Vaishampayana
E453075
Vaishampayana is an ancient sage and disciple of Vyasa, best known in Hindu tradition for reciting and transmitting the Mahabharata.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vaishampayana canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4519796 — 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: Vaishampayana Context triple: [Vyasa, teacherOf, Vaishampayana]
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A.
Vyasa
Vyasa is the legendary sage in Hindu tradition credited with composing and compiling the Mahabharata and organizing the Vedas.
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B.
Valmiki
Valmiki is the revered ancient Indian sage traditionally credited with composing the epic Sanskrit poem Ramayana.
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C.
Bharata Muni
Bharata Muni is the ancient Indian sage traditionally credited with authoring the Nāṭyaśāstra, the foundational treatise on Sanskrit dramaturgy, performance, and aesthetic theory.
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D.
Vatsyayana
Vatsyayana was an influential ancient Indian philosopher best known for his authoritative commentaries on the Nyaya school of logic and epistemology.
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E.
Devarishi Narada
Devarishi Narada is a revered sage and divine messenger in Hindu tradition, known for traveling between worlds to spread wisdom, devotion, and news among gods and humans.
- 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: Vaishampayana Target entity description: Vaishampayana is an ancient sage and disciple of Vyasa, best known in Hindu tradition for reciting and transmitting the Mahabharata.
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A.
Vyasa
Vyasa is the legendary sage in Hindu tradition credited with composing and compiling the Mahabharata and organizing the Vedas.
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B.
Valmiki
Valmiki is the revered ancient Indian sage traditionally credited with composing the epic Sanskrit poem Ramayana.
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C.
Bharata Muni
Bharata Muni is the ancient Indian sage traditionally credited with authoring the Nāṭyaśāstra, the foundational treatise on Sanskrit dramaturgy, performance, and aesthetic theory.
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D.
Vatsyayana
Vatsyayana was an influential ancient Indian philosopher best known for his authoritative commentaries on the Nyaya school of logic and epistemology.
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E.
Devarishi Narada
Devarishi Narada is a revered sage and divine messenger in Hindu tradition, known for traveling between worlds to spread wisdom, devotion, and news among gods and humans.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
disciple
ⓘ
mythological figure ⓘ rishi ⓘ sage ⓘ |
| associatedWithDynasty |
Kuru dynasty (through Janamejaya)
ⓘ
linked to:
Kuru dynasty
|
| associatedWithRitual | snake sacrifice of Janamejaya ⓘ |
| associatedWork | Mahabharata ⓘ |
| cosmicTimeContext | Dvapara Yuga ⓘ |
| culturalContext | ancient India ⓘ |
| discipleOf | Vyasa ⓘ |
| epithet | disciple of Dvaipayana Vyasa ⓘ |
| genreAssociatedWith |
epic
ⓘ
itihasa ⓘ |
| guruParampara | disciple of Vyasa in the Vedic tradition ⓘ |
| knownFor |
reciting the Mahabharata
ⓘ
transmitting the Mahabharata ⓘ |
| languageContext | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| lineageRole | link between Vyasa and later hearers of the Mahabharata ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Harivamsa
ⓘ
Mahabharata ⓘ Puranas ⓘ |
| narratedTo | Janamejaya ⓘ |
| narrativeFrameFunction | relates Vyasa’s composition to Janamejaya’s snake sacrifice ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| role |
preserver of oral tradition
ⓘ
reciter of epic lore ⓘ |
| roleInText | primary narrator of the Mahabharata to King Janamejaya ⓘ |
| teacher | Vyasa ⓘ |
| teacherOf |
Janamejaya (as narrator and adviser)
ⓘ
linked to:
Janamejaya
|
| tradition | Itihasa tradition ⓘ |
| transmissionMode | oral recitation ⓘ |
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: Vaishampayana Description of subject: Vaishampayana is an ancient sage and disciple of Vyasa, best known in Hindu tradition for reciting and transmitting the Mahabharata.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Udyoga Parva of the Mahabharata