Waheguru

E304693

central concept in Sikhism name of God in Sikhism supreme God

Waheguru is the supreme, formless God in Sikhism, revered as the ultimate, all-pervading divine being.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Akal Purakh	9
Waheguru canonical	2
Akal Purakh (Timeless One)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2873348 — 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: Waheguru
Context triple: [Harmandir Sahib, dedicatedTo, Waheguru]

A. Akal Ustat
Akal Ustat is a Sikh devotional composition by Guru Gobind Singh that praises the timeless, formless God and emphasizes the unity of humanity beyond caste, creed, and religion.
B. Harmandir Sahib
Harmandir Sahib, also known as the Golden Temple, is the holiest gurdwara and major pilgrimage site of Sikhism located in Amritsar, India.
C. Kripa
Kripa is a revered warrior and sage in the Mahabharata, known as one of the few survivors of the Kurukshetra war and respected as a wise teacher and counselor.
D. Sane Guruji
Sane Guruji was a renowned Marathi writer, freedom fighter, and social reformer known for his deeply humanistic and emotionally resonant literature.
E. Kalki
Kalki is the prophesied future incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu who is foretold to appear at the end of the current age to restore righteousness and cosmic order.
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: Waheguru
Target entity description: Waheguru is the supreme, formless God in Sikhism, revered as the ultimate, all-pervading divine being.

A. Akal Ustat
Akal Ustat is a Sikh devotional composition by Guru Gobind Singh that praises the timeless, formless God and emphasizes the unity of humanity beyond caste, creed, and religion.
B. Harmandir Sahib
Harmandir Sahib, also known as the Golden Temple, is the holiest gurdwara and major pilgrimage site of Sikhism located in Amritsar, India.
C. Kripa
Kripa is a revered warrior and sage in the Mahabharata, known as one of the few survivors of the Kurukshetra war and respected as a wise teacher and counselor.
D. Sane Guruji
Sane Guruji was a renowned Marathi writer, freedom fighter, and social reformer known for his deeply humanistic and emotionally resonant literature.
E. Kalki
Kalki is the prophesied future incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu who is foretold to appear at the end of the current age to restore righteousness and cosmic order.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	central concept in Sikhism ⓘ name of God in Sikhism ⓘ supreme God ⓘ
associatedWithConcept	Hukam (Divine Will) ⓘ Ik Onkar ⓘ Naam (Divine Name) ⓘ Shabad ⓘ surface form: Shabad (Divine Word)
attribute	beyond birth ⓘ creator ⓘ destroyer ⓘ eternal ⓘ fearless ⓘ grace-giving ⓘ merciful ⓘ omnipotent ⓘ omnipresent ⓘ omniscient ⓘ self-existent ⓘ sustainer ⓘ timeless ⓘ truth ⓘ without enmity ⓘ
centralToDoctrine	Sikh monotheism ⓘ
describedIn	Guru Granth Sahib ⓘ Guru Granth Sahib ⓘ surface form: Sikh scriptures
formInIconography	not represented by idols ⓘ
genderConcept	beyond gender ⓘ
hasForm	formless ⓘ
invokedByPhrase	Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh ⓘ
languageOfName	Punjabi ⓘ
meaningAsUnderstoodBySikhs	Wonderful Lord ⓘ
nature	all-pervading ⓘ immanent ⓘ transcendent ⓘ
primaryDevotionalFocus	Sikh prayer and meditation ⓘ
recognizedBy	all ten Sikh Gurus ⓘ
relatedConcept	Waheguru self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Akal Purakh Nirankar ⓘ Satnam ⓘ
relationshipToCreation	both within creation and beyond creation ⓘ
religion	Sikhism ⓘ
reveredAs	one God ⓘ supreme being ⓘ ultimate reality ⓘ
worshippedBy	Sikh people ⓘ surface form: Sikhs
worshipPractice	meditation on Naam ⓘ repetition of the word Waheguru ⓘ

How these facts were elicited