Chitragupta
E779529
Chitragupta is a Hindu deity who serves as the divine scribe and accountant of human deeds, assisting Yamaraja in judging souls after death.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chitragupta canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9118981 — 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: Chitragupta Context triple: [Yamaraja, oversees, Chitragupta]
-
A.
Siddhidatri
Siddhidatri is a Hindu goddess, revered as the bestower of supernatural powers and spiritual perfection, and worshipped as one of the nine forms of Goddess Durga.
-
B.
Brihaspati
Brihaspati is a revered sage and Vedic deity in Hindu tradition, regarded as the guru of the gods and associated with wisdom, eloquence, and the planet Jupiter.
-
C.
Daksha
Daksha was a ruler who succeeded King Balitung in the line of Mataram (Medang) monarchs in early medieval Java.
-
D.
Sadyojata
Sadyojata is one of the five faces of Lord Shiva, symbolizing creation and the westward aspect of the deity in Shaivite tradition.
-
E.
Vrushabhadri
Vrushabhadri is one of the sacred hills of the Tirumala range associated with the Tirumala Venkateswara Temple in Andhra Pradesh, India.
- 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: Chitragupta Target entity description: Chitragupta is a Hindu deity who serves as the divine scribe and accountant of human deeds, assisting Yamaraja in judging souls after death.
-
A.
Siddhidatri
Siddhidatri is a Hindu goddess, revered as the bestower of supernatural powers and spiritual perfection, and worshipped as one of the nine forms of Goddess Durga.
-
B.
Brihaspati
Brihaspati is a revered sage and Vedic deity in Hindu tradition, regarded as the guru of the gods and associated with wisdom, eloquence, and the planet Jupiter.
-
C.
Daksha
Daksha was a ruler who succeeded King Balitung in the line of Mataram (Medang) monarchs in early medieval Java.
-
D.
Sadyojata
Sadyojata is one of the five faces of Lord Shiva, symbolizing creation and the westward aspect of the deity in Shaivite tradition.
-
E.
Vrushabhadri
Vrushabhadri is one of the sacred hills of the Tirumala range associated with the Tirumala Venkateswara Temple in Andhra Pradesh, India.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Hindu deity ⓘ |
| abode |
Yamaloka
ⓘ
the court of Yama ⓘ
linked to:
Yama
|
| associatedConcept |
dharma
ⓘ
karma ⓘ moral accountability ⓘ reincarnation ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Yama
ⓘ
Yamaraja ⓘ |
| cosmicFunction |
administration of cosmic justice
ⓘ
balancing punya and paap ⓘ |
| culture | Indian mythology ⓘ |
| depictedAs |
holding a pen and ledger
ⓘ
seated with writing instruments ⓘ |
| domain |
afterlife
ⓘ
judgment of souls ⓘ |
| family |
Yama’s court
ⓘ
linked to:
Naraka
|
| festival |
Bhai Dooj (regional observances)
ⓘ
linked to:
Bhai Dooj
Chitragupta Puja ⓘ |
| functionInMyth |
determining fate of souls after death
ⓘ
recording every deed of every person ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| meaningOfName |
hidden picture
ⓘ
secretly written ⓘ |
| mythologicalText |
Garuda Purana
ⓘ
Padma Purana ⓘ Puranas ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| responsibility |
keeping records of human actions
ⓘ
maintaining accounts of merit and sin ⓘ presenting life records to Yama ⓘ |
| role |
accountant of human deeds
ⓘ
assistant to Yama ⓘ divine scribe ⓘ judge of souls ⓘ recorder of karma ⓘ |
| symbol |
book of accounts
ⓘ
inkpot ⓘ pen ⓘ |
| tradition | Hindu afterlife beliefs ⓘ |
| typeOfDeity |
chthonic deity
ⓘ
judicial deity ⓘ |
| worshippedBy | Kayastha community ⓘ |
| worshippedIn |
India
ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ |
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: Chitragupta Description of subject: Chitragupta is a Hindu deity who serves as the divine scribe and accountant of human deeds, assisting Yamaraja in judging souls after death.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.