Kashyapa
E448838
Kashyapa is a revered Vedic sage and progenitor in Hindu mythology, regarded as one of the ancient rishis and a patriarch of many gods, demons, and beings.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kashyapa canonical | 26 |
| Kāśyapa | 4 |
| Angiras | 2 |
| Kanada Kashyapa | 2 |
| Kashyapa (in many traditions) | 1 |
| Kashyapa (in some accounts) | 1 |
| Kashyapa (in some traditions) | 1 |
| Kāśyapa Mātaṅga | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4511960 — 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: Kashyapa Context triple: [Indra, father, Kashyapa]
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A.
Kapila
Kapila is an ancient Indian sage and philosopher traditionally regarded as the founder of the Samkhya school of Hindu philosophy.
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B.
Mahākāśyapa
Mahākāśyapa was one of the Buddha’s foremost disciples, revered in early Buddhism and Zen as the primary heir to the Buddha’s teaching and the first patriarch of the Zen lineage.
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C.
Mahendradatta
Mahendradatta was a Javanese queen and princess of the Isyana dynasty, known as the consort of King Udayana of Bali and the mother of King Airlangga of Java.
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D.
Somānanda
Somānanda was an early Kashmiri Śaiva philosopher and theologian whose non-dual Trika teachings helped lay the foundations for later thinkers like Abhinavagupta.
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E.
Vishvamitra
Vishvamitra is a revered sage and former king in Hindu mythology, renowned for his intense austerities, transformation into a Brahmarshi, and significant role as a mentor and protector of Rama in the Ramayana.
- 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: Kashyapa Target entity description: Kashyapa is a revered Vedic sage and progenitor in Hindu mythology, regarded as one of the ancient rishis and a patriarch of many gods, demons, and beings.
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A.
Kapila
Kapila is an ancient Indian sage and philosopher traditionally regarded as the founder of the Samkhya school of Hindu philosophy.
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B.
Mahākāśyapa
Mahākāśyapa was one of the Buddha’s foremost disciples, revered in early Buddhism and Zen as the primary heir to the Buddha’s teaching and the first patriarch of the Zen lineage.
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C.
Mahendradatta
Mahendradatta was a Javanese queen and princess of the Isyana dynasty, known as the consort of King Udayana of Bali and the mother of King Airlangga of Java.
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D.
Somānanda
Somānanda was an early Kashmiri Śaiva philosopher and theologian whose non-dual Trika teachings helped lay the foundations for later thinkers like Abhinavagupta.
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E.
Vishvamitra
Vishvamitra is a revered sage and former king in Hindu mythology, renowned for his intense austerities, transformation into a Brahmarshi, and significant role as a mentor and protector of Rama in the Ramayana.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (72)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Prajapati
ⓘ
Vedic sage ⓘ mythological figure ⓘ rishi ⓘ |
| associatedPlace | Kashmir ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
cosmic genealogy
ⓘ
creation of beings ⓘ |
| consortOf |
Aditi
ⓘ
Danu ⓘ Diti ⓘ Kadru ⓘ Vinata ⓘ |
| culture | Vedic ⓘ |
| domain | Vedic cosmology ⓘ |
| epithet |
father of gods and demons
ⓘ
universal progenitor ⓘ |
| etymologyAssociatedWith | name of Kashmir in some traditions ⓘ |
| fatherOf |
Adityas
ⓘ
Apsaras ⓘ Aruna ⓘ Ashvins ⓘ Daityas ⓘ Danavas ⓘ Gandharvas ⓘ Garuda ⓘ Maruts ⓘ Nagas ⓘ Rakshasas ⓘ Rudras ⓘ
linked to:
Rudra
Vasus ⓘ Yakshas ⓘ
linked to:
Yaksha
animals ⓘ birds ⓘ fish ⓘ humans ⓘ mountains ⓘ serpents ⓘ trees ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| lineage | Saptarishi ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Mahabharata
ⓘ
Puranas ⓘ Ramayana ⓘ Rigveda ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| role |
patriarch of gods and demons
ⓘ
progenitor of many beings ⓘ |
| spouse |
Aditi
ⓘ
Anala ⓘ Arishta ⓘ Bhasa ⓘ Danu ⓘ
linked to:
Ρέα
Dhritarashtri ⓘ
linked to:
Dhṛtarāṣṭra
Diti ⓘ Ira ⓘ Kadru ⓘ Khasa ⓘ Krodhavasha ⓘ Lata ⓘ Matrika ⓘ Muni ⓘ Purnima ⓘ Sarama ⓘ Shuki ⓘ Surabhi ⓘ Surasa ⓘ Syeni ⓘ Tamra ⓘ Timi ⓘ Vinata ⓘ |
| teacherOf | various sages ⓘ |
| title |
Prajapati Kashyapa
ⓘ
linked to:
Prajapatis
|
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: Kashyapa Description of subject: Kashyapa is a revered Vedic sage and progenitor in Hindu mythology, regarded as one of the ancient rishis and a patriarch of many gods, demons, and beings.
Referenced by (38)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Surya (sun) in Hinduism
subject linked to:
Holika and Prahlada
linked to: Kashyapa
linked to: Kashyapa
linked to: Kashyapa
subject linked to:
Hindu god Varuna
subject linked to:
serpent Vasuki
linked to: Kashyapa
linked to: Kashyapa
linked to: Kashyapa
linked to: Kashyapa
linked to: Kashyapa