Bhadrika
E639474
Bhadrika is a disciple mentioned in Buddhist tradition as one of the listeners present when the Buddha delivered his seminal Turning of the Wheel of Dharma discourse.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bhadrika canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7050590 — 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: Bhadrika Context triple: [Turning of the Wheel of Dharma, audienceMember, Bhadrika]
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A.
Bhairavi
Bhairavi is a fierce and transformative Hindu goddess associated with destruction, time, and spiritual awakening, revered as one of the ten Mahavidyas in Shakta tradition.
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B.
Bhadra
Bhadra is a traditional month in the Hindu lunar calendar, associated with late monsoon and various religious festivals in India.
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C.
Shravika
Shravika is the term in Jainism for a female lay follower who observes religious vows and practices while living a household life.
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D.
Subhadrangi
Subhadrangi is traditionally regarded as the mother of the Mauryan emperor Ashoka and is often identified in Buddhist texts as a queen of modest origins who became an important figure in his early life.
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E.
Shivini
Shivini is the Urartian sun god, often associated with light, justice, and royal authority in the ancient Kingdom of Urartu.
- 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: Bhadrika Target entity description: Bhadrika is a disciple mentioned in Buddhist tradition as one of the listeners present when the Buddha delivered his seminal Turning of the Wheel of Dharma discourse.
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A.
Bhairavi
Bhairavi is a fierce and transformative Hindu goddess associated with destruction, time, and spiritual awakening, revered as one of the ten Mahavidyas in Shakta tradition.
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B.
Bhadra
Bhadra is a traditional month in the Hindu lunar calendar, associated with late monsoon and various religious festivals in India.
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C.
Shravika
Shravika is the term in Jainism for a female lay follower who observes religious vows and practices while living a household life.
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D.
Subhadrangi
Subhadrangi is traditionally regarded as the mother of the Mauryan emperor Ashoka and is often identified in Buddhist texts as a queen of modest origins who became an important figure in his early life.
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E.
Shivini
Shivini is the Urartian sun god, often associated with light, justice, and royal authority in the ancient Kingdom of Urartu.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (19)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist sermon
ⓘ
disciple of the Buddha ⓘ figure in Buddhist tradition ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | First Sermon ⓘ |
| associatedEvent |
First Sermon of the Buddha
ⓘ
linked to:
Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta
|
| associatedWith |
Gautama Buddha
ⓘ
linked to:
Shakyamuni Buddha
|
| audienceMember | Bhadrika ⓘ |
| deliveredBy |
Gautama Buddha
ⓘ
linked to:
Shakyamuni Buddha
|
| hasLanguageContext |
Pali Canon (probable)
ⓘ
linked to:
the Pali Canon
Sanskrit Buddhist literature (probable) ⓘ |
| heardTeaching |
Turning of the Wheel of Dharma discourse
ⓘ
linked to:
Turning of the Wheel of Dharma
|
| isMentionedIn | Buddhist tradition ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| religiousRole | monastic disciple (probable) ⓘ |
| role | listener of the Buddha ⓘ |
| teacher |
Gautama Buddha
ⓘ
linked to:
Shakyamuni Buddha
|
| timePeriod | lifetime of Gautama Buddha ⓘ |
| tradition | early Buddhist community ⓘ |
| wasPresentAt |
Turning of the Wheel of Dharma discourse
ⓘ
linked to:
Turning of the Wheel of Dharma
|
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: Bhadrika Description of subject: Bhadrika is a disciple mentioned in Buddhist tradition as one of the listeners present when the Buddha delivered his seminal Turning of the Wheel of Dharma discourse.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Bhadrika