Matsyendranath
E506223
Matsyendranath is a revered early master of Hatha and Tantra yoga, traditionally regarded as the founder of the Nath yogi lineage and guru of Gorakhnath.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Matsyendranath canonical | 7 |
| Matsyendra | 1 |
| Matsyendra Nath | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5248275 — 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: Matsyendranath Context triple: [Nath yogis, veneratedFigure, Matsyendranath]
-
A.
Jagat Gosain
Jagat Gosain was a Mughal empress and Rajput princess, best known as the wife of Emperor Jahangir and the mother of Shah Jahan.
-
B.
Sandipani Muni
Sandipani Muni is a revered sage in Hindu tradition best known as the teacher of Lord Krishna and Balarama.
-
C.
Rishabhanatha
Rishabhanatha is revered in Jainism as the first Tirthankara of the current time cycle and a primordial spiritual teacher who established key aspects of civilization and religious practice.
-
D.
Badarayana
Badarayana is an ancient Indian sage and philosopher traditionally credited with authoring the Brahma Sutras, a foundational text of the Vedanta school of Hindu philosophy.
-
E.
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.
- 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: Matsyendranath Target entity description: Matsyendranath is a revered early master of Hatha and Tantra yoga, traditionally regarded as the founder of the Nath yogi lineage and guru of Gorakhnath.
-
A.
Jagat Gosain
Jagat Gosain was a Mughal empress and Rajput princess, best known as the wife of Emperor Jahangir and the mother of Shah Jahan.
-
B.
Sandipani Muni
Sandipani Muni is a revered sage in Hindu tradition best known as the teacher of Lord Krishna and Balarama.
-
C.
Rishabhanatha
Rishabhanatha is revered in Jainism as the first Tirthankara of the current time cycle and a primordial spiritual teacher who established key aspects of civilization and religious practice.
-
D.
Badarayana
Badarayana is an ancient Indian sage and philosopher traditionally credited with authoring the Brahma Sutras, a foundational text of the Vedanta school of Hindu philosophy.
-
E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nath saint
ⓘ
founder of religious movement ⓘ spiritual teacher ⓘ yogi ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Macchindranath
ⓘ
Matsyendra ⓘ
linked to:
Matsyendranath
Matsyendra Nath ⓘ
linked to:
Matsyendranath
Minanatha ⓘ |
| associatedPlace |
Gorakhpur
ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Hatha yoga tradition
ⓘ
linked to:
Hatha Yoga tradition
Kaula Tantra ⓘ Nath Sampradaya ⓘ Shaiva Tantra ⓘ Tantric yoga ⓘ
linked to:
Tantra
|
| associatedWithText |
Kaulajñānanirṇaya
ⓘ
Matsyendrasamhita ⓘ
linked to:
Shiva Samhita
|
| considered | founder of the Nath yogi lineage ⓘ |
| culturalInfluence |
Hindu Shaiva traditions
ⓘ
Newar Buddhist traditions in Nepal ⓘ |
| era | early medieval period ⓘ |
| hasDisciples |
Gorakhnath
ⓘ
other early Nath yogis ⓘ |
| honorificTitle |
Adi Guru of the Nath Sampradaya
ⓘ
Lord of the Yogis ⓘ |
| influenced |
Gorakhnath
ⓘ
Hatha yoga development ⓘ Nath yogis ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being an early master of Hatha yoga
ⓘ
being an early master of Tantra yoga ⓘ being the guru of Gorakhnath ⓘ founding the Nath yogi lineage ⓘ |
| mythologicalOrigin | emerged from the belly of a fish after hearing Shiva teach yoga ⓘ |
| partOf |
Navnath tradition
ⓘ
linked to:
Nath Sampradaya
|
| region |
Indian subcontinent
ⓘ
linked to:
South Asia
|
| religiousTradition |
Hinduism
ⓘ
Tantric Buddhism ⓘ
linked to:
Vajrayana
|
| roleInTradition | first human guru of the Nath lineage ⓘ |
| studentOf | Shiva ⓘ |
| teacherOf | Gorakhnath ⓘ |
| veneratedAs |
Siddha
ⓘ
guru ⓘ saint ⓘ |
| worshippedAs | incarnation of Shiva ⓘ |
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: Matsyendranath Description of subject: Matsyendranath is a revered early master of Hatha and Tantra yoga, traditionally regarded as the founder of the Nath yogi lineage and guru of Gorakhnath.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Matsyendranath
linked to: Matsyendranath