Shurasena
E501428
Shurasena was an ancient Yadava king of the Vrishni clan, known in Hindu tradition as the grandfather of Krishna and a prominent ruler in the Mahabharata era.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shurasena canonical | 3 |
| Surasena (Yadava chief) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5178631 — 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: Shurasena Context triple: [Kunti, father, Shurasena]
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A.
Kashyapa
Kashyapa is a revered Vedic sage and progenitor in Hindu mythology, regarded as one of the ancient rishis and a patriarch of many gods, demons, and beings.
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B.
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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C.
Angiras
Angiras is a revered Vedic sage in Hindu tradition, regarded as one of the ancient rishis associated with the composition of hymns in the Rigveda and with profound spiritual knowledge.
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D.
Shankara
Shankara was an 8th-century Indian philosopher and theologian best known for consolidating the Advaita Vedanta school of Hindu thought, which teaches the non-dual unity of Atman and Brahman.
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E.
Shankara
Shankara is a revered epithet of the Hindu god Shiva, highlighting his role as a benevolent and auspicious divine benefactor.
- 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: Shurasena Target entity description: Shurasena was an ancient Yadava king of the Vrishni clan, known in Hindu tradition as the grandfather of Krishna and a prominent ruler in the Mahabharata era.
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A.
Kashyapa
Kashyapa is a revered Vedic sage and progenitor in Hindu mythology, regarded as one of the ancient rishis and a patriarch of many gods, demons, and beings.
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B.
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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C.
Angiras
Angiras is a revered Vedic sage in Hindu tradition, regarded as one of the ancient rishis associated with the composition of hymns in the Rigveda and with profound spiritual knowledge.
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D.
Shankara
Shankara was an 8th-century Indian philosopher and theologian best known for consolidating the Advaita Vedanta school of Hindu thought, which teaches the non-dual unity of Atman and Brahman.
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E.
Shankara
Shankara is a revered epithet of the Hindu god Shiva, highlighting his role as a benevolent and auspicious divine benefactor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu mythological figure
ⓘ
Mahabharata character ⓘ Vrishni ruler ⓘ Yadava king ⓘ ancient king ⓘ |
| ancestorOf |
Pandavas
ⓘ
Yadavas of Dvaraka ⓘ
linked to:
Yādava clan
|
| associatedWith | Mathura ⓘ |
| category |
Characters in Hindu mythology
ⓘ
Kings in the Mahabharata ⓘ Yadava people ⓘ |
| clan | Vrishni clan ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Indian ⓘ |
| dynasty | Yadu dynasty ⓘ |
| eponymOf |
Shurasena kingdom
ⓘ
linked to:
Surasena kingdom
|
| era | Dvapara Yuga ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Yadava ⓘ |
| fatherOf |
Pṛtha (Kunti) in some traditions
ⓘ
linked to:
Kunti
Vasudeva ⓘ
linked to:
Krishna
|
| geographicalAssociation |
Braj region
ⓘ
Western Uttar Pradesh (traditional identification) ⓘ
linked to:
Western Uttar Pradesh
|
| grandfatherOf |
Balarama
ⓘ
Krishna ⓘ |
| hasDescendant |
Balarama
ⓘ
Krishna ⓘ Pandavas ⓘ Yadava chiefs of Dvaraka ⓘ
linked to:
Yādava clan
|
| house | Vrishni house ⓘ |
| kingdom |
Shurasena kingdom
ⓘ
linked to:
Surasena kingdom
|
| languageContext | Sanskrit texts ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Bhagavata Purana
ⓘ
Mahabharata, Adi Parva ⓘ
linked to:
Mahabharata
Mahabharata, Sabha Parva ⓘ
linked to:
Sabha Parva
Vishnu Purana ⓘ |
| notableIn |
Mahabharata
ⓘ
Puranas ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Devaki
ⓘ
Krishna ⓘ Kunti ⓘ Vasudeva ⓘ
linked to:
Krishna
|
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| role | Yadava leader ⓘ |
| ruled |
Mathura region
ⓘ
linked to:
Mathura district
|
| tradition | Vaishnavism ⓘ |
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: Shurasena Description of subject: Shurasena was an ancient Yadava king of the Vrishni clan, known in Hindu tradition as the grandfather of Krishna and a prominent ruler in the Mahabharata era.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Shurasena