Vidura
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Vidura is a wise and righteous counselor in the Mahabharata, renowned for his moral integrity and guidance to the Pandavas and the Kuru court.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vidura canonical | 34 |
| विदुर | 2 |
| Vidhura | 1 |
| Vidura and Dhritarashtra | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4515565 — 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: Vidura Context triple: [Pandavas, supportedBy, Vidura]
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A.
Sahadeva
Sahadeva is one of the five Pandava brothers in the Indian epic Mahabharata, renowned for his wisdom, knowledge of astrology, and loyalty.
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B.
Yudhishthira
Yudhishthira is the eldest of the Pandava brothers in the Indian epic Mahabharata, renowned for his unwavering commitment to truth, righteousness, and dharma.
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C.
Bhishma
Bhishma is a revered elder warrior and statesman of the Kuru dynasty in the Indian epic Mahabharata, renowned for his vow of celibacy, unwavering duty, and pivotal role in the Kurukshetra War.
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D.
Shatrughna
Shatrughna is a prince of Ayodhya in the Hindu epic Ramayana, known as the devoted younger brother of Rama and the twin of Lakshmana.
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E.
Dhṛtarāṣṭra
Dhṛtarāṣṭra is one of the Four Heavenly Kings in Buddhist tradition, revered as the guardian of the eastern direction and protector of the Dharma.
- 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: Vidura Target entity description: Vidura is a wise and righteous counselor in the Mahabharata, renowned for his moral integrity and guidance to the Pandavas and the Kuru court.
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A.
Sahadeva
Sahadeva is one of the five Pandava brothers in the Indian epic Mahabharata, renowned for his wisdom, knowledge of astrology, and loyalty.
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B.
Yudhishthira
Yudhishthira is the eldest of the Pandava brothers in the Indian epic Mahabharata, renowned for his unwavering commitment to truth, righteousness, and dharma.
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C.
Ugrasena
Ugrasena is a legendary king in Hindu mythology, known as a ruler of the Yadava clan and the grandfather of Krishna.
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D.
Bhishma
Bhishma is a revered elder warrior and statesman of the Kuru dynasty in the Indian epic Mahabharata, renowned for his vow of celibacy, unwavering duty, and pivotal role in the Kurukshetra War.
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E.
Shatrughna
Shatrughna is a prince of Ayodhya in the Hindu epic Ramayana, known as the devoted younger brother of Rama and the twin of Lakshmana.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character in the Mahabharata
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minister ⓘ prince of the Kuru dynasty ⓘ wise counselor ⓘ |
| advised |
Dhritarashtra
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Duryodhana ⓘ Yudhishthira ⓘ |
| affiliation | Kuru dynasty ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Mahabharata ⓘ |
| associatedWork | Vidura Niti ⓘ |
| basedOn | Yama ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Hastinapura ⓘ |
| category |
Hindu mythological figure
ⓘ
Mahabharata character ⓘ |
| criticized | Duryodhana’s injustice toward the Pandavas ⓘ |
| ethicalStandpoint | dharma ⓘ |
| father | Vyasa ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| halfBrotherOf |
Dhritarashtra
ⓘ
Pandu ⓘ |
| knownFor |
impartial counsel
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moral integrity ⓘ righteousness ⓘ wisdom ⓘ |
| languageOfText | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| loyalTo |
principles of dharma
ⓘ
throne of Hastinapura ⓘ |
| mother | maid of Ambika and Ambalika ⓘ |
| occupation |
counselor
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minister of Hastinapura ⓘ |
| opposed | game of dice against Yudhishthira ⓘ |
| relative |
Bhishma
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Dhritarashtra ⓘ Kauravas ⓘ Pandavas ⓘ Pandu ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| role |
advisor to Dhritarashtra
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advisor to the Pandavas ⓘ chief counselor to the Kuru court ⓘ |
| supported | Pandavas ⓘ |
| teaches |
dharma
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ethics ⓘ statecraft ⓘ |
| urged |
Dhritarashtra to stop the dice game
ⓘ
reconciliation between Kauravas and Pandavas ⓘ |
| virtue |
detachment
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justice ⓘ truthfulness ⓘ |
| warned | Kauravas about consequences of adharma ⓘ |
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: Vidura Description of subject: Vidura is a wise and righteous counselor in the Mahabharata, renowned for his moral integrity and guidance to the Pandavas and the Kuru court.
Referenced by (38)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Vidura
subject linked to:
Bhishma (in some traditions as co-disciple or associate)
subject linked to:
Udyoga Parva of the Mahabharata
linked to: Vidura
linked to: Vidura