Hikayats
E333844
Hikayats are a collection of narrative tales and moral stories included in the Sikh scripture Dasam Granth, traditionally attributed to Guru Gobind Singh.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hikayats canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3177090 — 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: Hikayats Context triple: [Dasam Granth, contains, Hikayats]
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A.
Tales
Tales is a collection of short stories by Amiri Baraka that reflects his politically charged, experimental, and African American–centered literary style.
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B.
Malay Hikayat Seri Rama
Malay Hikayat Seri Rama is a classical Malay literary adaptation of the Indian epic Ramayana, reinterpreting its characters and events within a local cultural and Islamic-influenced context.
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C.
Book of Dede Korkut
The Book of Dede Korkut is a seminal collection of heroic epic tales of the Oghuz Turks, blending myth, legend, and early Turkic cultural values and traditions.
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D.
Moralités légendaires
Moralités légendaires is a collection of ironic, symbolist prose poems and tales by Jules Laforgue that parody and reinterpret legendary and biblical figures.
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E.
Khwaday-Namag
Khwaday-Namag was a lost Middle Persian royal chronicle of pre-Islamic Iran that compiled legendary and historical accounts of Persian kings and served as a key source for later works like Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh.
- 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: Hikayats Target entity description: Hikayats are a collection of narrative tales and moral stories included in the Sikh scripture Dasam Granth, traditionally attributed to Guru Gobind Singh.
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A.
Tales
Tales is a collection of short stories by Amiri Baraka that reflects his politically charged, experimental, and African American–centered literary style.
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B.
Malay Hikayat Seri Rama
Malay Hikayat Seri Rama is a classical Malay literary adaptation of the Indian epic Ramayana, reinterpreting its characters and events within a local cultural and Islamic-influenced context.
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C.
Book of Dede Korkut
The Book of Dede Korkut is a seminal collection of heroic epic tales of the Oghuz Turks, blending myth, legend, and early Turkic cultural values and traditions.
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D.
Moralités légendaires
Moralités légendaires is a collection of ironic, symbolist prose poems and tales by Jules Laforgue that parody and reinterpret legendary and biblical figures.
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E.
Khwaday-Namag
Khwaday-Namag was a lost Middle Persian royal chronicle of pre-Islamic Iran that compiled legendary and historical accounts of Persian kings and served as a key source for later works like Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
collection of narrative tales
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religious literature ⓘ section of Dasam Granth ⓘ |
| associatedPeriod | late 17th century ⓘ |
| associatedWith | court of Guru Gobind Singh ⓘ |
| attributedTo | Guru Gobind Singh ⓘ |
| audience |
Persian-literate readers in the Sikh court
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Sikh community ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Mughal-era North India ⓘ |
| genre |
didactic narratives
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moral stories ⓘ narrative tales ⓘ |
| language |
Persian language
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surface form:
Persian
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| narrativeForm |
prose
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story cycle ⓘ |
| partOf | Dasam Granth ⓘ |
| purpose |
ethical teaching
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moral instruction ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Zafarnama ⓘ |
| religiousCanonStatus | included in Dasam Granth ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Sikhism ⓘ |
| scripturalContext | appears in Sikh scripture ⓘ |
| scripturalStatusDebate | subject of scholarly discussion on authorship and authenticity ⓘ |
| textualTradition | Sikh scriptural tradition ⓘ |
| theme |
consequences of moral and immoral actions
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divine support for righteousness ⓘ justice ⓘ morality ⓘ |
| usedFor |
ethical reflection
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religious education ⓘ |
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