King Bhagiratha
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King Bhagiratha is a legendary monarch in Hindu mythology renowned for bringing the sacred Ganges River down to Earth through intense penance to liberate his ancestors.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bhagiratha | 10 |
| King Bhagiratha canonical | 2 |
| Bhagirath | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9195727 — 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: King Bhagiratha Context triple: [Bhagirathi River, namedAfter, King Bhagiratha]
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A.
King Parikshit
King Parikshit is a legendary Kuru monarch in Hindu tradition, renowned as the grandson of Arjuna and the central listener of the teachings narrated in the Bhagavata Purana.
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B.
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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C.
King Mahabali
King Mahabali is a benevolent and generous demon king from Hindu mythology, especially revered in Kerala, whose annual return to visit his people is celebrated during the festival of Onam.
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D.
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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E.
King Ashvapati
King Ashvapati is a righteous and devoted monarch in the Mahabharata’s Savitrī and Satyavan legend, known especially as Savitrī’s father and a model of piety and wisdom.
- 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: King Bhagiratha Target entity description: King Bhagiratha is a legendary monarch in Hindu mythology renowned for bringing the sacred Ganges River down to Earth through intense penance to liberate his ancestors.
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A.
King Parikshit
King Parikshit is a legendary Kuru monarch in Hindu tradition, renowned as the grandson of Arjuna and the central listener of the teachings narrated in the Bhagavata Purana.
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B.
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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C.
King Mahabali
King Mahabali is a benevolent and generous demon king from Hindu mythology, especially revered in Kerala, whose annual return to visit his people is celebrated during the festival of Onam.
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D.
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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E.
King Ashvapati
King Ashvapati is a righteous and devoted monarch in the Mahabharata’s Savitrī and Satyavan legend, known especially as Savitrī’s father and a model of piety and wisdom.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu mythological figure
ⓘ
legendary king ⓘ |
| ancestor | King Sagara ⓘ |
| ancestorOf |
Ikshvaku dynasty kings
ⓘ
linked to:
Ikshvaku dynasty
|
| associatedDeity |
Goddess Ganga
ⓘ
linked to:
river goddess Ganga
Lord Shiva ⓘ
linked to:
Shiva
|
| associatedWith |
Bhagirathi River
ⓘ
Ganges ⓘ River Ganga ⓘ
linked to:
Ganges
|
| causeOfGangaDescent | redemption of Sagara’s sons ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy | stories told during Ganga-related festivals ⓘ |
| culturalConcept | Bhagirath prayatna ⓘ |
| culture |
Ancient India
ⓘ
linked to:
ancient India
|
| descendedFrom | King Sagara ⓘ |
| dynasty | Ikshvaku dynasty ⓘ |
| epithet |
Bhagirath
ⓘ
linked to:
King Bhagiratha
Bhagiratha ⓘ
linked to:
King Bhagiratha
|
| event | Ganga flowing in the path of Bhagiratha ⓘ |
| geographicalAssociation |
Bhagirathi River in the Himalayas
ⓘ
linked to:
Bhagirathi River
|
| goalOfPenance |
to bring Ganga to Earth
ⓘ
to liberate the souls of his ancestors ⓘ |
| honoredIn |
Hindu devotional literature
ⓘ
Indian religious tradition ⓘ |
| kingdom | Ayodhya ⓘ |
| languageContext | Sanskrit literature ⓘ |
| legacy | Ganga sometimes called Bhagirathi in his honor ⓘ |
| literaryGenre |
Itihasa
ⓘ
Purana ⓘ |
| moralLesson |
duty towards ancestors is sacred
ⓘ
intense effort can achieve divine intervention ⓘ |
| mythologicalText |
Puranas
ⓘ
Ramayana ⓘ |
| notableFor |
bringing the Ganges River to Earth
ⓘ
liberating his ancestors ⓘ performing intense penance ⓘ |
| performedPenanceTo |
Lord Brahma
ⓘ
linked to:
Brahma
Lord Shiva ⓘ
linked to:
Shiva
|
| regionOfMyth |
Indian subcontinent
ⓘ
linked to:
South Asia
|
| relatedMyth | story of King Sagara’s 60,000 sons ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| roleInMyth | protagonist of the descent of Ganga narrative ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
devotion
ⓘ
filial piety ⓘ perseverance ⓘ selfless effort ⓘ |
| theme |
ancestral salvation
ⓘ
power of tapas (austerities) ⓘ |
| worshipContext | recalled in rituals related to Ganga ⓘ |
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: King Bhagiratha Description of subject: King Bhagiratha is a legendary monarch in Hindu mythology renowned for bringing the sacred Ganges River down to Earth through intense penance to liberate his ancestors.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: King Bhagiratha
subject linked to:
Raghuvamsha (Solar dynasty)
linked to: King Bhagiratha
linked to: King Bhagiratha
linked to: King Bhagiratha
linked to: King Bhagiratha
linked to: King Bhagiratha
linked to: King Bhagiratha
linked to: King Bhagiratha
linked to: King Bhagiratha
subject linked to:
river goddess Ganga
linked to: King Bhagiratha
linked to: King Bhagiratha