Gopala
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Gopala is a pastoral form of the Hindu god Krishna, revered especially as a divine cowherd and protector of cows.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gopala canonical | 9 |
| Bala Gopala | 1 |
| Govardhan-dhari (lifter of Govardhan Hill) | 1 |
| Krishna as Gopala | 1 |
| Krishna as cowherd (Gopala) | 1 |
| name of Krishna as Gopala | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6449902 — 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: Gopala Context triple: [Ahir community, associatedWithDeity, Gopala]
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A.
Balarama
Balarama is a major Hindu deity revered as the elder brother of Krishna, known for his immense strength and role in supporting and protecting dharma.
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B.
Bholenath
Bholenath is a beloved epithet of the Hindu god Shiva, emphasizing his innocent, benevolent, and easily-pleased nature as a divine protector of devotees.
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C.
Gopal
Gopal is the given name of Gopal Krishna Gokhale, a prominent Indian political leader and social reformer of the early 20th century.
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D.
Mrigadava
Mrigadava is the ancient deer park near Sarnath in India where Gautama Buddha is said to have delivered his first sermon.
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E.
Gangaputra
Gangaputra is an epithet of Bhishma, the revered warrior and elder statesman of the Indian epic Mahabharata, highlighting his divine lineage as the son of the river goddess Ganga.
- 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: Gopala Target entity description: Gopala is a pastoral form of the Hindu god Krishna, revered especially as a divine cowherd and protector of cows.
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A.
Balarama
Balarama is a major Hindu deity revered as the elder brother of Krishna, known for his immense strength and role in supporting and protecting dharma.
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B.
Bholenath
Bholenath is a beloved epithet of the Hindu god Shiva, emphasizing his innocent, benevolent, and easily-pleased nature as a divine protector of devotees.
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C.
Gopal
Gopal is the given name of Gopal Krishna Gokhale, a prominent Indian political leader and social reformer of the early 20th century.
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D.
Mrigadava
Mrigadava is the ancient deer park near Sarnath in India where Gautama Buddha is said to have delivered his first sermon.
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E.
Gangaputra
Gangaputra is an epithet of Bhishma, the revered warrior and elder statesman of the Indian epic Mahabharata, highlighting his divine lineage as the son of the river goddess Ganga.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu deity
ⓘ
form of Krishna ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Gokula
ⓘ
linked to:
Gokul
Krishna ⓘ Vaishnavism ⓘ Vrindavan ⓘ cowherds ⓘ cows ⓘ |
| centralIn |
Krishna bhakti traditions
ⓘ
linked to:
Gaudiya Vaishnavism
|
| cultCenter |
Mathura region
ⓘ
linked to:
Mathura district
Vrindavan region ⓘ
linked to:
Vrindavan
|
| depicts |
Krishna playing the flute among cows
ⓘ
Krishna tending cows ⓘ |
| epithetOf | Krishna ⓘ |
| hasAttribute |
cowherd’s staff
ⓘ
flute ⓘ peacock feather ⓘ |
| hasDomain |
cow pens
ⓘ
pastures ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| hasMeaning |
cowherd
ⓘ
protector of cows ⓘ |
| hasMythologicalCycle |
Bhagavata tradition
ⓘ
linked to:
Gaudiya Vaishnavism
|
| hasReligion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| hasRole |
divine cowherd
ⓘ
protector of cows ⓘ |
| honorificTitle |
Gopala Deva
ⓘ
linked to:
Gopala I
|
| iconographicallyDepictedWith |
cowherd boys (gopas)
ⓘ
forest setting ⓘ herds of cows ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| partOf | Krishna’s childhood lilas ⓘ |
| relatedForm |
Gopala Krishna
ⓘ
Govinda ⓘ |
| reveredAs |
guardian of herds
ⓘ
nourisher of devotees ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
divine love for animals
ⓘ
divine protection of cattle ⓘ pastoral simplicity ⓘ |
| veneratedIn | Hinduism ⓘ |
| worshippedAs |
Krishna in pastoral form
ⓘ
linked to:
Gopinath form of Krishna
|
| worshippedBy |
Krishna devotees
ⓘ
Vaishnavas ⓘ
linked to:
Vaishnavism
|
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: Gopala Description of subject: Gopala is a pastoral form of the Hindu god Krishna, revered especially as a divine cowherd and protector of cows.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Gopala
linked to: Gopala
linked to: Gopala
linked to: Gopala