Meera Bai

E338100

Bhakti movement saint Hindu mystic poet-saint devotional poet

Meera Bai was a 16th-century Hindu mystic poet-saint of the Bhakti movement, renowned for her devotional songs dedicated to Lord Krishna.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Mirabai	9
Meera Bai canonical	2
16th-century Indian mystic Mirabai	1
Hindu mystic poet Mirabai	1
Meerabai	1
Mirabai (as spiritual subject)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3208016 — 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: Meera Bai
Context triple: [Braj Bhasha, hasNotablePoet, Meera Bai]

A. Laxmibai
Laxmibai was the wife of the renowned Kannada poet and Jnanpith awardee D. R. Bendre.
B. Jahnmohini Devi
Jahnmohini Devi was the mother of renowned 19th-century Bengali poet and dramatist Michael Madhusudan Dutt.
C. Shyamasundari Devi
Shyamasundari Devi was the mother of Sarada Devi, the spiritual consort of Sri Ramakrishna and a revered figure in the Ramakrishna tradition.
D. Rajlakshmi Devi
Rajlakshmi Devi was the wife of renowned Bengali novelist and poet Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, a key figure of the Bengali Renaissance.
E. Kamleshwari Devi
Kamleshwari Devi was the mother of Dr. Rajendra Prasad, the first President of independent India.
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: Meera Bai
Target entity description: Meera Bai was a 16th-century Hindu mystic poet-saint of the Bhakti movement, renowned for her devotional songs dedicated to Lord Krishna.

A. Laxmibai
Laxmibai was the wife of the renowned Kannada poet and Jnanpith awardee D. R. Bendre.
B. Jahnmohini Devi
Jahnmohini Devi was the mother of renowned 19th-century Bengali poet and dramatist Michael Madhusudan Dutt.
C. Shyamasundari Devi
Shyamasundari Devi was the mother of Sarada Devi, the spiritual consort of Sri Ramakrishna and a revered figure in the Ramakrishna tradition.
D. Rajlakshmi Devi
Rajlakshmi Devi was the wife of renowned Bengali novelist and poet Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, a key figure of the Bengali Renaissance.
E. Kamleshwari Devi
Kamleshwari Devi was the mother of Dr. Rajendra Prasad, the first President of independent India.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Bhakti movement saint ⓘ Hindu mystic poet-saint ⓘ devotional poet ⓘ
associatedWithDeity	Krishna ⓘ
associatedWithPlace	Mewar ⓘ Rajasthan ⓘ
century	16th century ⓘ
culturalInfluence	Bhakti literature ⓘ North Indian devotional music ⓘ
devoteeOf	Krishna ⓘ surface form: Lord Krishna
gender	female ⓘ
hasWorkAttribute	oral transmission of songs ⓘ sung as bhajans in temples ⓘ
honorificTitle	Meera Bai self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Meerabai Sant Meera ⓘ
influenced	devotional music traditions in India ⓘ later Bhakti poets ⓘ
knownFor	Krishna bhakti poetry ⓘ devotional songs dedicated to Lord Krishna ⓘ
languageOfWork	Braj Bhasha ⓘ Hindi ⓘ Rajasthani ⓘ
legacy	inspiration for women devotees in Hinduism ⓘ major female figure in Bhakti movement ⓘ symbol of devotion to Krishna ⓘ
literaryGenre	bhajan ⓘ devotional poetry ⓘ
movement	Bhakti movement ⓘ
occupation	composer of bhajans ⓘ poet ⓘ saint ⓘ
philosophicalOrientation	intense emotional bhakti ⓘ personal devotion over ritualism ⓘ
portrayedIn	Indian films ⓘ stage plays ⓘ television serials ⓘ
religion	Hinduism ⓘ
spouse	Bhoj Raj ⓘ
theme	divine love for Krishna ⓘ personal devotion ⓘ separation from the divine ⓘ
tradition	Vaishnavism ⓘ
veneratedAs	saint ⓘ
veneratedIn	Hinduism ⓘ

How these facts were elicited