Rashnu
E775063
Rashnu is a Zoroastrian deity of justice and truth who weighs the souls of the dead to determine their fate in the afterlife.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rashnu canonical | 3 |
| Rashnu Razista | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9055294 — 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: Rashnu Context triple: [Iranian mythology, hasDeity, Rashnu]
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A.
Sutikshna
Sutikshna is a sage in the Aranya Kanda of the Ramayana, known for offering hospitality and guidance to Rama, Sita, and Lakshmana during their exile in the forest.
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B.
Rushani
Rushani is an Eastern Iranian language spoken primarily in the Rushan region of Tajikistan and neighboring areas.
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C.
Tharkha
Tharkha is a traditional musical form or instrument associated with the cultural heritage and folk music of the Bodo people of Northeast India.
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D.
Sudarshan
Sudarshan is a common Indian surname found across various regions and communities in India.
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E.
Rohilla
The Rohilla are a Pashtun-origin community historically known for establishing the Rohilkhand region in northern India and playing a significant role in 18th-century North Indian politics.
- 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: Rashnu Target entity description: Rashnu is a Zoroastrian deity of justice and truth who weighs the souls of the dead to determine their fate in the afterlife.
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A.
Sutikshna
Sutikshna is a sage in the Aranya Kanda of the Ramayana, known for offering hospitality and guidance to Rama, Sita, and Lakshmana during their exile in the forest.
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B.
Rushani
Rushani is an Eastern Iranian language spoken primarily in the Rushan region of Tajikistan and neighboring areas.
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C.
Tharkha
Tharkha is a traditional musical form or instrument associated with the cultural heritage and folk music of the Bodo people of Northeast India.
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D.
Sudarshan
Sudarshan is a common Indian surname found across various regions and communities in India.
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E.
Rohilla
The Rohilla are a Pashtun-origin community historically known for establishing the Rohilkhand region in northern India and playing a significant role in 18th-century North Indian politics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Zoroastrian deity
ⓘ
yazata ⓘ |
| alignedWith |
Ahura Mazda
ⓘ
asha ⓘ |
| associatedConcept | Chinvat Bridge ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
afterlife judgment
ⓘ
cosmic order ⓘ |
| conceptualType |
personification of justice
ⓘ
personification of truth ⓘ |
| cosmicRole |
guardian of justice
ⓘ
upholder of divine law ⓘ |
| culticRole | protector of oaths and contracts ⓘ |
| dayOfDedication | 21st day of the Zoroastrian month ⓘ |
| domain |
justice
ⓘ
truth ⓘ |
| epithet |
Rashnu Razista
ⓘ
linked to:
Rashnu
|
| epithetMeaning | the most just ⓘ |
| eschatologicalRole | present at the Chinvat Bridge judgment ⓘ |
| ethicalSignificance | model of impartial judgment ⓘ |
| function |
determines fate of souls after death
ⓘ
weighs deeds of souls on scales ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| justiceCharacteristic |
impartiality
ⓘ
incorruptibility ⓘ |
| languageOfName |
Avestan
ⓘ
linked to:
Avestan language
|
| moralAspect |
righteousness
ⓘ
truthfulness ⓘ |
| moralFunction | measures good and evil deeds ⓘ |
| mythologicalEra | ancient Iranian religion ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
druj
ⓘ
lies ⓘ |
| pantheon | Iranian pantheon ⓘ |
| regionOfCult | ancient Iran ⓘ |
| religion | Zoroastrianism ⓘ |
| role |
judge of the dead
ⓘ
weigher of souls ⓘ |
| scriptureMention |
Avesta
ⓘ
Vendidad ⓘ Yashts ⓘ
linked to:
Avesta
|
| symbolicAttribute |
balance
ⓘ
scales ⓘ |
| triadMemberWith |
Mithra
ⓘ
linked to:
Mithras
Sraosha ⓘ |
| triadRole | participates in judgment of souls with Mithra and Sraosha ⓘ |
| worshippedBy | Zoroastrians ⓘ |
| worshipType | invoked in prayers for justice ⓘ |
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: Rashnu Description of subject: Rashnu is a Zoroastrian deity of justice and truth who weighs the souls of the dead to determine their fate in the afterlife.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.