Halayudha
E693851
Halayudha is an epithet of the Hindu deity Balarama, highlighting his association with the plough as his characteristic weapon.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Halayudha canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7791645 — 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: Halayudha Context triple: [Balarama, otherName, Halayudha]
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A.
Babruvahana
Babruvahana is a character in the Indian epic Mahabharata, known as the son of the Pandava prince Arjuna and the princess Chitrangada, and as a skilled warrior and later ruler of Manipura.
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B.
Ashwapati
Ashwapati is a king in the Hindu epic Ramayana, best known as the ruler of the kingdom of Kekaya and the father of Queen Kaikeyi.
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C.
Rajagopala
Rajagopala is a Hindu deity regarded as a form of Lord Krishna, particularly venerated as the divine cowherd and king of Gokul.
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D.
Adhiratha
Adhiratha is a charioteer in the Mahabharata who finds and raises the abandoned infant Karna as his own son.
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E.
Yajnaseni
Yajnaseni is another name for Draupadi, the central heroine of the Indian epic Mahabharata, renowned for her strength, devotion, and pivotal role in the Kurukshetra war.
- 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: Halayudha Target entity description: Halayudha is an epithet of the Hindu deity Balarama, highlighting his association with the plough as his characteristic weapon.
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A.
Babruvahana
Babruvahana is a character in the Indian epic Mahabharata, known as the son of the Pandava prince Arjuna and the princess Chitrangada, and as a skilled warrior and later ruler of Manipura.
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B.
Ashwapati
Ashwapati is a king in the Hindu epic Ramayana, best known as the ruler of the kingdom of Kekaya and the father of Queen Kaikeyi.
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C.
Rajagopala
Rajagopala is a Hindu deity regarded as a form of Lord Krishna, particularly venerated as the divine cowherd and king of Gokul.
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D.
Adhiratha
Adhiratha is a charioteer in the Mahabharata who finds and raises the abandoned infant Karna as his own son.
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E.
Yajnaseni
Yajnaseni is another name for Draupadi, the central heroine of the Indian epic Mahabharata, renowned for her strength, devotion, and pivotal role in the Kurukshetra war.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
epithet
ⓘ
theonym ⓘ |
| associatedWithAvatar | Balarama ⓘ |
| associatedWithDeityType | Hindu deity ⓘ |
| associatedWithWeapon | plough ⓘ |
| category |
Epithets in Hindu mythology
ⓘ
Names of Balarama ⓘ |
| denotesAttribute |
agricultural power
ⓘ
strength ⓘ weapon-bearing ⓘ |
| epithetOf |
Balarama
ⓘ
linked to:
Samkarshana
|
| etymologyComponent |
ayudha (weapon)
ⓘ
hala (plough) ⓘ |
| hasMeaning | he who wields the plough ⓘ |
| isHonorificFor | Balarama ⓘ |
| language | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| pantheon | Yadava heroes of Hindu mythology ⓘ |
| refersTo | Balarama ⓘ |
| relatedConcept | plough as divine weapon ⓘ |
| relatedDeity | Krishna ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| scripturalContext | Hindu texts mentioning Balarama ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
agrarian might
ⓘ
protection of farmers ⓘ |
| usedInTradition | 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: Halayudha Description of subject: Halayudha is an epithet of the Hindu deity Balarama, highlighting his association with the plough as his characteristic weapon.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.