Vasudeva Kanva
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Vasudeva Kanva was the founder of the Kanva dynasty in ancient India, which replaced the Shunga dynasty and ruled parts of northern India in the late 1st century BCE.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Vasudeva Kanva canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23170771 — 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: Vasudeva Kanva Context triple: [Devabhuti, successor, Vasudeva Kanva]
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A.
Rishi Kanva
Rishi Kanva is an ancient Vedic sage traditionally associated with the Rigveda and revered as the progenitor of the Kanva lineage and its scholarly tradition.
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B.
Shurasena
Shurasena was an ancient Yadava king of the Vrishni clan, known in Hindu tradition as the grandfather of Krishna and a prominent ruler in the Mahabharata era.
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C.
Govindagraj
Govindagraj is the literary pen name of noted Marathi writer and playwright Ram Ganesh Gadkari.
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D.
Mahāṛṣi Vasugupta
Mahāṛṣi Vasugupta was an influential Kashmiri Shaiva sage and philosopher traditionally credited with revealing or composing the foundational Shiva Sūtras of non-dual Kashmir Shaivism.
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E.
Rishi Marichi
Rishi Marichi is a revered Vedic sage in Hindu tradition, regarded as one of the mind-born sons of Brahma and an ancestor of several prominent rishis.
- 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: Vasudeva Kanva Target entity description: Vasudeva Kanva was the founder of the Kanva dynasty in ancient India, which replaced the Shunga dynasty and ruled parts of northern India in the late 1st century BCE.
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A.
Rishi Kanva
Rishi Kanva is an ancient Vedic sage traditionally associated with the Rigveda and revered as the progenitor of the Kanva lineage and its scholarly tradition.
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B.
Shurasena
Shurasena was an ancient Yadava king of the Vrishni clan, known in Hindu tradition as the grandfather of Krishna and a prominent ruler in the Mahabharata era.
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C.
Govindagraj
Govindagraj is the literary pen name of noted Marathi writer and playwright Ram Ganesh Gadkari.
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D.
Mahāṛṣi Vasugupta
Mahāṛṣi Vasugupta was an influential Kashmiri Shaiva sage and philosopher traditionally credited with revealing or composing the foundational Shiva Sūtras of non-dual Kashmir Shaivism.
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E.
Rishi Marichi
Rishi Marichi is a revered Vedic sage in Hindu tradition, regarded as one of the mind-born sons of Brahma and an ancestor of several prominent rishis.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.