Śulba (measuring cord)
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Śulba is the sacred measuring cord used in ancient Vedic ritual geometry to lay out altars and fire-sacrifices according to the rules later codified in the Śulbasūtras.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Śulba (measuring cord) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20160511 — 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: Śulba (measuring cord) Context triple: [Shulbasutras, relatedTo, Śulba (measuring cord)]
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Shulbasutras
The Shulbasutras are ancient Indian texts that form part of the Vedic corpus, detailing geometric rules and constructions primarily for the proper layout of Vedic fire altars.
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B.
Lilavati
Lilavati is a 12th-century Indian mathematical treatise by Bhāskara II, renowned for its poetic presentation of arithmetic and algebraic problems.
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Baudhayana
Baudhayana was an ancient Indian Vedic sage and scholar, traditionally regarded as an early author of ritual, legal, and mathematical texts including one of the oldest known Dharmasutras.
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D.
Shanku Yantra
Shanku Yantra is an ancient gnomon-based sundial instrument at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi used for measuring time and the Sun’s position.
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Misra Yantra
Misra Yantra is an astronomical instrument at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, historically used to measure time and celestial positions with high precision.
- 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: Śulba (measuring cord) Target entity description: Śulba is the sacred measuring cord used in ancient Vedic ritual geometry to lay out altars and fire-sacrifices according to the rules later codified in the Śulbasūtras.
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A.
Shulbasutras
The Shulbasutras are ancient Indian texts that form part of the Vedic corpus, detailing geometric rules and constructions primarily for the proper layout of Vedic fire altars.
-
B.
Lilavati
Lilavati is a 12th-century Indian mathematical treatise by Bhāskara II, renowned for its poetic presentation of arithmetic and algebraic problems.
-
C.
Baudhayana
Baudhayana was an ancient Indian Vedic sage and scholar, traditionally regarded as an early author of ritual, legal, and mathematical texts including one of the oldest known Dharmasutras.
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D.
Shanku Yantra
Shanku Yantra is an ancient gnomon-based sundial instrument at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi used for measuring time and the Sun’s position.
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E.
Misra Yantra
Misra Yantra is an astronomical instrument at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, historically used to measure time and celestial positions with high precision.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.