Ṛta
E465606
Ṛta is the Vedic principle of cosmic order and truth that governs both the natural world and moral law.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Asha (truth and order) | 1 |
| Asha (truth, order) | 1 |
| maat (cosmic order) | 1 |
| rta (cosmic order in Vedic thought) | 1 |
| Ṛta canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4738536 — 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: Ṛta Context triple: [Mitra, associatedWith, Ṛta]
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A.
Savitrī
Savitrī is a legendary heroine from the Mahābhārata renowned for her unwavering devotion and intelligence, who wins back her husband’s life from the god of death through courage and spiritual resolve.
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B.
Gayatri
Gayatri is a highly revered Vedic poetic meter consisting of three lines of eight syllables each, widely used in Hindu sacred hymns and mantras.
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C.
Dyaus Pitar
Dyaus Pitar is the ancient Vedic sky god, regarded as a primordial father figure and etymological cognate of the Greek Zeus and Roman Jupiter.
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D.
Vivasvan
Vivasvan is a Vedic epithet of the Hindu sun god, revered as a solar deity and progenitor of humanity in ancient Indian scriptures.
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E.
Savitri
Savitri is a heroic and devoted figure from Hindu mythology, celebrated for her unwavering love, intelligence, and determination in winning back her husband’s life from the god of death.
- 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: Ṛta Target entity description: Ṛta is the Vedic principle of cosmic order and truth that governs both the natural world and moral law.
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A.
Savitrī
Savitrī is a legendary heroine from the Mahābhārata renowned for her unwavering devotion and intelligence, who wins back her husband’s life from the god of death through courage and spiritual resolve.
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B.
Gayatri
Gayatri is a highly revered Vedic poetic meter consisting of three lines of eight syllables each, widely used in Hindu sacred hymns and mantras.
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C.
Dyaus Pitar
Dyaus Pitar is the ancient Vedic sky god, regarded as a primordial father figure and etymological cognate of the Greek Zeus and Roman Jupiter.
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D.
Vivasvan
Vivasvan is a Vedic epithet of the Hindu sun god, revered as a solar deity and progenitor of humanity in ancient Indian scriptures.
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E.
Savitri
Savitri is a heroic and devoted figure from Hindu mythology, celebrated for her unwavering love, intelligence, and determination in winning back her husband’s life from the god of death.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Vedic concept
ⓘ
cosmic order ⓘ moral law principle ⓘ religious principle ⓘ |
| aspectOf | Vedic worldview ⓘ |
| associatedWithConcept |
Dharma
ⓘ
Karma ⓘ Satya ⓘ |
| associatedWithDeity |
Agni
ⓘ
Indra ⓘ Mitra ⓘ Varuṇa ⓘ |
| category |
Hindu cosmological concept
ⓘ
Hindu ethical concept ⓘ Hindu philosophical concept ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | anṛta ⓘ |
| culturalContext | ancient India ⓘ |
| describedIn |
Rigveda
ⓘ
Vedic literature ⓘ
linked to:
Vedas
|
| domain |
cosmology
ⓘ
ethics ⓘ ritual ⓘ |
| governs |
moral order
ⓘ
natural order ⓘ ritual correctness ⓘ |
| influencedConcept |
Dharma
ⓘ
cosmic law in Hinduism ⓘ |
| language | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
proper ritual action
ⓘ
righteous conduct ⓘ truthful speech ⓘ |
| meaning |
cosmic order
ⓘ
properly joined ⓘ right ⓘ truth ⓘ |
| oppositeOf | anṛta ⓘ |
| presupposes |
moral causality
ⓘ
regularity of nature ⓘ |
| relatedTerm | Asha ⓘ |
| relatedTradition | Indo-Iranian religious thought ⓘ |
| religion |
Hinduism
ⓘ
Vedic religion ⓘ
linked to:
Vedic Hinduism
|
| timePeriodOfOrigin | Vedic period ⓘ |
| transliteration |
Rta
ⓘ
Ṛta ⓘ |
| upheldBy | Vedic deities ⓘ |
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: Ṛta Description of subject: Ṛta is the Vedic principle of cosmic order and truth that governs both the natural world and moral law.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Ṛta
linked to: Ṛta
linked to: Ṛta
linked to: Ṛta