Parashara
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Parashara is an ancient sage in Hindu tradition, revered as a Vedic rishi and author of several foundational texts on law, mythology, and astrology.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4910912 — 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: Parashara Context triple: [Parashara Smriti, traditionallyAttributedTo, Parashara]
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A.
Bharadwaja
Bharadwaja is an ancient Vedic sage (rishi) revered in Hindu tradition, known as a progenitor of the Bharadwaja gotra and as a prominent seer associated with several hymns of the Rigveda.
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B.
Agastya
Agastya is a revered Vedic sage in Hindu tradition, known as one of the Saptarishi and associated with numerous legends, including journeys across the Indian subcontinent and profound contributions to early Hindu literature and philosophy.
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C.
Kapila
Kapila is an ancient Indian sage and philosopher traditionally regarded as the founder of the Samkhya school of Hindu philosophy.
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D.
Sāyaṇa
Sāyaṇa was a 14th-century South Indian Vedic scholar and minister renowned for his extensive and influential Sanskrit commentaries on the Vedas.
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E.
Rishi Markandeya
Rishi Markandeya is a revered sage in Hindu tradition, known for his great longevity, devotion, and role as a storyteller of sacred legends.
- 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: Parashara Target entity description: Parashara is an ancient sage in Hindu tradition, revered as a Vedic rishi and author of several foundational texts on law, mythology, and astrology.
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A.
Bharadwaja
Bharadwaja is an ancient Vedic sage (rishi) revered in Hindu tradition, known as a progenitor of the Bharadwaja gotra and as a prominent seer associated with several hymns of the Rigveda.
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B.
Agastya
Agastya is a revered Vedic sage in Hindu tradition, known as one of the Saptarishi and associated with numerous legends, including journeys across the Indian subcontinent and profound contributions to early Hindu literature and philosophy.
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C.
Kapila
Kapila is an ancient Indian sage and philosopher traditionally regarded as the founder of the Samkhya school of Hindu philosophy.
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D.
Sāyaṇa
Sāyaṇa was a 14th-century South Indian Vedic scholar and minister renowned for his extensive and influential Sanskrit commentaries on the Vedas.
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E.
Rishi Markandeya
Rishi Markandeya is a revered sage in Hindu tradition, known for his great longevity, devotion, and role as a storyteller of sacred legends.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu religious figure
ⓘ
Vedic rishi ⓘ sage ⓘ |
| ancestorOf | Kuru dynasty ⓘ |
| associatedTextGenre |
Hora Shastra
ⓘ
linked to:
Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra
Purana ⓘ Smriti ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Kali Yuga astrology tradition
ⓘ
Vishnu worship ⓘ Yamuna River ⓘ
linked to:
Yamuna
island in the Yamuna ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Rigvedic rishis ⓘ |
| category |
Ancient Indian astrologer
ⓘ
Hindu lawgiver ⓘ Hindu mythological figure ⓘ Rishi in the Mahabharata ⓘ |
| cosmicRoleInTexts | narrator of Vishnu Purana ⓘ |
| era | ancient India ⓘ |
| fatherOf | Vyasa ⓘ |
| field |
Dharmaśāstra
ⓘ
Puranic literature ⓘ
linked to:
Puranas
astrology ⓘ mythology ⓘ |
| gotra | Parāśara gotra ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Maharishi ⓘ |
| influenced |
classical Hindu astrology
ⓘ
later Dharmaśāstra authors ⓘ |
| language | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| lineage | descendant of Vasistha ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Bhagavata Purana
ⓘ
Mahabharata ⓘ Vishnu Purana ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra
ⓘ
Parashara Smriti ⓘ Vishnu Purana ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| role |
Puranic narrator
ⓘ
astrologer ⓘ composer of hymns ⓘ lawgiver ⓘ |
| spouse | Satyavati ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Parashara Samhita (attributed)
ⓘ
linked to:
Parashara Smriti
|
| teacherOf | Vyasa ⓘ |
| teachingTransmittedThrough |
Maitreya (disciple in Vishnu Purana)
ⓘ
linked to:
Maitreya
|
| tradition | Vedic tradition ⓘ |
| veneratedIn | Hinduism ⓘ |
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: Parashara Description of subject: Parashara is an ancient sage in Hindu tradition, revered as a Vedic rishi and author of several foundational texts on law, mythology, and astrology.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Parashara