Syama Sastri
E234746
Syama Sastri was a prominent 18th–19th century Carnatic composer, revered as one of the Trinity of Carnatic music alongside Tyagaraja and Muthuswami Dikshitar.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Syama Sastri canonical | 7 |
| Shyama Shastri | 1 |
| Śyāma Śāstri | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2092065 — 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: Syama Sastri Context triple: [Tyagaraja, contemporaryWith, Syama Sastri]
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A.
Sunetra Sastry
Sunetra Sastry is a British makeup artist best known for her long-term marriage to comedian and actor Rowan Atkinson.
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B.
Pu La Deshpande
Pu La Deshpande was a celebrated Marathi writer, humorist, actor, and music composer, renowned for his witty literature and influential contributions to Marathi arts and culture.
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C.
Manilal
Manilal was an Indian activist and the second son of Mahatma Gandhi, known for his work in South Africa and his role in promoting his father's principles.
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D.
Gangesha Upadhyaya
Gangesha Upadhyaya was a 12th–13th century Indian philosopher and logician, renowned as the founder of the Navya-Nyāya (New Logic) school through his seminal work Tattvacintāmaṇi.
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E.
S. Satyamurti
S. Satyamurti was a prominent Indian nationalist leader and Congress politician from Madras Presidency, known for his eloquence, constitutionalist approach, and key role in the freedom movement.
- 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: Syama Sastri Target entity description: Syama Sastri was a prominent 18th–19th century Carnatic composer, revered as one of the Trinity of Carnatic music alongside Tyagaraja and Muthuswami Dikshitar.
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A.
Sunetra Sastry
Sunetra Sastry is a British makeup artist best known for her long-term marriage to comedian and actor Rowan Atkinson.
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B.
Pu La Deshpande
Pu La Deshpande was a celebrated Marathi writer, humorist, actor, and music composer, renowned for his witty literature and influential contributions to Marathi arts and culture.
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C.
Manilal
Manilal was an Indian activist and the second son of Mahatma Gandhi, known for his work in South Africa and his role in promoting his father's principles.
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D.
Gangesha Upadhyaya
Gangesha Upadhyaya was a 12th–13th century Indian philosopher and logician, renowned as the founder of the Navya-Nyāya (New Logic) school through his seminal work Tattvacintāmaṇi.
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E.
S. Satyamurti
S. Satyamurti was a prominent Indian nationalist leader and Congress politician from Madras Presidency, known for his eloquence, constitutionalist approach, and key role in the freedom movement.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Carnatic composer
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classical composer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activeInCentury |
18th century
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19th century ⓘ |
| contemporaneousWith |
Muthuswami Dikshitar
ⓘ
Tyagaraja ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | India ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Carnatic classical tradition ⓘ |
| ethnicity |
Brahmins
ⓘ
surface form:
Tamil Brahmin
|
| fieldOfWork |
devotional music
ⓘ
music composition ⓘ |
| genre | Carnatic music ⓘ |
| hasHonor | revered as a saint-composer in Carnatic music ⓘ |
| honorificStatus | one of the Trinity of Carnatic music ⓘ |
| influenced |
Carnatic vocal tradition
ⓘ
later Carnatic composers ⓘ |
| knownFor |
complex rhythmic patterns in compositions
ⓘ
devotional compositions to Goddess Kamakshi ⓘ |
| legacy |
core repertoire in Carnatic concerts
ⓘ
studied in Carnatic music curricula ⓘ |
| mainDeityAddressed | Kamakshi ⓘ |
| mainTempleAssociated |
Kamakshi Amman Temple
ⓘ
surface form:
Kamakshi Amman Temple, Kanchipuram
|
| memberOf | Trinity of Carnatic music ⓘ |
| musicalFormUsed |
kriti
ⓘ
swarajati ⓘ |
| name |
Syama Sastri
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Shyama Shastri
Syama Sastri self-link ⓘ Syama Sastri self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Śyāma Śāstri
|
| notableWork |
Kamakshi Navavarna kritis
ⓘ
Swarajati “Kamakshi Anudinamu” ⓘ Swarajati “Kamakshi Anudinamu” ⓘ
surface form:
Swarajati “Kamakshi Padayugame”
Swarajati “Rave Himagiri Kumari” ⓘ |
| occupation |
composer
ⓘ
musician ⓘ |
| partOf |
Carnatic music
ⓘ
surface form:
South Indian classical music tradition
|
| primaryLanguageOfCompositions |
Sanskrit
ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ Telugu ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity | South India ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
elaborate tala (rhythmic) structures
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gamakas and ornamentation typical of Carnatic music ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Syama Sastri Description of subject: Syama Sastri was a prominent 18th–19th century Carnatic composer, revered as one of the Trinity of Carnatic music alongside Tyagaraja and Muthuswami Dikshitar.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Shyama Shastri
this entity surface form:
Śyāma Śāstri