Sanatana Goswami
E471156
Gaudiya Vaishnava theologian
Hindu saint
Six Goswamis of Vrindavan member
Vaishnava acharya
religious writer
scripture commentator
Sanatana Goswami was a principal 16th-century Gaudiya Vaishnava theologian, saint, and scripture commentator, revered as one of the Six Goswamis of Vrindavan.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sanatana Goswami canonical | 11 |
| Sanatana Gosvami | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4754570 — 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: Sanatana Goswami Context triple: [Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, disciples, Sanatana Goswami]
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Jiva Goswami
Jiva Goswami was a prominent 16th-century Gaudiya Vaishnava theologian and philosopher known for systematically codifying and elaborating the school’s core doctrines.
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B.
Baladeva Vidyabhushana
Baladeva Vidyabhushana was an 18th-century Gaudiya Vaishnava theologian and philosopher renowned for systematizing and defending the Gaudiya tradition through works like his Govinda-bhashya commentary on the Vedanta-sutra.
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C.
Gangesha Upadhyaya
Gangesha Upadhyaya was a 12th–13th century Indian philosopher and logician, renowned as the founder of the Navya-Nyāya (New Logic) school through his seminal work Tattvacintāmaṇi.
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Rupa Goswami
Rupa Goswami was a principal theologian and leader of the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition, renowned for systematizing its devotional theology and composing influential Sanskrit devotional literature.
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E.
Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura
Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura was a prominent 20th-century Gaudiya Vaishnava scholar and reformer who revitalized and expanded the Krishna bhakti movement in India and beyond.
- 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: Sanatana Goswami Target entity description: Sanatana Goswami was a principal 16th-century Gaudiya Vaishnava theologian, saint, and scripture commentator, revered as one of the Six Goswamis of Vrindavan.
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A.
Jiva Goswami
Jiva Goswami was a prominent 16th-century Gaudiya Vaishnava theologian and philosopher known for systematically codifying and elaborating the school’s core doctrines.
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B.
Baladeva Vidyabhushana
Baladeva Vidyabhushana was an 18th-century Gaudiya Vaishnava theologian and philosopher renowned for systematizing and defending the Gaudiya tradition through works like his Govinda-bhashya commentary on the Vedanta-sutra.
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C.
Gangesha Upadhyaya
Gangesha Upadhyaya was a 12th–13th century Indian philosopher and logician, renowned as the founder of the Navya-Nyāya (New Logic) school through his seminal work Tattvacintāmaṇi.
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D.
Rupa Goswami
Rupa Goswami was a principal theologian and leader of the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition, renowned for systematizing its devotional theology and composing influential Sanskrit devotional literature.
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E.
Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura
Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura was a prominent 20th-century Gaudiya Vaishnava scholar and reformer who revitalized and expanded the Krishna bhakti movement in India and beyond.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Gaudiya Vaishnava theologian
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Hindu saint ⓘ Six Goswamis of Vrindavan member ⓘ Vaishnava acharya ⓘ religious writer ⓘ scripture commentator ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
ⓘ
Gopal Bhatta Goswami ⓘ Jiva Goswami ⓘ Raghunatha Bhatta Goswami ⓘ Raghunatha dasa Goswami ⓘ
linked to:
Raghunatha Dasa Goswami
Rupa Goswami ⓘ |
| centuryActive | 16th century ⓘ |
| commemoratedAt | Vrindavan ⓘ |
| devotionalFocus |
Krishna
ⓘ
Radha ⓘ |
| era | Bhakti movement period ⓘ |
| hasRole |
commentator on scripture
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renunciate monk ⓘ teacher of Gaudiya Vaishnava doctrine ⓘ |
| honorificTitle |
Goswami
ⓘ
linked to:
Swami
Sanatana Gosvami ⓘ
linked to:
Sanatana Goswami
|
| influenced |
Jiva Goswami
ⓘ
later Gaudiya Vaishnava theologians ⓘ |
| knownFor |
establishing Gaudiya Vaishnava temples in Vrindavan
ⓘ
writing devotional and theological texts ⓘ |
| languageOfWorks | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| memberOf | Six Goswamis of Vrindavan ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Brihad-bhagavatamrita
ⓘ
Dig-darshani commentary on Brihad-bhagavatamrita ⓘ Hari-bhakti-vilasa ⓘ Krishna-lila-stava ⓘ
linked to:
Krishna leela
|
| philosophicalSchool | Achintya Bheda Abheda ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Bengal
ⓘ
Puri ⓘ Vrindavan ⓘ |
| primarySubjectOfWritings |
Vaishnava devotional practice
ⓘ
bhakti to Krishna ⓘ theology of Krishna and his devotees ⓘ |
| region |
Indian subcontinent
ⓘ
linked to:
South Asia
|
| religiousTradition |
Gaudiya Vaishnavism
ⓘ
Vaishnavism ⓘ |
| roleInTradition |
codifier of Gaudiya Vaishnava practices
ⓘ
systematizer of Gaudiya Vaishnava theology ⓘ |
| spiritualLineage | disciple of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu ⓘ |
| veneratedAs | acharya of sambandha-tattva ⓘ |
| veneratedIn | Gaudiya Vaishnavism ⓘ |
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: Sanatana Goswami Description of subject: Sanatana Goswami was a principal 16th-century Gaudiya Vaishnava theologian, saint, and scripture commentator, revered as one of the Six Goswamis of Vrindavan.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Sanatana Goswami