Bhagadatta
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Bhagadatta is a legendary king of Pragjyotisha in the Indian epic Mahabharata, renowned as a powerful warrior and ally of the Kauravas in the Kurukshetra War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bhagadatta canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4959778 — 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: Bhagadatta Context triple: [Duryodhana, spouseFather, Bhagadatta]
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A.
Vikramarjuna Vijaya
Vikramarjuna Vijaya is a 10th-century Kannada epic poem by the poet Pampa that retells the Mahabharata with a focus on Arjuna and is celebrated as a foundational work of classical Kannada literature.
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B.
Yudhajit
Yudhajit is a lesser-known prince in the Ramayana, recognized as the brother of Queen Kaikeyi and thus an uncle of Bharata.
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C.
Ugrasena
Ugrasena is a legendary king in Hindu mythology, known as a ruler of the Yadava clan and the grandfather of Krishna.
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D.
Jayadratha
Jayadratha is a king from the Indian epic Mahabharata, best known for his role in the death of Abhimanyu and his subsequent slaying by Arjuna.
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E.
Akrura
Akrura is a revered figure in Hindu mythology, known as a devout Yadava charioteer and ally of Krishna who played a key role in bringing him to Mathura.
- 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: Bhagadatta Target entity description: Bhagadatta is a legendary king of Pragjyotisha in the Indian epic Mahabharata, renowned as a powerful warrior and ally of the Kauravas in the Kurukshetra War.
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A.
Vikramarjuna Vijaya
Vikramarjuna Vijaya is a 10th-century Kannada epic poem by the poet Pampa that retells the Mahabharata with a focus on Arjuna and is celebrated as a foundational work of classical Kannada literature.
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B.
Yudhajit
Yudhajit is a lesser-known prince in the Ramayana, recognized as the brother of Queen Kaikeyi and thus an uncle of Bharata.
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C.
Ugrasena
Ugrasena is a legendary king in Hindu mythology, known as a ruler of the Yadava clan and the grandfather of Krishna.
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D.
Jayadratha
Jayadratha is a king from the Indian epic Mahabharata, best known for his role in the death of Abhimanyu and his subsequent slaying by Arjuna.
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E.
Akrura
Akrura is a revered figure in Hindu mythology, known as a devout Yadava charioteer and ally of Krishna who played a key role in bringing him to Mathura.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu mythological figure
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Mahabharata character ⓘ mythological king ⓘ |
| alliance | Kauravas ⓘ |
| appearsWith |
Bhishma
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Drona ⓘ Duryodhana ⓘ Krishna ⓘ |
| associatedRegionInEpic | eastern kingdoms ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Indra (through elephant warfare symbolism)
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linked to:
Indra
|
| battleOpponent |
Arjuna
ⓘ
Bhima ⓘ Ghatotkacha ⓘ |
| commandRole | Kaurava elephant division ⓘ |
| culturalAssociation | early ruler of Pragjyotisha/ancient Kamarupa in later tradition ⓘ |
| deathContext | Kurukshetra War ⓘ |
| describedAs |
aged but powerful warrior
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foremost among kings fighting for Kauravas ⓘ |
| enemy | Pandavas ⓘ |
| father | Narakasura ⓘ |
| genreContext |
Itihasa (epic history)
ⓘ
linked to:
Itihasa
|
| killedBy | Arjuna ⓘ |
| kingdomLocationTradition |
Assam region
ⓘ
linked to:
Assam
|
| knownFor |
loyalty to Duryodhana
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skill as elephant-rider ⓘ use of celestial weapons ⓘ |
| languageOfTradition | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| literarySource |
Bhishma Parva of Mahabharata
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linked to:
Bhishma Parva of the Mahabharata
Drona Parva of Mahabharata ⓘ
linked to:
Drona Parva
|
| mount | Supratika ⓘ |
| mythologicalStatus | legendary rather than historical figure ⓘ |
| nameInSanskrit | भगदत्त ⓘ |
| notableBattleDay | twelfth day of Kurukshetra War ⓘ |
| notableFor | elephant warfare ⓘ |
| notedFor | causing heavy losses to Pandava army ⓘ |
| opposes | Krishna as Arjuna’s charioteer ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Kurukshetra War ⓘ |
| reignOver | Pragjyotisha ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Hinduism ⓘ |
| sideInKurukshetraWar | Kauravas ⓘ |
| textMention | Mahabharata ⓘ |
| title | King of Pragjyotisha ⓘ |
| weapon | Vaishnavastra ⓘ |
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: Bhagadatta Description of subject: Bhagadatta is a legendary king of Pragjyotisha in the Indian epic Mahabharata, renowned as a powerful warrior and ally of the Kauravas in the Kurukshetra War.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.