Agnicayana
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Agnicayana is an elaborate Vedic fire ritual of ancient India, renowned as one of the most complex and symbolically rich sacrificial ceremonies in the Śrauta tradition.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Agnicayana canonical | 1 |
| Agnicayana ritual | 1 |
| Vedic yajna | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19594122 — 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: Agnicayana Context triple: [Atiratra, relatedRitual, Agnicayana]
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A.
Yajna
Yajna is a royal epithet associated with the Satavahana dynasty, notably borne by the ruler Yajna Sri Satakarni in ancient India.
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B.
Somayajna
Somayajna is a Vedic sacrificial ritual centered on the preparation and offering of the sacred Soma drink to deities through elaborate ceremonial procedures.
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C.
Panchayatana puja
Panchayatana puja is a Smarta Hindu worship practice that venerates five principal deities together—typically Shiva, Vishnu, Shakti, Ganesha, and Surya—as different manifestations of the same ultimate reality.
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D.
RajasuyaYajna
RajasuyaYajna is a grand Vedic royal consecration ritual, famously performed by Yudhishthira in the Mahabharata to proclaim his imperial sovereignty over other kings.
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E.
Yadnya Kasada ceremony
The Yadnya Kasada ceremony is an annual Hindu ritual of the Tenggerese people in East Java, Indonesia, in which offerings are cast into the crater of Mount Bromo to honor ancestral spirits and deities.
- 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: Agnicayana Target entity description: Agnicayana is an elaborate Vedic fire ritual of ancient India, renowned as one of the most complex and symbolically rich sacrificial ceremonies in the Śrauta tradition.
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A.
Yajna
Yajna is a royal epithet associated with the Satavahana dynasty, notably borne by the ruler Yajna Sri Satakarni in ancient India.
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B.
Somayajna
Somayajna is a Vedic sacrificial ritual centered on the preparation and offering of the sacred Soma drink to deities through elaborate ceremonial procedures.
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C.
Panchayatana puja
Panchayatana puja is a Smarta Hindu worship practice that venerates five principal deities together—typically Shiva, Vishnu, Shakti, Ganesha, and Surya—as different manifestations of the same ultimate reality.
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D.
RajasuyaYajna
RajasuyaYajna is a grand Vedic royal consecration ritual, famously performed by Yudhishthira in the Mahabharata to proclaim his imperial sovereignty over other kings.
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E.
Yadnya Kasada ceremony
The Yadnya Kasada ceremony is an annual Hindu ritual of the Tenggerese people in East Java, Indonesia, in which offerings are cast into the crater of Mount Bromo to honor ancestral spirits and deities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Agnicayana
linked to: Agnicayana