta Target entity description: Dushmanta is a legendary king in ancient Indian literature, best known from the Mahabharata and Kalidasa’s play "Abhijnanashakuntalam" as the husband of Shakuntala and father of Emperor Bharata.
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A.
Dasharathi
Dasharathi is an epithet of the Hindu deity Rama, highlighting him as the son of King Dasharatha.
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B.
Vishnukumara
Vishnukumara was a 10th-century Khmer official associated with the construction and patronage of the intricately carved Banteay Srei temple in Cambodia.
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C.
Dhrishta
Dhrishta is a figure in Hindu mythology known as one of the sons of Shraddhadeva Manu, associated with the early dynastic lineages of humanity.
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D.
Satyavan
Satyavan is a virtuous prince in the Indian epic Mahabharata, best known as the husband of Savitri whose devotion wins him back from death.
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E.
Yayati
Yayati is a legendary king from Hindu mythology, known as a progenitor of several royal lineages and for the tale in which he exchanges his old age with his son's youth.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.