Putana
E516340
Putana is a demoness from Hindu mythology best known for attempting to kill the infant Krishna by breastfeeding him poisoned milk, only to be slain and ultimately granted salvation by him.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Putana canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5375336 — 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: Putana Context triple: [Rakshasas, includesNotableMember, Putana]
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A.
Mamayi
Mamayi was a powerful 14th-century military and political leader of the Golden Horde who played a central role in its internal power struggles and conflicts with emerging Russian principalities.
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B.
Nana
Nana is an 1880 naturalist novel by Émile Zola that follows the rise and fall of a Parisian courtesan as a critique of Second Empire society.
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C.
Nana
Nana is a character in the play "The Visit," serving as part of the story’s supporting cast in Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s darkly comic exploration of justice and revenge.
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D.
Nana
"Nana" is a popular hit single by Tanzanian Bongo Flava artist Diamond Platnumz, known for its romantic theme and widespread success across East Africa.
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E.
Ménaka
Ménaka is a town in eastern Mali that serves as an important administrative and trading center in the Sahel region.
- 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: Putana Target entity description: Putana is a demoness from Hindu mythology best known for attempting to kill the infant Krishna by breastfeeding him poisoned milk, only to be slain and ultimately granted salvation by him.
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A.
Mamayi
Mamayi was a powerful 14th-century military and political leader of the Golden Horde who played a central role in its internal power struggles and conflicts with emerging Russian principalities.
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B.
Nana
Nana is an 1880 naturalist novel by Émile Zola that follows the rise and fall of a Parisian courtesan as a critique of Second Empire society.
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C.
Nana
"Nana" is a popular hit single by Tanzanian Bongo Flava artist Diamond Platnumz, known for its romantic theme and widespread success across East Africa.
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D.
Nana
Nana is a character in the play "The Visit," serving as part of the story’s supporting cast in Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s darkly comic exploration of justice and revenge.
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E.
Ménaka
Ménaka is a town in eastern Mali that serves as an important administrative and trading center in the Sahel region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
asura
ⓘ
character in Hindu mythology ⓘ demoness ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Bhagavata Purana
ⓘ
Harivamsa ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Bhagavata Purana
ⓘ
Krishna ⓘ |
| bodyDisposition | burned by the residents of Gokula ⓘ |
| brotherOrAlly | Kamsa ⓘ |
| deathCause | soul sucked out by Krishna ⓘ |
| disguisedAs | beautiful woman ⓘ |
| enemyOf | Krishna ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| grantedSalvationBy | Krishna ⓘ |
| killedBy | Krishna ⓘ |
| killedInPlace |
Gokula
ⓘ
linked to:
Gokul
|
| languageOfPrimarySources | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| methodOfAttack | poisoned breast milk ⓘ |
| mission | to kill Krishna as ordered by Kamsa ⓘ |
| moralLesson |
even enemies of Krishna can attain liberation through contact with him
ⓘ
external beauty can conceal inner evil ⓘ |
| mythologicalTradition | Vaishnavism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
attempting to kill the infant Krishna
ⓘ
breastfeeding Krishna with poisoned milk ⓘ |
| perceivedAs | rakshasi ⓘ |
| placeAssociatedWith |
Gokula
ⓘ
linked to:
Gokul
|
| posthumousStatus | liberated soul ⓘ |
| receivedGraceFrom | Krishna ⓘ |
| relationshipToKrishna | considered to have attained a motherly status through contact with Krishna ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| role | child‑killing demoness ⓘ |
| scripturalCategory | Puranic character ⓘ |
| sentBy | Kamsa ⓘ |
| symbolism |
embodiment of hypocrisy
ⓘ
false maternal affection ⓘ poisonous desires ⓘ |
| victimTarget |
children
ⓘ
infant Krishna ⓘ
linked to:
Krishna
|
| worshipContext | sometimes cited in devotional literature as an example of Krishna’s mercy ⓘ |
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: Putana Description of subject: Putana is a demoness from Hindu mythology best known for attempting to kill the infant Krishna by breastfeeding him poisoned milk, only to be slain and ultimately granted salvation by him.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.