Maharaja Wana
E470351
Maharaja Wana is the primary demon-king antagonist in the Malay literary adaptation of the Ramayana, known for abducting Siti Dewi and opposing Seri Rama.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maharaja Wana canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4782595 — 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: Maharaja Wana Context triple: [Hikayat Seri Rama, featuresCharacter, Maharaja Wana]
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A.
Maharaja
Maharaja is a royal title historically used by sovereign Hindu and Sikh rulers in the Indian subcontinent, denoting a "great king" or high-ranking monarch.
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B.
Raja
Raja is a traditional Indian royal title historically used by Hindu monarchs and regional rulers.
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C.
King Chattergy
King Chattergy is a fictional monarch in Salman Rushdie’s novel "Haroun and the Sea of Stories," ruling the fantastical realm of Gup.
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D.
Mularaja
Mularaja was the 10th-century founder of the Chaulukya (Solanki) dynasty in Gujarat, India, known for his patronage of major temples including the famed Somnath Temple.
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E.
Maharaja of Nawanagar
The Maharaja of Nawanagar was the hereditary ruler of the princely state of Nawanagar in Kathiawar, western India, historically known for its influential royal family and patronage of cricket.
- 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: Maharaja Wana Target entity description: Maharaja Wana is the primary demon-king antagonist in the Malay literary adaptation of the Ramayana, known for abducting Siti Dewi and opposing Seri Rama.
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A.
Maharaja
Maharaja is a royal title historically used by sovereign Hindu and Sikh rulers in the Indian subcontinent, denoting a "great king" or high-ranking monarch.
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B.
Raja
Raja is a traditional Indian royal title historically used by Hindu monarchs and regional rulers.
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C.
King Chattergy
King Chattergy is a fictional monarch in Salman Rushdie’s novel "Haroun and the Sea of Stories," ruling the fantastical realm of Gup.
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D.
Mularaja
Mularaja was the 10th-century founder of the Chaulukya (Solanki) dynasty in Gujarat, India, known for his patronage of major temples including the famed Somnath Temple.
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E.
Maharaja of Nawanagar
The Maharaja of Nawanagar was the hereditary ruler of the princely state of Nawanagar in Kathiawar, western India, historically known for its influential royal family and patronage of cricket.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ |
| abducts | Siti Dewi ⓘ |
| adaptationOf | Indian Ramayana tradition ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Malay adaptation of the Ramayana ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Ramayana cycle
ⓘ
linked to:
Ramayana
|
| associatedWithCharacter |
Seri Rama
ⓘ
Siti Dewi ⓘ |
| basedOn | Ravana ⓘ |
| centralToPlotOf | Malay Ramayana narratives ⓘ |
| characterType | rakshasa-like king ⓘ |
| conflictWith | Seri Rama ⓘ |
| culture | Malay literature ⓘ |
| describedAs | demon-king ⓘ |
| enemyOf | Seri Rama ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| kidnaps | Siti Dewi ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Malay ⓘ |
| moralAlignment | evil ⓘ |
| motif | abduction of hero’s wife ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | villain ⓘ |
| opposesCharacter | Seri Rama ⓘ |
| partOfTradition |
Hikayat Seri Rama
ⓘ
linked to:
Malay Hikayat Seri Rama
|
| roleInWork | primary antagonist ⓘ |
| storyRole | obstacle to reunion of Seri Rama and Siti Dewi ⓘ |
| title | Maharaja ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Maharaja Wana Description of subject: Maharaja Wana is the primary demon-king antagonist in the Malay literary adaptation of the Ramayana, known for abducting Siti Dewi and opposing Seri Rama.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Malay Hikayat Seri Rama