Khanda
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Khanda is the central emblem of Sikhism, featuring a double-edged sword flanked by two single-edged swords and encircled by a quoit, symbolizing divine power, unity, and the balance of spiritual and temporal authority.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Khanda canonical | 8 |
| khanda (double-edged sword) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T447927 — 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: Khanda Context triple: [Sikhism, symbol, Khanda]
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A.
Khorumi
Khorumi is a dynamic Georgian war dance characterized by powerful, martial movements and formations that depict battle scenes and military pride.
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B.
Pakhto
Pakhto is an alternative name for Pashto, an Eastern Iranian language spoken primarily in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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C.
Pkhali
Pkhali is a traditional Georgian dish of finely chopped vegetables or greens mixed with ground walnuts, garlic, herbs, and spices, often served as a cold appetizer.
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D.
Dalbandin
Dalbandin is a small town in Pakistan’s Balochistan province, known as an important stop along the Quetta–Taftan highway and for its proximity to the Chagai nuclear testing sites.
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E.
Hazaragi
Hazaragi is a variety of Persian primarily spoken by the Hazara people of central Afghanistan and surrounding regions, distinguished by its unique phonology and significant Turkic and Mongolic influences.
- 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: Khanda Target entity description: Khanda is the central emblem of Sikhism, featuring a double-edged sword flanked by two single-edged swords and encircled by a quoit, symbolizing divine power, unity, and the balance of spiritual and temporal authority.
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A.
Khorumi
Khorumi is a dynamic Georgian war dance characterized by powerful, martial movements and formations that depict battle scenes and military pride.
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B.
Pakhto
Pakhto is an alternative name for Pashto, an Eastern Iranian language spoken primarily in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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C.
Pkhali
Pkhali is a traditional Georgian dish of finely chopped vegetables or greens mixed with ground walnuts, garlic, herbs, and spices, often served as a cold appetizer.
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D.
Dalbandin
Dalbandin is a small town in Pakistan’s Balochistan province, known as an important stop along the Quetta–Taftan highway and for its proximity to the Chagai nuclear testing sites.
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E.
Hazaragi
Hazaragi is a variety of Persian primarily spoken by the Hazara people of central Afghanistan and surrounding regions, distinguished by its unique phonology and significant Turkic and Mongolic influences.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
emblem
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religious symbol ⓘ symbol of Sikhism ⓘ |
| appearsOn |
Sikh insignia
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Sikh organizations’ logos ⓘ Sikh religious publications ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Guru Hargobind
ⓘ
concept of Saint-Soldier ⓘ |
| centralEmblemOf | Sikhism ⓘ |
| componentRepresents |
chakkar represents eternity of God
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chakkar represents unity and oneness of God ⓘ double-edged sword represents divine knowledge ⓘ double-edged sword represents separation of truth from falsehood ⓘ two kirpans represent spiritual authority ⓘ two kirpans represent temporal authority ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Punjabi culture ⓘ |
| hasElement |
chakkar
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circle ⓘ double-edged sword ⓘ khanda sword ⓘ kirpan ⓘ quoit ⓘ two single-edged swords ⓘ |
| orientation |
chakkar encircling the central sword
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double-edged sword in the center ⓘ two single-edged swords flanking the chakkar ⓘ |
| religion | Sikhism ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Khalsa ⓘ |
| represents |
Sikh identity
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Sikh sovereignty ⓘ defense of righteousness ⓘ integration of spiritual and worldly life ⓘ |
| scriptOrigin | Gurmukhi representations ⓘ |
| symbolicColorContext |
often depicted in blue
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often depicted in saffron ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
Miri-Piri
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balance of spiritual and temporal authority ⓘ divine power ⓘ unity ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfProminence | post-17th century Sikh tradition ⓘ |
| usedBy | Sikhs worldwide ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Nishan Sahib flag
ⓘ
surface form:
Nishan Sahib
Sikh ceremonial items ⓘ Sikh flag ⓘ Gurdwara ⓘ
surface form:
Sikh gurdwaras
Sikh religious literature ⓘ |
| visualForm | stylized graphic emblem ⓘ |
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: Khanda Description of subject: Khanda is the central emblem of Sikhism, featuring a double-edged sword flanked by two single-edged swords and encircled by a quoit, symbolizing divine power, unity, and the balance of spiritual and temporal authority.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
khanda (double-edged sword)