Ikshvaku
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Ikshvaku is a legendary king in Hindu tradition regarded as the founder of the Ikshvaku (Solar) dynasty, from which many prominent rulers, including Lord Rama, are said to descend.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9119353 — 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: Ikshvaku Context triple: [Shraddhadeva Manu, offspring, Ikshvaku]
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A.
Vaivasvata Manu
Vaivasvata Manu is the current Manu in Hindu cosmology, revered as the progenitor of the present human race and the survivor of a great deluge guided by the god Vishnu.
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B.
Agnimitra
Agnimitra was a prominent early ruler of the Shunga dynasty in ancient India, known from both historical records and Kalidasa’s Sanskrit play “Mālavikāgnimitram.”
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C.
King Shantanu
King Shantanu is a legendary monarch of the Kuru dynasty in the Indian epic Mahabharata, best known as the father of Bhishma and a key ancestor of the Pandavas and Kauravas.
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D.
Angiras
Angiras is a revered Vedic sage in Hindu tradition, regarded as one of the ancient rishis associated with the composition of hymns in the Rigveda and with profound spiritual knowledge.
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E.
Dasharatha
Dasharatha is the legendary king of Ayodhya in Hindu mythology, best known as the father of Lord Rama.
- 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: Ikshvaku Target entity description: Ikshvaku is a legendary king in Hindu tradition regarded as the founder of the Ikshvaku (Solar) dynasty, from which many prominent rulers, including Lord Rama, are said to descend.
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A.
Vaivasvata Manu
Vaivasvata Manu is the current Manu in Hindu cosmology, revered as the progenitor of the present human race and the survivor of a great deluge guided by the god Vishnu.
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B.
Agnimitra
Agnimitra was a prominent early ruler of the Shunga dynasty in ancient India, known from both historical records and Kalidasa’s Sanskrit play “Mālavikāgnimitram.”
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C.
King Shantanu
King Shantanu is a legendary monarch of the Kuru dynasty in the Indian epic Mahabharata, best known as the father of Bhishma and a key ancestor of the Pandavas and Kauravas.
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D.
Angiras
Angiras is a revered Vedic sage in Hindu tradition, regarded as one of the ancient rishis associated with the composition of hymns in the Rigveda and with profound spiritual knowledge.
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E.
Dasharatha
Dasharatha is the legendary king of Ayodhya in Hindu mythology, best known as the father of Lord Rama.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dynastic founder
ⓘ
legendary king ⓘ mythological figure ⓘ solar dynasty king ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Suryavansha founder ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
Suryavanshi kings
ⓘ
linked to:
Ikshvaku dynasty
royal lineage of Ayodhya ⓘ |
| associatedReligion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| associatedTradition | Hindu tradition ⓘ |
| associatedWithText |
Mahabharata
ⓘ
Puranas ⓘ Ramayana ⓘ |
| capitalTraditionallyLinked | Ayodhya ⓘ |
| category |
Kings in Hindu mythology
ⓘ
Puranic kings ⓘ Solar dynasty rulers ⓘ |
| cosmicCycleContext |
Treta Yuga (traditional attribution)
ⓘ
linked to:
Treta Yuga
|
| culturalSignificance | symbol of royal dharma in the Solar line ⓘ |
| descendant |
Bhagiratha
ⓘ
linked to:
King Bhagiratha
Dasharatha ⓘ Harishchandra ⓘ Lord Rama ⓘ Raghu ⓘ |
| dynastyFounded |
Ikshvaku dynasty
ⓘ
Solar dynasty ⓘ |
| etymologyNote | name often linked to sugarcane (ikshu) in traditional explanations ⓘ |
| kingdomAssociated | Kosala ⓘ |
| languageContext | Sanskrit literature ⓘ |
| lineageType | Kshatriya ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Agni Purana
ⓘ
Bhagavata Purana ⓘ Harivamsa ⓘ Vishnu Purana ⓘ |
| mythologicalRole |
ancestor of Lord Rama
ⓘ
progenitor of the Solar dynasty ⓘ |
| nameInDevanagari |
इक्ष्वाकु
ⓘ
linked to:
Ikshvaku
|
| parentInSomeTraditions |
Shraddha
ⓘ
Vaivasvata Manu ⓘ |
| regardedAs |
ancestor of many Kshatriya lineages
ⓘ
founder of the Ikshvaku dynasty ⓘ |
| regionInMythology | ancient northern India ⓘ |
| roleInGenealogy | first king in many Solar dynasty lists ⓘ |
| vamsaType |
Solar dynasty
ⓘ
Suryavansha ⓘ
linked to:
Raghuvamsha (Solar dynasty)
|
| worshipStatus | revered as an ancestral king rather than a major deity ⓘ |
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: Ikshvaku Description of subject: Ikshvaku is a legendary king in Hindu tradition regarded as the founder of the Ikshvaku (Solar) dynasty, from which many prominent rulers, including Lord Rama, are said to descend.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Raghuvamsha (Solar dynasty)
subject linked to:
Raghuvamsha (Solar dynasty)
subject linked to:
seventh Manu
linked to: Ikshvaku