Upananda
E448503
Upananda is a figure in Buddhist tradition known primarily as the brother of Nanda, associated with the early circle of the Buddha’s relatives and disciples.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Upananda canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4512538 — 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: Upananda Context triple: [Nanda, brother, Upananda]
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A.
Upangas
Upangas are a group of secondary Jain scriptures that elaborate and supplement the teachings found in the primary Agamas.
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B.
Kadamtala
Kadamtala is a small settlement located on Middle Andaman Island in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India.
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C.
Kundagannada
Kundagannada is a regional dialect of the Kannada language spoken primarily in the coastal districts of Karnataka, India.
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D.
Prasuni
Prasuni is a Nuristani language spoken by a small community in the remote valleys of eastern Afghanistan.
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E.
Kausani
Kausani is a scenic hill town in Uttarakhand, India, renowned for its panoramic Himalayan views and tranquil natural surroundings.
- 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: Upananda Target entity description: Upananda is a figure in Buddhist tradition known primarily as the brother of Nanda, associated with the early circle of the Buddha’s relatives and disciples.
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A.
Upangas
Upangas are a group of secondary Jain scriptures that elaborate and supplement the teachings found in the primary Agamas.
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B.
Kadamtala
Kadamtala is a small settlement located on Middle Andaman Island in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India.
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C.
Kundagannada
Kundagannada is a regional dialect of the Kannada language spoken primarily in the coastal districts of Karnataka, India.
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D.
Prasuni
Prasuni is a Nuristani language spoken by a small community in the remote valleys of eastern Afghanistan.
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E.
Kausani
Kausani is a scenic hill town in Uttarakhand, India, renowned for its panoramic Himalayan views and tranquil natural surroundings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist monk
ⓘ
disciple of Gautama Buddha ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Sakya clan
ⓘ
linked to:
Shakya clan
Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ early circle of the Buddha’s relatives and disciples ⓘ |
| culture | ancient Indian ⓘ |
| follows | Dhamma ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasHonorific | Bhikkhu Upananda ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being a relative of the Buddha
ⓘ
being the brother of Nanda ⓘ |
| languageOfPrimarySources | Pali ⓘ |
| memberOf |
early Buddhist Sangha
ⓘ
linked to:
Sangha
|
| mentionedIn |
Pali Canon
ⓘ
linked to:
the Pali Canon
Sutta Pitaka ⓘ Vinaya Pitaka ⓘ |
| partOf | early Buddhist monastic community ⓘ |
| relativeOf |
Gautama Buddha
ⓘ
linked to:
Buddha
Nanda ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| roleInBuddhistCommunity | bhikkhu ⓘ |
| subjectOf | Buddhist commentarial literature ⓘ |
| timePeriod | lifetime of Gautama Buddha ⓘ |
| tradition | Theravada ⓘ |
| veneratedIn | Theravada Buddhist countries ⓘ |
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: Upananda Description of subject: Upananda is a figure in Buddhist tradition known primarily as the brother of Nanda, associated with the early circle of the Buddha’s relatives and disciples.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.