Govinda
E471840
Govinda is a revered name of the Hindu god Vishnu, particularly associated with his Krishna avatar as the protector of cows and giver of joy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Govinda canonical | 14 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4782905 — 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: Govinda Context triple: [Hari, title, Govinda]
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A.
Shyam
Shyam is the young protagonist of the classic Marathi autobiographical novel "Shyamchi Aai," depicting his deep bond with his mother and his moral and emotional growth.
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B.
Sampati
Sampati is a character in the Indian epic Ramayana, a vulture-king known for being Jatayu’s elder brother who aids Rama’s allies by revealing Sita’s whereabouts.
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C.
Baz Bahadur
Baz Bahadur was the last independent Sultan of Malwa in 16th-century India, renowned for his romantic legend with Rani Roopmati and his patronage of music and the arts.
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D.
Gopal
Gopal is the given name of Gopal Krishna Gokhale, a prominent Indian political leader and social reformer of the early 20th century.
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E.
Zora Singh
Zora Singh is an individual whose given name is Zora, though no widely known public figure by this exact name can be clearly identified from the provided information.
- 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: Govinda Target entity description: Govinda is a revered name of the Hindu god Vishnu, particularly associated with his Krishna avatar as the protector of cows and giver of joy.
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A.
Shyam
Shyam is the young protagonist of the classic Marathi autobiographical novel "Shyamchi Aai," depicting his deep bond with his mother and his moral and emotional growth.
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B.
Sampati
Sampati is a character in the Indian epic Ramayana, a vulture-king known for being Jatayu’s elder brother who aids Rama’s allies by revealing Sita’s whereabouts.
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C.
Baz Bahadur
Baz Bahadur was the last independent Sultan of Malwa in 16th-century India, renowned for his romantic legend with Rani Roopmati and his patronage of music and the arts.
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D.
Gopal
Gopal is the given name of Gopal Krishna Gokhale, a prominent Indian political leader and social reformer of the early 20th century.
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E.
Zora Singh
Zora Singh is an individual whose given name is Zora, though no widely known public figure by this exact name can be clearly identified from the provided information.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu deity epithet
ⓘ
name of Krishna ⓘ name of Vishnu ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Bhagavata Purana
ⓘ
Mahabharata ⓘ Puranic literature ⓘ
linked to:
Puranas
|
| associatedConcept |
bhakti (devotion)
ⓘ
cow protection ⓘ divine joy ⓘ pastoral life ⓘ |
| associatedPlace |
Gokul
ⓘ
Mathura ⓘ Vrindavan ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Krishna
ⓘ
Vaishnavism ⓘ Vishnu ⓘ |
| chantingPractice | invoked in japa and kirtan ⓘ |
| culturalRole |
invoked as a cry of devotion by pilgrims
ⓘ
popular name in devotional songs in North India ⓘ |
| epithetOf |
Krishna
ⓘ
Vishnu ⓘ |
| etymologyComponent |
go (cow, senses) in Sanskrit
ⓘ
vinda (finder, protector) in Sanskrit ⓘ |
| hasTitle |
name of Krishna as Gopala
ⓘ
linked to:
Gopala
name of Krishna as cowherd ⓘ |
| honorificUsage |
used as a devotional name for Krishna
ⓘ
used as a personal devotional name among Hindus ⓘ used in Vaishnava bhajans and kirtans ⓘ |
| iconographicAssociation |
Krishna playing the flute among cowherds
ⓘ
Krishna with cows ⓘ |
| language | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| meaning |
giver of joy
ⓘ
protector of cows ⓘ |
| relatedName |
Gopala
ⓘ
Gopala Krishna ⓘ Govind ⓘ |
| relatedTradition |
Gaudiya Vaishnavism
ⓘ
Sri Vaishnavism ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| titleInScripture | used as a name of Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita commentary traditions ⓘ |
| worshipForm |
worshipped in temples dedicated to Krishna
ⓘ
worshipped in temples dedicated to Vishnu ⓘ |
| worshippedIn |
Bangladesh
ⓘ
India ⓘ Nepal ⓘ Sri Lanka ⓘ global Hindu diaspora ⓘ |
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: Govinda Description of subject: Govinda is a revered name of the Hindu god Vishnu, particularly associated with his Krishna avatar as the protector of cows and giver of joy.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.