Jarāsandha
E498882
Jarāsandha is a powerful and tyrannical king in the Indian epic Mahābhārata, known as the ruler of Magadha and a formidable enemy of the Pāṇḍavas and Krishna.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jarasandha | 3 |
| Jarāsandha canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5075472 — 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: Jarāsandha Context triple: [Bhima, killed, Jarāsandha]
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A.
Meghnad
Meghnad is a given name most notably associated with Indian astrophysicist Meghnad Saha, renowned for his pioneering work on thermal ionization and stellar spectra.
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B.
Ajatashatru
Ajatashatru is another name for Yudhishthira, the eldest of the Pandava brothers and a central, dharma-abiding king in the Indian epic Mahabharata.
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C.
Sanjaya
Sanjaya was an early Javanese king traditionally regarded as the founder of the Mataram (Medang) Kingdom and the Sanjaya dynasty in Central Java.
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D.
Sanjaya
Sanjaya is the charioteer and seer in the Mahabharata who, granted divine vision, narrates the events of the Kurukshetra war to the blind king Dhritarashtra.
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E.
Ugrasena
Ugrasena is a legendary king in Hindu mythology, known as a ruler of the Yadava clan and the grandfather of Krishna.
- 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: Jarāsandha Target entity description: Jarāsandha is a powerful and tyrannical king in the Indian epic Mahābhārata, known as the ruler of Magadha and a formidable enemy of the Pāṇḍavas and Krishna.
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A.
Meghnad
Meghnad is a given name most notably associated with Indian astrophysicist Meghnad Saha, renowned for his pioneering work on thermal ionization and stellar spectra.
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B.
Ajatashatru
Ajatashatru is another name for Yudhishthira, the eldest of the Pandava brothers and a central, dharma-abiding king in the Indian epic Mahabharata.
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C.
Sanjaya
Sanjaya was an early Javanese king traditionally regarded as the founder of the Mataram (Medang) Kingdom and the Sanjaya dynasty in Central Java.
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D.
Sanjaya
Sanjaya is the charioteer and seer in the Mahabharata who, granted divine vision, narrates the events of the Kurukshetra war to the blind king Dhritarashtra.
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E.
Ugrasena
Ugrasena is a legendary king in Hindu mythology, known as a ruler of the Yadava clan and the grandfather of Krishna.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mahābhārata character
ⓘ
mythological king ⓘ ruler ⓘ |
| alliedWith |
Duryodhana
ⓘ
Kauravas ⓘ |
| associatedRitual |
Rājasūya sacrifice of Yudhiṣṭhira
ⓘ
linked to:
Rajasuya sacrifice of Yudhishthira
|
| associatedWith |
Magadha dynasty
ⓘ
Rājagṛha ⓘ
linked to:
Rajagriha
|
| birthStory | born as two halves joined by a demoness Jarā ⓘ |
| birthType | miraculous birth ⓘ |
| captured | many rival kings ⓘ |
| characterRole | antagonist ⓘ |
| country | Magadha ⓘ |
| culture | ancient Indian ⓘ |
| deathCause | killed in wrestling duel ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Magadha ⓘ |
| defeatedBy |
Arjuna
ⓘ
Bhīma ⓘ
linked to:
Bhima
Krishna ⓘ |
| enemyOf | Yādava clan ⓘ |
| etymology | name linked to being joined (sandha) from two halves ⓘ |
| father | Bṛhadratha ⓘ |
| genre |
Itihāsa
ⓘ
linked to:
Itihasa
|
| imprisonedAt | Magadha ⓘ |
| killedBy |
Bhīma
ⓘ
linked to:
Bhima
|
| killedIn | duel at Girivraja ⓘ |
| knownFor |
enmity with Krishna
ⓘ
great physical strength ⓘ imprisoning kings ⓘ tyrannical rule ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| methodOfKilling | body torn into two halves ⓘ |
| mother | two queens of Bṛhadratha ⓘ |
| namedAfter | demoness Jarā ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | obstacle to Yudhiṣṭhira’s Rājasūya ⓘ |
| notableEvent | sacrifice of imprisoned kings planned ⓘ |
| notableInWork |
Mahābhārata
ⓘ
linked to:
Mahabharata
|
| opponent |
Arjuna
ⓘ
Bhīma ⓘ
linked to:
Bhima
Krishna ⓘ Pāṇḍavas ⓘ
linked to:
Pandavas
Yudhiṣṭhira ⓘ
linked to:
Yudhishthira
|
| positionHeld | king of Magadha ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| spouse |
Asti
ⓘ
Prāpti ⓘ
linked to:
Prapti
|
| textualSource |
Mahābhārata Sabhā Parva
ⓘ
linked to:
Sabha Parva
|
How these facts were elicited
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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: Jarāsandha Description of subject: Jarāsandha is a powerful and tyrannical king in the Indian epic Mahābhārata, known as the ruler of Magadha and a formidable enemy of the Pāṇḍavas and Krishna.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Jarāsandha
linked to: Jarāsandha
linked to: Jarāsandha