Guha
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Guha is another name for the Hindu god Kartikeya (also known as Shanmukha or Murugan), revered as the youthful god of war and son of Shiva and Parvati.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Guha canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7368820 — 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: Guha Context triple: [Shanmukha, hasTitle, Guha]
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A.
Ghashiram
Ghashiram is the tragic and ambitious protagonist of Vijay Tendulkar’s Marathi play "Ghashiram Kotwal," whose rise and fall expose the corruption and brutality of power.
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B.
Gajanana
Gajanana is a revered aspect of the Hindu deity Ganesha, emphasizing his elephant-faced form and role as the remover of obstacles and bestower of wisdom.
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C.
Giri
Giri is a character in Bertolt Brecht’s satirical play "The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui," serving as one of Ui’s criminal associates who helps illustrate the play’s critique of fascist power.
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D.
Bhailsa
Bhailsa is the former historical name of Vidisha, an ancient city in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh known for its rich archaeological and cultural heritage.
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E.
Lambodara
Lambodara is an epithet of the Hindu deity Ganesha, highlighting his distinctive pot-bellied form and role as the remover of obstacles.
- 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: Guha Target entity description: Guha is another name for the Hindu god Kartikeya (also known as Shanmukha or Murugan), revered as the youthful god of war and son of Shiva and Parvati.
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A.
Ghashiram
Ghashiram is the tragic and ambitious protagonist of Vijay Tendulkar’s Marathi play "Ghashiram Kotwal," whose rise and fall expose the corruption and brutality of power.
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B.
Gajanana
Gajanana is a revered aspect of the Hindu deity Ganesha, emphasizing his elephant-faced form and role as the remover of obstacles and bestower of wisdom.
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C.
Giri
Giri is a character in Bertolt Brecht’s satirical play "The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui," serving as one of Ui’s criminal associates who helps illustrate the play’s critique of fascist power.
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D.
Bhailsa
Bhailsa is the former historical name of Vidisha, an ancient city in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh known for its rich archaeological and cultural heritage.
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E.
Lambodara
Lambodara is an epithet of the Hindu deity Ganesha, highlighting his distinctive pot-bellied form and role as the remover of obstacles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu deity
ⓘ
son of Shiva ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Kartikeya
ⓘ
Kumara ⓘ Murugan ⓘ Saravanabhava ⓘ Shanmuga ⓘ Shanmukha ⓘ Skanda ⓘ
linked to:
Kartikeya
Subrahmanya ⓘ
linked to:
Shanmukha
Subramanya ⓘ |
| associatedAnimal |
peacock
ⓘ
rooster ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
battle
ⓘ
protection ⓘ valor ⓘ youthfulness ⓘ |
| consort |
Devasena
ⓘ
Valli ⓘ |
| epithet |
Arumugam
ⓘ
linked to:
Shanmuga
Deva-senapati ⓘ Kumara ⓘ Mahasena ⓘ Shanmukha ⓘ |
| majorFestival |
Skanda Sashti
ⓘ
Thaipusam ⓘ |
| majorTradition |
Shaivism
ⓘ
Tamil Hinduism ⓘ |
| meaningOfName | the hidden one ⓘ |
| mount |
Paravani
ⓘ
peacock ⓘ |
| parents |
Parvati
ⓘ
linked to:
Kamakshi
Shiva ⓘ |
| regionOfProminence |
South India
ⓘ
Sri Lanka ⓘ Tamil Nadu ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| role |
commander of the gods
ⓘ
god of war ⓘ |
| scriptureMention |
Mahabharata
ⓘ
Puranas ⓘ Ramayana ⓘ |
| sibling | Ganesha ⓘ |
| symbol |
peacock
ⓘ
six faces ⓘ vel ⓘ |
| weapon |
spear
ⓘ
vel ⓘ |
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: Guha Description of subject: Guha is another name for the Hindu god Kartikeya (also known as Shanmukha or Murugan), revered as the youthful god of war and son of Shiva and Parvati.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.