Shanti/Ashtangi
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"Shanti/Ashtangi" is a Sanskrit-influenced, Eastern-chant-inspired track by Madonna from her critically acclaimed 1998 album "Ray of Light."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shanti/Ashtangi canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7288869 — 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: Shanti/Ashtangi Context triple: [Ray of Light, hasPart, Shanti/Ashtangi]
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A.
Hatha Yoga
Hatha Yoga is a branch of yoga focused on physical postures, breath control, and purification practices that aims to prepare the body and mind for higher meditative states.
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B.
Raja Yoga
Raja Yoga is a foundational text by Swami Vivekananda that systematically presents the philosophy and practice of Patanjali’s yoga, emphasizing meditation and mental discipline as paths to spiritual realization.
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C.
Sankhya Yoga
Sankhya Yoga is the second chapter of the Bhagavad Gita, presenting a foundational exposition of spiritual wisdom that distinguishes the eternal self from the temporary body and introduces the path of disciplined, knowledge-based understanding.
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D.
Surya Namaskar
Surya Namaskar is a traditional Hindu sequence of yoga postures performed in a flowing cycle to honor the sun, often used as a holistic practice for physical, mental, and spiritual well-being.
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E.
Sadhana Adhyaya
Sadhana Adhyaya is the second section of the Brahma Sutras that systematically discusses the spiritual disciplines and means (sadhana) required for attaining Brahman.
- 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: Shanti/Ashtangi Target entity description: "Shanti/Ashtangi" is a Sanskrit-influenced, Eastern-chant-inspired track by Madonna from her critically acclaimed 1998 album "Ray of Light."
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A.
Hatha Yoga
Hatha Yoga is a branch of yoga focused on physical postures, breath control, and purification practices that aims to prepare the body and mind for higher meditative states.
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B.
Raja Yoga
Raja Yoga is a foundational text by Swami Vivekananda that systematically presents the philosophy and practice of Patanjali’s yoga, emphasizing meditation and mental discipline as paths to spiritual realization.
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C.
Sankhya Yoga
Sankhya Yoga is the second chapter of the Bhagavad Gita, presenting a foundational exposition of spiritual wisdom that distinguishes the eternal self from the temporary body and introduces the path of disciplined, knowledge-based understanding.
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D.
Surya Namaskar
Surya Namaskar is a traditional Hindu sequence of yoga postures performed in a flowing cycle to honor the sun, often used as a holistic practice for physical, mental, and spiritual well-being.
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E.
Sadhana Adhyaya
Sadhana Adhyaya is the second section of the Brahma Sutras that systematically discusses the spiritual disciplines and means (sadhana) required for attaining Brahman.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | song ⓘ |
| album | Ray of Light NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| albumArtist | Madonna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| albumReleaseYear | 1998 ⓘ |
| artist | Madonna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWork |
Drowned World/Substitute for Love
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Frozen (song) NERFINISHED ⓘ Ray of Light (song) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer |
Madonna
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
William Orbit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| criticalContext | featured on critically acclaimed album Ray of Light ⓘ |
| genre |
ambient pop
ⓘ
electronic ⓘ worldbeat ⓘ |
| hasReligiousCulturalReference |
Hinduism
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vedic tradition ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
Eastern philosophy
ⓘ
meditation ⓘ spirituality ⓘ |
| hasTitleLanguage | English NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedIn | Ray of Light (1998 studio album) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Hindu mantra
ⓘ
Sanskrit chant ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
Sanskrit ⓘ |
| lengthApproximate | 4:30 ⓘ |
| lyricist | Madonna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium |
compact disc
ⓘ
digital audio ⓘ vinyl record ⓘ |
| partOf | Ray of Light NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfDiscographyOf | Madonna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Madonna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Madonna
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
William Orbit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Maverick Records
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Warner Bros. Records ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1998 ⓘ |
| trackNumberOnAlbum | 9 ⓘ |
| usesElement |
Indian-influenced instrumentation
ⓘ
Sanskrit verses ⓘ electronic production ⓘ |
| vocalist | Madonna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| vocalStyle | chant-inspired ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Shanti/Ashtangi Description of subject: "Shanti/Ashtangi" is a Sanskrit-influenced, Eastern-chant-inspired track by Madonna from her critically acclaimed 1998 album "Ray of Light."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.