Yaksha
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Yaksha is a nature spirit or guardian figure in Indian mythology, often depicted as a powerful, enigmatic being associated with treasures, forests, and moral testing.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Yaksha canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20129847 — 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: Yaksha Context triple: [Yaksha Prashna, featuresCharacter, Yaksha]
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A.
Yaksha
Yaksha is a famous modernist sculpture by Indian artist Ramkinkar Baij, celebrated for its monumental scale and dynamic, stylized form.
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B.
Yamāntaka
Yamāntaka is a wrathful tantric deity in Tibetan Buddhism, especially revered in the Gelug tradition as a fierce manifestation of Manjushri who conquers death and ignorance.
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C.
Shachi
Shachi, also known as Indrani, is the queen of the gods and the goddess of beauty and prosperity in Hindu mythology, revered as the wife of the god Indra.
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D.
Rakshasa
Rakshasa are powerful, shape-shifting demonic beings from Hindu mythology, often depicted as malevolent spirits or warriors who oppose gods and heroes in epic tales like the Ramayana.
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E.
Sraosha
Sraosha is a key Zoroastrian divinity associated with obedience, religious devotion, and the protection of the righteous, often depicted as a guardian against evil forces.
- 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: Yaksha Target entity description: Yaksha is a nature spirit or guardian figure in Indian mythology, often depicted as a powerful, enigmatic being associated with treasures, forests, and moral testing.
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A.
Yaksha
Yaksha is a famous modernist sculpture by Indian artist Ramkinkar Baij, celebrated for its monumental scale and dynamic, stylized form.
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B.
Yamāntaka
Yamāntaka is a wrathful tantric deity in Tibetan Buddhism, especially revered in the Gelug tradition as a fierce manifestation of Manjushri who conquers death and ignorance.
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C.
Shachi
Shachi, also known as Indrani, is the queen of the gods and the goddess of beauty and prosperity in Hindu mythology, revered as the wife of the god Indra.
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D.
Rakshasa
Rakshasa are powerful, shape-shifting demonic beings from Hindu mythology, often depicted as malevolent spirits or warriors who oppose gods and heroes in epic tales like the Ramayana.
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E.
Sraosha
Sraosha is a key Zoroastrian divinity associated with obedience, religious devotion, and the protection of the righteous, often depicted as a guardian against evil forces.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.