Kichaka
E473858
Kichaka is a powerful and arrogant commander in the Mahabharata who serves as the main antagonist during the Pandavas’ incognito stay in King Virata’s kingdom.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kichaka canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4836199 — 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: Kichaka Context triple: [Virata Parva, featuresCharacter, Kichaka]
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A.
Kokane
Kokane is an American rapper and singer known for his distinctive G-funk style and frequent collaborations with West Coast hip hop artists.
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B.
Hacha-Kekan
Hacha-Kekan is a traditional cultural festival of the Karbi people that showcases their indigenous rituals, music, dance, and communal celebrations.
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C.
Chimariko
Chimariko is an extinct Native American language once spoken by the Chimariko people in northwestern California.
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D.
Kurō
Kurō is an honorific name historically associated with the famed Japanese military commander Minamoto no Yoshitsune of the late Heian period.
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E.
Shachi
Shachi, also known as Indrani, is the queen of the gods and the goddess of beauty and prosperity in Hindu mythology, revered as the wife of the god Indra.
- 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: Kichaka Target entity description: Kichaka is a powerful and arrogant commander in the Mahabharata who serves as the main antagonist during the Pandavas’ incognito stay in King Virata’s kingdom.
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A.
Kokane
Kokane is an American rapper and singer known for his distinctive G-funk style and frequent collaborations with West Coast hip hop artists.
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B.
Hacha-Kekan
Hacha-Kekan is a traditional cultural festival of the Karbi people that showcases their indigenous rituals, music, dance, and communal celebrations.
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C.
Chimariko
Chimariko is an extinct Native American language once spoken by the Chimariko people in northwestern California.
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D.
Kurō
Kurō is an honorific name historically associated with the famed Japanese military commander Minamoto no Yoshitsune of the late Heian period.
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E.
Shachi
Shachi, also known as Indrani, is the queen of the gods and the goddess of beauty and prosperity in Hindu mythology, revered as the wife of the god Indra.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character in the Mahabharata
ⓘ
mythological figure ⓘ |
| alignment | adharmic ⓘ |
| antagonistOf |
Bhima
ⓘ
Draupadi ⓘ Pandavas ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Mahabharata ⓘ |
| associatedWithTextSection |
Virata Parva of the Mahabharata
ⓘ
linked to:
Virata Parva
|
| characterTrait |
abusive
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arrogant ⓘ lustful ⓘ powerful ⓘ |
| consequenceOfDeath |
Draupadi’s honor is avenged
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fear spreads in Virata’s court ⓘ |
| deathCause | beaten to death by Bhima ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Matsya kingdom ⓘ |
| employer | King Virata ⓘ |
| harasses | Draupadi ⓘ |
| killedBy | Bhima ⓘ |
| kingServed | Virata ⓘ |
| militaryStatus | most powerful warrior in Virata’s kingdom ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
catalyst for Bhima’s display of strength during incognito exile
ⓘ
tests Draupadi’s suffering and resilience ⓘ |
| notableFor | antagonist during the Pandavas’ incognito exile in Virata’s kingdom ⓘ |
| plotEvent |
attempts to molest Draupadi in Virata’s court
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is lured to a secret meeting by Draupadi and Bhima ⓘ is slain by Bhima while mistaking him for Draupadi ⓘ |
| relationshipTypeWithSudeshna | brother ⓘ |
| relative | Queen Sudeshna ⓘ |
| role | commander-in-chief of King Virata’s army ⓘ |
| servesIn | Matsya kingdom ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
abuse of power
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sexual violence and tyranny ⓘ |
| timeFrameOfRole | Pandavas’ thirteenth year of exile ⓘ |
| victimOfDesire | Draupadi ⓘ |
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: Kichaka Description of subject: Kichaka is a powerful and arrogant commander in the Mahabharata who serves as the main antagonist during the Pandavas’ incognito stay in King Virata’s kingdom.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.