Devi
E20132
Devi is the supreme goddess in Hinduism, embodying the divine feminine power (Shakti) in its many forms such as Durga, Parvati, Lakshmi, and Saraswati.
All labels observed (24)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Devi canonical | 20 |
| Durga | 20 |
| Lakshmi | 15 |
| Parvati | 10 |
| Shakti | 7 |
| Goddess Durga | 3 |
| Divine Mother | 2 |
| Durga Devi | 2 |
| Skandamata | 2 |
| Adi Parashakti | 1 |
| Bhadrakali | 1 |
| Devi is the source of the universe | 1 |
| Devi is the supreme reality | 1 |
| Durga Mata | 1 |
| Goddess Lakshmi | 1 |
| Goddess Parvati | 1 |
| Kamakhya | 1 |
| Mahakali | 1 |
| Menaka (in some traditions) | 1 |
| Sharada | 1 |
| Trimurti consort goddesses | 1 |
| Vagdevi | 1 |
| goddess Kali | 1 |
| goddess Sharada | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T152485 — 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: Devi Context triple: [Hinduism, hasDeity, Devi]
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A.
Shiva
Shiva is a principal Hindu god revered as the destroyer and transformer within the religion’s divine trinity, associated with asceticism, cosmic dance, and the cycle of creation and dissolution.
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B.
Vishnu
Vishnu is a principal Hindu god revered as the preserver and protector of the universe, often depicted with blue skin and four arms and associated with avatars such as Rama and Krishna.
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C.
Krishna
Krishna is a major river in southern India that flows through the states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh before emptying into the Bay of Bengal.
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D.
Krishna
Krishna is a major Hindu deity revered as the eighth avatar of Vishnu and celebrated for his roles as a divine lover, charioteer, and teacher in texts like the Bhagavad Gita and the Mahabharata.
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E.
Swayam
Swayam is an Indian government-backed online learning platform that provides free Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) from schools, colleges, and universities across the country.
- 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: Devi Target entity description: Devi is the supreme goddess in Hinduism, embodying the divine feminine power (Shakti) in its many forms such as Durga, Parvati, Lakshmi, and Saraswati.
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A.
Shiva
Shiva is a principal Hindu god revered as the destroyer and transformer within the religion’s divine trinity, associated with asceticism, cosmic dance, and the cycle of creation and dissolution.
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B.
Vishnu
Vishnu is a principal Hindu god revered as the preserver and protector of the universe, often depicted with blue skin and four arms and associated with avatars such as Rama and Krishna.
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C.
Krishna
Krishna is a major river in southern India that flows through the states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh before emptying into the Bay of Bengal.
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D.
Krishna
Krishna is a major Hindu deity revered as the eighth avatar of Vishnu and celebrated for his roles as a divine lover, charioteer, and teacher in texts like the Bhagavad Gita and the Mahabharata.
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E.
Swayam
Swayam is an Indian government-backed online learning platform that provides free Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) from schools, colleges, and universities across the country.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu goddess
ⓘ
personification of Shakti ⓘ supreme goddess ⓘ |
| associatedFestival |
Durga Puja
ⓘ
Lakshmi Puja ⓘ Navaratri ⓘ Saraswati Puja ⓘ |
| centralText |
Devi Bhagavata Purana
ⓘ
Devi Mahatmya ⓘ Devi Mahatmya ⓘ
surface form:
Durga Saptashati
Lalita Sahasranama ⓘ |
| cosmicRole |
source of the universe
ⓘ
ultimate reality in Shaktism ⓘ |
| embodies |
Devi
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Shakti
divine feminine power ⓘ |
| equatedWith |
Devi
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Adi Parashakti
Mahadevi ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasAspect |
Annapurna
ⓘ
Bhavani ⓘ Tripura Sundari ⓘ
surface form:
Bhuvaneshwari
Chandi ⓘ Devi self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Durga
Kali ⓘ Devi self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Kamakhya
Devi self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Lakshmi
Lalita ⓘ Devi self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Parvati
Saraswati ⓘ Tripura Sundari ⓘ |
| hasDevoteesCalled | Shaktas ⓘ |
| hasForm |
benevolent form
ⓘ
fierce form ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| meaningOfName | goddess ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
creation
ⓘ
destruction ⓘ fertility ⓘ preservation ⓘ prosperity ⓘ protection ⓘ wisdom ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Shaivism
ⓘ
Shaktism ⓘ Vaishnavism ⓘ |
| worshippedAs |
Asherah
ⓘ
surface form:
Mother Goddess
Great Mother ⓘ
surface form:
Universal Mother
|
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: Devi Description of subject: Devi is the supreme goddess in Hinduism, embodying the divine feminine power (Shakti) in its many forms such as Durga, Parvati, Lakshmi, and Saraswati.
Referenced by (96)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Lakshmi
this entity surface form:
Lakshmi
this entity surface form:
Shakti
this entity surface form:
Shakti
this entity surface form:
Lakshmi
this entity surface form:
Divine Mother
this entity surface form:
Durga
this entity surface form:
Lakshmi
this entity surface form:
Adi Parashakti
this entity surface form:
Durga
this entity surface form:
Parvati
this entity surface form:
Shakti
this entity surface form:
goddess Sharada
this entity surface form:
Goddess Parvati
this entity surface form:
Durga
this entity surface form:
Goddess Lakshmi
this entity surface form:
Durga
this entity surface form:
Shakti
this entity surface form:
Lakshmi
this entity surface form:
Lakshmi
this entity surface form:
Lakshmi