Brihadbala
E571138
Brihadbala was a king of Kosala and a warrior in the Mahabharata epic, known for fighting on the Kaurava side in the Kurukshetra War.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Brihadbala canonical | 1 |
| Brihadbala of Madra (in some traditions) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6112558 — 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: Brihadbala Context triple: [Abhimanyu, killedBy, Brihadbala]
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A.
Mularaja
Mularaja was the 10th-century founder of the Chaulukya (Solanki) dynasty in Gujarat, India, known for his patronage of major temples including the famed Somnath Temple.
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B.
Pavanputra
Pavanputra is a revered epithet of the Hindu deity Hanuman, highlighting his divine parentage as the son of the wind god.
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C.
Balabhadra
Balabhadra, also known as Balarama, is a major Hindu deity revered as the elder brother of Krishna and a prominent figure in Vaishnavism.
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D.
Akrura
Akrura is a revered figure in Hindu mythology, known as a devout Yadava charioteer and ally of Krishna who played a key role in bringing him to Mathura.
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E.
Angaraja
Angaraja is an epithet of Karna, the legendary warrior king from the Indian epic Mahabharata renowned for his valor, loyalty, and tragic fate.
- 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: Brihadbala Target entity description: Brihadbala was a king of Kosala and a warrior in the Mahabharata epic, known for fighting on the Kaurava side in the Kurukshetra War.
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A.
Mularaja
Mularaja was the 10th-century founder of the Chaulukya (Solanki) dynasty in Gujarat, India, known for his patronage of major temples including the famed Somnath Temple.
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B.
Pavanputra
Pavanputra is a revered epithet of the Hindu deity Hanuman, highlighting his divine parentage as the son of the wind god.
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C.
Balabhadra
Balabhadra, also known as Balarama, is a major Hindu deity revered as the elder brother of Krishna and a prominent figure in Vaishnavism.
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D.
Akrura
Akrura is a revered figure in Hindu mythology, known as a devout Yadava charioteer and ally of Krishna who played a key role in bringing him to Mathura.
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E.
Angaraja
Angaraja is an epithet of Karna, the legendary warrior king from the Indian epic Mahabharata renowned for his valor, loyalty, and tragic fate.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character in the Mahabharata
ⓘ
mythological king ⓘ |
| alliedWith | Duryodhana ⓘ |
| ancestralLineage | Ikshvaku dynasty ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Mahabharata war narrative ⓘ |
| associatedWithText | Mahabharata ⓘ |
| battleRole |
chariot-warrior
ⓘ
warrior ⓘ |
| claimedDescentFrom |
Ikshvaku
ⓘ
Rama ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Ancient Indian epic tradition ⓘ |
| deathCause | killed in battle ⓘ |
| dynasty | Solar dynasty ⓘ |
| enemyOf | Pandavas ⓘ |
| foughtForSide | Kauravas ⓘ |
| genreContext | Itihasa ⓘ |
| killedBy | Abhimanyu ⓘ |
| killedIn | Kurukshetra War ⓘ |
| kingOf |
Kosala
ⓘ
linked to:
Kuru-Videha
|
| languageContext | Sanskrit literature ⓘ |
| loyalTo | Kaurava camp ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Bhishma Parva
ⓘ
linked to:
Bhishma Parva of the Mahabharata
Drona Parva ⓘ Karna Parva ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Kurukshetra War ⓘ |
| predecessorTraditionally | Sutapas ⓘ |
| realm | Kosala ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| successorTraditionally |
Barhadratha
ⓘ
linked to:
Bṛhadratha
|
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: Brihadbala Description of subject: Brihadbala was a king of Kosala and a warrior in the Mahabharata epic, known for fighting on the Kaurava side in the Kurukshetra War.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.