Vichitravirya
E449617
Vichitravirya is a king from the Kuru dynasty in the Indian epic Mahabharata, known as the father of Dhritarashtra and Pandu and a key ancestral figure in the lineage leading to the Kauravas and Pandavas.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vichitravirya canonical | 20 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4523638 — 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: Vichitravirya Context triple: [Kauravas, grandfather, Vichitravirya]
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A.
Vaisesika
Vaisesika is one of the six classical schools of Indian philosophy, known for its atomistic metaphysics and detailed categorization of reality.
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B.
Vaishvanara
Vaishvanara is a Vedic epithet of the fire god Agni, emphasizing his universal, all-pervading aspect as the cosmic fire present in all beings.
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C.
Virūpākṣa
Virūpākṣa is one of the Four Heavenly Kings in Buddhist cosmology, revered as the guardian of the western direction and protector of the Dharma.
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D.
Virūḍhaka
Virūḍhaka is one of the Four Heavenly Kings in Buddhist cosmology, traditionally regarded as the guardian of the southern direction and protector of the Dharma.
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E.
Saravanabhava
Saravanabhava is an epithet of the Hindu god Kartikeya (Murugan), highlighting his mythological birth in the reeds of the Saravana lake.
- 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: Vichitravirya Target entity description: Vichitravirya is a king from the Kuru dynasty in the Indian epic Mahabharata, known as the father of Dhritarashtra and Pandu and a key ancestral figure in the lineage leading to the Kauravas and Pandavas.
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A.
Vaisesika
Vaisesika is one of the six classical schools of Indian philosophy, known for its atomistic metaphysics and detailed categorization of reality.
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B.
Vaishvanara
Vaishvanara is a Vedic epithet of the fire god Agni, emphasizing his universal, all-pervading aspect as the cosmic fire present in all beings.
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C.
Virūpākṣa
Virūpākṣa is one of the Four Heavenly Kings in Buddhist cosmology, revered as the guardian of the western direction and protector of the Dharma.
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D.
Virūḍhaka
Virūḍhaka is one of the Four Heavenly Kings in Buddhist cosmology, traditionally regarded as the guardian of the southern direction and protector of the Dharma.
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E.
Saravanabhava
Saravanabhava is an epithet of the Hindu god Kartikeya (Murugan), highlighting his mythological birth in the reeds of the Saravana lake.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Kuru king
ⓘ
character in the Mahabharata ⓘ mythological king ⓘ |
| ancestralFigureOf |
Kauravas
ⓘ
Pandavas ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Mahabharata ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Vyasa ⓘ |
| basedIn | Hastinapura ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | illness ⓘ |
| childlessAtDeath | true ⓘ |
| country |
Kuru kingdom
ⓘ
linked to:
Kuru Kingdom
|
| culture | Ancient Indian ⓘ |
| father |
Dhritarashtra
ⓘ
Pandu ⓘ Shantanu ⓘ Vidura ⓘ |
| genre | Itihasa ⓘ |
| grandfather |
Kauravas
ⓘ
Kuru princes ⓘ Pandavas ⓘ |
| house | House of Kuru ⓘ |
| languageOfNarrative | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Epic Sanskrit literature ⓘ |
| mother | Satyavati ⓘ |
| mythology | Hindu mythology ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a Kuru dynasty king
ⓘ
being ancestor of Kauravas ⓘ being ancestor of Pandavas ⓘ |
| partOf | Kuru dynasty ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Ruler of Kuru kingdom ⓘ |
| predecessor | Chitrangada ⓘ |
| relatedConcept | niyoga ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| sibling | Bhishma ⓘ |
| spouse |
Ambalika
ⓘ
Ambika ⓘ |
| stepSibling | Bhishma ⓘ |
| successor |
Dhritarashtra
ⓘ
Pandu ⓘ |
| title | King of Hastinapura ⓘ |
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: Vichitravirya Description of subject: Vichitravirya is a king from the Kuru dynasty in the Indian epic Mahabharata, known as the father of Dhritarashtra and Pandu and a key ancestral figure in the lineage leading to the Kauravas and Pandavas.
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.