King Dushyanta
E451466
King Dushyanta is a legendary monarch in ancient Indian literature, best known as the husband of Shakuntala and father of Emperor Bharata in the Mahabharata tradition.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| King Dushyanta canonical | 4 |
| Dushyanta | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4520042 — 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: King Dushyanta Context triple: [Story of Shakuntala, featuresCharacter, King Dushyanta]
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A.
King Shantanu
King Shantanu is a legendary monarch of the Kuru dynasty in the Indian epic Mahabharata, best known as the father of Bhishma and a key ancestor of the Pandavas and Kauravas.
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B.
King Janaka
King Janaka is a revered philosopher-king in ancient Indian tradition, best known as the wise ruler of Videha and the father of Sita in the Ramayana.
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C.
Dasharatha
Dasharatha is the legendary king of Ayodhya in Hindu mythology, best known as the father of Lord Rama.
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D.
Drupada
Drupada is a king in the Indian epic Mahabharata, best known as the ruler of Panchala and the father of Draupadi and Dhrishtadyumna.
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E.
King of Nishadha
King of Nishadha is a royal title in Hindu mythology held by Nala, the virtuous and skilled ruler famed from the Mahabharata.
- 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: King Dushyanta Target entity description: King Dushyanta is a legendary monarch in ancient Indian literature, best known as the husband of Shakuntala and father of Emperor Bharata in the Mahabharata tradition.
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A.
King Shantanu
King Shantanu is a legendary monarch of the Kuru dynasty in the Indian epic Mahabharata, best known as the father of Bhishma and a key ancestor of the Pandavas and Kauravas.
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B.
King Janaka
King Janaka is a revered philosopher-king in ancient Indian tradition, best known as the wise ruler of Videha and the father of Sita in the Ramayana.
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C.
Dasharatha
Dasharatha is the legendary king of Ayodhya in Hindu mythology, best known as the father of Lord Rama.
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D.
Drupada
Drupada is a king in the Indian epic Mahabharata, best known as the ruler of Panchala and the father of Draupadi and Dhrishtadyumna.
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E.
King of Nishadha
King of Nishadha is a royal title in Hindu mythology held by Nala, the virtuous and skilled ruler famed from the Mahabharata.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character in the Mahabharata
ⓘ
legendary king ⓘ mythological figure ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Abhijnanasakuntalam
ⓘ
linked to:
Story of Shakuntala
Mahabharata ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Naimisha forest
ⓘ
hermitage of sage Kanva ⓘ |
| associatedWithAuthor |
Kalidasa
ⓘ
Vyasa ⓘ |
| associatedWithConcept | founding of the Bharata lineage ⓘ |
| associatedWithDynasty | Lunar dynasty ⓘ |
| associatedWithText |
Adi Parva of the Mahabharata
ⓘ
linked to:
Adi Parva
|
| centralTheme |
dharma and duty
ⓘ
love and separation ⓘ royal lineage ⓘ |
| child | Bharata ⓘ |
| countryInMyth | India ⓘ |
| culture | ancient Indian ⓘ |
| ethnicContext | Kuru lineage ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genreOfAppearance |
drama
ⓘ
epic ⓘ |
| hasVariantName | Dushmanta ⓘ |
| influenced |
later Indian literary depictions of kingship
ⓘ
romantic narratives in Sanskrit literature ⓘ |
| kingdom | Hastinapura ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being father of Emperor Bharata
ⓘ
love story with Shakuntala ⓘ marriage to Shakuntala ⓘ role in origin story of Kuru dynasty ⓘ |
| languageOfTradition | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| literaryTradition |
Itihasa
ⓘ
classical Sanskrit drama ⓘ |
| mythologicalStatus | legendary rather than historical ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
ancestor of the Kauravas
ⓘ
ancestor of the Pandavas ⓘ |
| notableWork | Mahabharata ⓘ |
| occupation | monarch ⓘ |
| realm |
Bharata-varsha
ⓘ
linked to:
Bharata (India)
|
| relativeByMarriage | sage Kanva ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| role | ruler ⓘ |
| sourceTradition | Hindu epic tradition ⓘ |
| spouse | Shakuntala ⓘ |
| timePeriodInMyth | mythic ancient India ⓘ |
| title | King ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: King Dushyanta Description of subject: King Dushyanta is a legendary monarch in ancient Indian literature, best known as the husband of Shakuntala and father of Emperor Bharata in the Mahabharata tradition.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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linked to: King Dushyanta