Deva
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Deva is a term in Indian religions referring to a divine being or god associated with cosmic order, virtue, and spiritual illumination.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Deva canonical | 4 |
| Devatā | 1 |
| Shasanadevatas | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11673874 — 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: Deva Context triple: [Bhagavān, relatedConcept, Deva]
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A.
Deva
Deva is the Roman-era name for the ancient fortress and settlement that later became the modern English city of Chester.
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B.
Deva
Deva is a city in western Romania known for its historic fortress and location near the Mureș River in Transylvania.
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C.
Deva
Deva is a prominent Indian film music composer best known for his prolific work in Tamil cinema during the 1990s and early 2000s.
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D.
Devi
Devi is the supreme goddess in Hinduism, embodying the divine feminine power (Shakti) in its many forms such as Durga, Parvati, Lakshmi, and Saraswati.
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E.
Devan
Devan is an Indian actor known for his supporting and character roles in South Indian cinema, particularly Malayalam and Tamil films.
- 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: Deva Target entity description: Deva is a term in Indian religions referring to a divine being or god associated with cosmic order, virtue, and spiritual illumination.
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A.
Deva
Deva is the Roman-era name for the ancient fortress and settlement that later became the modern English city of Chester.
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B.
Deva
Deva is a city in western Romania known for its historic fortress and location near the Mureș River in Transylvania.
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C.
Deva
Deva is a prominent Indian film music composer best known for his prolific work in Tamil cinema during the 1990s and early 2000s.
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D.
Devi
Devi is the supreme goddess in Hinduism, embodying the divine feminine power (Shakti) in its many forms such as Durga, Parvati, Lakshmi, and Saraswati.
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E.
Devan
Devan is an Indian actor known for his supporting and character roles in South Indian cinema, particularly Malayalam and Tamil films.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
class of beings in Indian religions
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divine being ⓘ god ⓘ religious concept ⓘ supernatural being ⓘ |
| appearsInText |
Atharvaveda
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Buddhist Pali Canon ⓘ
linked to:
the Pali Canon
Jain Agamas ⓘ Mahabharata ⓘ Puranas ⓘ Ramayana ⓘ Rigveda ⓘ Samaveda ⓘ Upanishads ⓘ Yajurveda ⓘ |
| associatedWithConcept |
cosmic order
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dharma ⓘ rta (cosmic order in Vedic thought) ⓘ
linked to:
Ṛta
spiritual illumination ⓘ virtue ⓘ |
| category |
Buddhist cosmology concepts
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Hindu philosophical concepts ⓘ Indian religious terminology ⓘ Jain cosmology concepts ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
Asura (in later Vedic and Puranic literature)
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Demon (in some English translations) ⓘ Rakshasa ⓘ |
| cosmologicalStatus | inhabitant of higher or celestial realms ⓘ |
| hasEtymologyLanguage | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| hasEtymologyRoot | Sanskrit word "deva" meaning "shining" or "radiant" ⓘ |
| hasFeminineForm | Devi ⓘ |
| hasGenderForm | masculine ⓘ |
| hasPluralForm | Devas ⓘ |
| linguisticCognate |
Greek "theos" (via common Indo-European roots)
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Latin "deus" ⓘ |
| moralAssociation |
not necessarily omnipotent or omniscient
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often associated with goodness and virtue ⓘ |
| roleInBuddhism |
considered powerful but not ultimately liberated
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denotes celestial beings in higher realms of samsara ⓘ |
| roleInHinduism |
denotes gods who uphold cosmic order and dharma
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includes major deities such as Indra, Agni, Varuna, Surya, and others ⓘ |
| roleInJainism | denotes heavenly beings residing in various celestial realms ⓘ |
| translation |
deity
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god ⓘ shining one ⓘ |
| usedInReligion |
Buddhism
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Hinduism ⓘ Jainism ⓘ Sikhism (in limited, contextual senses) ⓘ
linked to:
Sikhism
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| worshipPractice |
invoked in Vedic rituals
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offered sacrifices and hymns in early Hinduism ⓘ |
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: Deva Description of subject: Deva is a term in Indian religions referring to a divine being or god associated with cosmic order, virtue, and spiritual illumination.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Deva
linked to: Deva