Vamana
E148038
Vamana is the dwarf Brahmin incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu, known for subduing the demon king Bali through a request for three strides of land that he then expansively claimed.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vamana canonical | 26 |
| Trivikrama (Vamana) Vishnu | 1 |
| Vaman | 1 |
| Vamana and King Bali | 1 |
| Vamana avatar | 1 |
| Vamana avatar of Vishnu | 1 |
| Vamana-Trivikrama | 1 |
| Vāmana | 1 |
| cosmic strides of Vamana | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T902576 — 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: Vamana Context triple: [Vishnu, avatar, Vamana]
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A.
Narasimha
Narasimha is the fierce man-lion incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu, known for destroying the demon king Hiranyakashipu to protect his devotee Prahlada.
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B.
Babruvahana
Babruvahana is a character in the Indian epic Mahabharata, known as the son of the Pandava prince Arjuna and the princess Chitrangada, and as a skilled warrior and later ruler of Manipura.
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C.
Vakratunda
Vakratunda is a revered aspect of the Hindu deity Ganesha, depicted with a curved trunk and associated with the removal of obstacles and the subduing of evil forces.
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D.
Kubera
Kubera is the Hindu god of wealth and the treasurer of the gods, revered as the lord of riches and prosperity.
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E.
Narayana
Narayana is a revered name of the Hindu god Vishnu, especially associated with his role as the supreme preserver and sustainer of the universe.
- 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: Vamana Target entity description: Vamana is the dwarf Brahmin incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu, known for subduing the demon king Bali through a request for three strides of land that he then expansively claimed.
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A.
Narasimha
Narasimha is the fierce man-lion incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu, known for destroying the demon king Hiranyakashipu to protect his devotee Prahlada.
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B.
Babruvahana
Babruvahana is a character in the Indian epic Mahabharata, known as the son of the Pandava prince Arjuna and the princess Chitrangada, and as a skilled warrior and later ruler of Manipura.
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C.
Vakratunda
Vakratunda is a revered aspect of the Hindu deity Ganesha, depicted with a curved trunk and associated with the removal of obstacles and the subduing of evil forces.
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D.
Kubera
Kubera is the Hindu god of wealth and the treasurer of the gods, revered as the lord of riches and prosperity.
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E.
Narayana
Narayana is a revered name of the Hindu god Vishnu, especially associated with his role as the supreme preserver and sustainer of the universe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu deity
ⓘ
Trivikrama form ⓘ avatar of Vishnu ⓘ mythological figure ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Agni Purana
ⓘ
Bhagavata Purana ⓘ Mahabharata ⓘ Padma Purana ⓘ Puranas ⓘ Vishnu Purana ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Asuras
ⓘ
linked to:
Asura
Bali ⓘ Vaishnavism ⓘ Vishnu ⓘ |
| avatarNumber | fifth avatar of Vishnu ⓘ |
| dashavataraPosition | fifth ⓘ |
| epithet |
Trivikrama
ⓘ
Upendra ⓘ Urukrama ⓘ |
| festival | Onam ⓘ |
| grantedTo | Bali allowed to visit his people once a year ⓘ |
| groupMembership | Adityas ⓘ |
| iconography |
depicted as a short Brahmin dwarf
ⓘ
shown holding an umbrella ⓘ shown with water pot (kamandalu) ⓘ |
| knownFor |
expanding to cover the universe in three steps
ⓘ
humbling the pride of Bali ⓘ requesting three strides of land ⓘ restoring cosmic order ⓘ subduing king Bali ⓘ |
| memberOf | Dashavatara ⓘ |
| narrativeEvent |
approached Bali during a sacrifice
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asked Bali for three paces of land ⓘ expanded to cosmic size to measure the three worlds ⓘ sent Bali to the netherworld (Patala) ⓘ |
| parents |
Aditi
ⓘ
Kashyapa ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| role |
dwarf Brahmin incarnation of Vishnu
ⓘ
upholder of dharma ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
cosmic sovereignty of Vishnu
ⓘ
humility ⓘ restoration of divine authority ⓘ |
| textType | Puranic narrative ⓘ |
| weapon |
chakra
ⓘ
gada ⓘ padma ⓘ shankha ⓘ |
| worshippedDuring | Onam ⓘ |
| worshippedIn |
India
ⓘ
Kerala ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Vamana Description of subject: Vamana is the dwarf Brahmin incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu, known for subduing the demon king Bali through a request for three strides of land that he then expansively claimed.
Referenced by (34)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Badami cave temples
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subject linked to:
Alaṅkāraśāstra (Sanskrit poetics)
linked to: Vamana
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