Kshira Sagara (Ocean of Milk)
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Kshira Sagara, or the Ocean of Milk, is a primordial cosmic ocean in Hindu mythology, famed as the site of the churning of the ocean that produced divine treasures and the nectar of immortality.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kshira Sagara (Ocean of Milk) canonical | 2 |
| Kiri Muhuda (Sea of Milk) | 1 |
| Ksheera Sagara | 1 |
| Kshira Sagara | 1 |
| Kṣīra Sāgara | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4871133 — 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: Kshira Sagara (Ocean of Milk) Context triple: [Samudra Manthan, takesPlaceIn, Kshira Sagara (Ocean of Milk)]
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A.
Varuṇa
Varuṇa is an ancient Vedic deity primarily associated with cosmic order, the celestial ocean, and moral law in early Hindu tradition.
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B.
Kala Pani
Kala Pani is the infamous British-era colonial prison in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, known for its harsh conditions and use to exile Indian freedom fighters.
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C.
Sagar
Sagar is a prominent city in central India known for its educational institutions, historical significance, and role as an administrative and commercial hub in Madhya Pradesh.
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D.
Prativindhya
Prativindhya is a character in the Indian epic Mahabharata, known as the son of Arjuna and Draupadi and one of the Upapandavas.
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E.
Varuni
Varuni is a Hindu goddess associated with wine and divine intoxication, revered as the consort of the Vedic sea god Varuna.
- 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: Kshira Sagara (Ocean of Milk) Target entity description: Kshira Sagara, or the Ocean of Milk, is a primordial cosmic ocean in Hindu mythology, famed as the site of the churning of the ocean that produced divine treasures and the nectar of immortality.
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A.
Varuṇa
Varuṇa is an ancient Vedic deity primarily associated with cosmic order, the celestial ocean, and moral law in early Hindu tradition.
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B.
Kala Pani
Kala Pani is the infamous British-era colonial prison in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, known for its harsh conditions and use to exile Indian freedom fighters.
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C.
Sagar
Sagar is a prominent city in central India known for its educational institutions, historical significance, and role as an administrative and commercial hub in Madhya Pradesh.
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D.
Prativindhya
Prativindhya is a character in the Indian epic Mahabharata, known as the son of Arjuna and Draupadi and one of the Upapandavas.
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E.
Varuni
Varuni is a Hindu goddess associated with wine and divine intoxication, revered as the consort of the Vedic sea god Varuna.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu mythological concept
ⓘ
cosmic ocean ⓘ mythological place ⓘ |
| abodeOf |
Lakshmi
ⓘ
linked to:
Sri (Lakshmi)
Vishnu ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
cosmic ocean
ⓘ
kshira (milk) ⓘ |
| associatedDeity |
Lakshmi
ⓘ
linked to:
Sri (Lakshmi)
Vishnu ⓘ |
| associatedEvent |
Samudra Manthan
ⓘ
churning of the ocean of milk ⓘ |
| contains | Shesha ⓘ |
| cosmicLocation |
cosmic waters
ⓘ
primordial ocean ⓘ |
| cosmologicalRole |
source of divine treasures
ⓘ
source of nectar of immortality ⓘ |
| depictedInArtAs |
milky white ocean
ⓘ
ocean where Vishnu reclines on Shesha ⓘ |
| describedIn |
Mahabharata
ⓘ
Puranas ⓘ Ramayana ⓘ |
| hasName |
Ksheera Sagara
ⓘ
linked to:
Kshira Sagara (Ocean of Milk)
Kshira Sagar ⓘ
linked to:
Kshira Sagara
Ocean of Milk ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| meaningOfName | Ocean of Milk ⓘ |
| partOfTradition |
Hinduism
ⓘ
Vaishnavism ⓘ |
| performedBy |
asuras
ⓘ
devas ⓘ |
| producedFromChurning |
Airavata
ⓘ
linked to:
Airavati
Apsaras ⓘ Halahala poison ⓘ Kamadhenu ⓘ Kaustubha jewel ⓘ
linked to:
Kaustubha gem
Parijata tree ⓘ Varuni ⓘ amrita ⓘ goddess Lakshmi ⓘ
linked to:
Sri (Lakshmi)
|
| relatedMyth |
distribution of amrita by Mohini
ⓘ
emergence of Lakshmi from the ocean ⓘ |
| restingPlaceOf |
Vishnu on Shesha
ⓘ
linked to:
Śeṣa
|
| symbolizes |
cosmic fertility
ⓘ
primordial chaos ⓘ source of creation ⓘ |
| usedAsChurningRod | Mount Mandara ⓘ |
| usedAsChurningRope | Vasuki ⓘ |
| worshipContext | Vaishnava iconography ⓘ |
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: Kshira Sagara (Ocean of Milk) Description of subject: Kshira Sagara, or the Ocean of Milk, is a primordial cosmic ocean in Hindu mythology, famed as the site of the churning of the ocean that produced divine treasures and the nectar of immortality.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Kshira Sagara (Ocean of Milk)
subject linked to:
Kshira Sagara (Ocean of Milk)
linked to: Kshira Sagara (Ocean of Milk)
subject linked to:
Lord Anantha (a form of Vishnu)
linked to: Kshira Sagara (Ocean of Milk)