Hidimbi
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Hidimbi is a rakshasi (demoness) from the Indian epic Mahabharata who marries the Pandava prince Bhima and becomes the mother of the warrior Ghatotkacha.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hidimbi canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5075450 — 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: Hidimbi Context triple: [Bhima, spouse, Hidimbi]
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A.
Chitrangada
Chitrangada is a warrior princess from the Indian epic Mahabharata, known as one of Arjuna’s wives and the daughter of the king of Manipur.
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B.
Shikhandi
Shikhandi is a pivotal and complex warrior in the Mahabharata, known for being instrumental in the downfall of Bhishma during the Kurukshetra War due to their unique gender history and past-life connection.
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C.
Rukmini
Rukmini is a principal queen of the Hindu god Krishna, revered as an incarnation of the goddess Lakshmi and celebrated for her devotion and role in Krishna’s life.
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D.
Devasena
Devasena is a Hindu goddess known as one of the wives of the war god Kartikeya, often associated with valor and divine grace.
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E.
Bhanumati
Bhanumati is a character in the Indian epic Mahabharata, known as the queen of Hastinapura and wife of the Kaurava prince Duryodhana.
- 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: Hidimbi Target entity description: Hidimbi is a rakshasi (demoness) from the Indian epic Mahabharata who marries the Pandava prince Bhima and becomes the mother of the warrior Ghatotkacha.
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A.
Chitrangada
Chitrangada is a warrior princess from the Indian epic Mahabharata, known as one of Arjuna’s wives and the daughter of the king of Manipur.
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B.
Shikhandi
Shikhandi is a pivotal and complex warrior in the Mahabharata, known for being instrumental in the downfall of Bhishma during the Kurukshetra War due to their unique gender history and past-life connection.
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C.
Rukmini
Rukmini is a principal queen of the Hindu god Krishna, revered as an incarnation of the goddess Lakshmi and celebrated for her devotion and role in Krishna’s life.
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D.
Devasena
Devasena is a Hindu goddess known as one of the wives of the war god Kartikeya, often associated with valor and divine grace.
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E.
Bhanumati
Bhanumati is a character in the Indian epic Mahabharata, known as the queen of Hastinapura and wife of the Kaurava prince Duryodhana.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character in the Mahabharata
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demoness ⓘ mythological character ⓘ rakshasi ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Mahabharata ⓘ |
| associatedLocation | Kamyaka forest ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Pandavas
ⓘ
forest of Kamyaka ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
brave
ⓘ
compassionate ⓘ loyal ⓘ |
| consortOf | Bhima ⓘ |
| culturalRole |
bridge between humans and rakshasas
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symbol of love transcending social boundaries ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Rakshasa ⓘ |
| fallsInLoveWith | Bhima ⓘ |
| father | Rakshasa chief (unnamed in many versions) ⓘ |
| firstMeets | Bhima in the forest ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genre | Hindu epic literature ⓘ |
| helps | Pandavas ⓘ |
| languageOfTradition | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| literarySource |
Adi Parva of the Mahabharata
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linked to:
Adi Parva
|
| loyalTo |
Bhima
ⓘ
Pandavas ⓘ |
| marriageType | inter-species union ⓘ |
| moralAlignment | benevolent rakshasi ⓘ |
| motherOf | Ghatotkacha ⓘ |
| notableFor |
abandoning cannibalistic ways
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being mother of Ghatotkacha ⓘ marriage to Bhima ⓘ |
| opposes | Hidimba ⓘ |
| parentOfWarrior | Ghatotkacha ⓘ |
| protects | Pandavas ⓘ |
| regionOfMyth |
Indian subcontinent
ⓘ
linked to:
South Asia
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| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| residesIn | forest ⓘ |
| sibling | Hidimba ⓘ |
| spouse | Bhima ⓘ |
| storyArc | from man-eating rakshasi clan to devoted wife and mother ⓘ |
| transformationAbility | shape-shifting ⓘ |
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: Hidimbi Description of subject: Hidimbi is a rakshasi (demoness) from the Indian epic Mahabharata who marries the Pandava prince Bhima and becomes the mother of the warrior Ghatotkacha.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.