Manasa
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Manasa is a Hindu serpent goddess primarily worshipped in eastern India as a protector against snakebites and a granter of fertility and prosperity.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Manasa canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7306381 — 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: Manasa Context triple: [Mangalkavya, associatedWithDeity, Manasa]
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A.
Kshipra
Kshipra is a sacred river in central India, best known for flowing through the holy city of Ujjain and its importance in Hindu religious traditions and festivals.
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B.
Vasusena
Vasusena is the original birth name of Karna, a central warrior figure in the Indian epic Mahabharata.
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C.
Aruna
Aruna is a feminine given name most notably borne by Indian independence activist and political leader Aruna Asaf Ali.
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D.
Aruna
Aruna is a figure in Hindu mythology known as the personified dawn and the divine charioteer who drives the sun god Surya across the sky.
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E.
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.
- 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: Manasa Target entity description: Manasa is a Hindu serpent goddess primarily worshipped in eastern India as a protector against snakebites and a granter of fertility and prosperity.
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A.
Kshipra
Kshipra is a sacred river in central India, best known for flowing through the holy city of Ujjain and its importance in Hindu religious traditions and festivals.
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B.
Vasusena
Vasusena is the original birth name of Karna, a central warrior figure in the Indian epic Mahabharata.
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C.
Aruna
Aruna is a feminine given name most notably borne by Indian independence activist and political leader Aruna Asaf Ali.
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D.
Aruna
Aruna is a figure in Hindu mythology known as the personified dawn and the divine charioteer who drives the sun god Surya across the sky.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu goddess
ⓘ
folk deity ⓘ serpent goddess ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
fertility
ⓘ
healing ⓘ poison ⓘ serpents ⓘ snakes ⓘ wealth ⓘ |
| child | Astika ⓘ |
| cultStatus | popular village deity in Bengal ⓘ |
| cultType | snake cult ⓘ |
| festival |
Manasa Puja
ⓘ
linked to:
Shakta puja
Nag Panchami ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| halfSibling |
Ganesha
ⓘ
Kartikeya ⓘ |
| hasLegend |
conflict with Chand Sadagar
ⓘ
conversion of Chand Sadagar ⓘ |
| hasMythologyText |
Manasamangal Kavya
ⓘ
linked to:
Manasamangal
Padma Purana (regional Bengali versions) ⓘ
linked to:
Padma Purana
|
| iconographicAttribute |
basket of snakes
ⓘ
crown of snakes ⓘ hooded cobra canopy ⓘ pot of nectar ⓘ |
| majorCultRegion |
Assam
ⓘ
Bengal ⓘ Odisha ⓘ
linked to:
Orissa
eastern India ⓘ |
| parent |
Kadru (in some traditions)
ⓘ
linked to:
Kadru
Shiva ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| roleInMyth |
bestower of wealth
ⓘ
bringer of children ⓘ savior from snakebite ⓘ |
| spouse | Jaratkaru ⓘ |
| symbol |
lotus
ⓘ
pot of jewels ⓘ snake ⓘ |
| veneratedBy |
agricultural communities
ⓘ
fisherfolk ⓘ rural communities in Bengal ⓘ |
| worshipDay |
Sravana month
ⓘ
rainy season ⓘ |
| worshippedAs |
goddess of fertility
ⓘ
goddess of prosperity ⓘ protector against snakebites ⓘ |
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: Manasa Description of subject: Manasa is a Hindu serpent goddess primarily worshipped in eastern India as a protector against snakebites and a granter of fertility and prosperity.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.