Nanda
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Nanda is traditionally known as one of the Buddha’s half-brothers and an early disciple in Buddhist tradition.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nanda canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11674049 — 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: Nanda Context triple: [Śuddhodana, child, Nanda]
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A.
Nanda
Nanda is the chief cowherd of Gokul in Hindu tradition, revered as the foster father of the god Krishna.
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B.
Aruna
Aruna is a feminine given name most notably borne by Indian independence activist and political leader Aruna Asaf Ali.
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C.
Aruna
Aruna is a figure in Hindu mythology known as the personified dawn and the divine charioteer who drives the sun god Surya across the sky.
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D.
Nandana
Nandana is a person known primarily as the sibling of Nanda, a figure mentioned in historical and/or cultural contexts.
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E.
Neela
Neela is a central street racer and love interest in the film "The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift," known for her drifting skills in Tokyo's underground racing scene.
- 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: Nanda Target entity description: Nanda is traditionally known as one of the Buddha’s half-brothers and an early disciple in Buddhist tradition.
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A.
Nanda
Nanda is the chief cowherd of Gokul in Hindu tradition, revered as the foster father of the god Krishna.
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B.
Aruna
Aruna is a feminine given name most notably borne by Indian independence activist and political leader Aruna Asaf Ali.
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C.
Aruna
Aruna is a figure in Hindu mythology known as the personified dawn and the divine charioteer who drives the sun god Surya across the sky.
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D.
Nandana
Nandana is a person known primarily as the sibling of Nanda, a figure mentioned in historical and/or cultural contexts.
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E.
Neela
Neela is a central street racer and love interest in the film "The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift," known for her drifting skills in Tokyo's underground racing scene.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist monk
ⓘ
disciple of the Buddha ⓘ historical religious figure ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Sundara Nanda
ⓘ
Sundarananda ⓘ |
| associatedPlace | Kapilavastu ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Gautama Buddha
ⓘ
linked to:
Buddha
|
| canonicalRole | example of transformation from sensuality to enlightenment ⓘ |
| category |
Buddha’s family
ⓘ
linked to:
Śākya
|
| familyRelation | half-brother of Gautama Buddha ⓘ |
| father | Śuddhodana ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | teachings of the Buddha ⓘ |
| knownFor |
eventual attainment of arahantship
ⓘ
initial attachment to sensual pleasures ⓘ |
| languageOfName |
Pali
ⓘ
Sanskrit ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Pali Canon
ⓘ
linked to:
the Pali Canon
Sundarananda Sutta traditions ⓘ Sutta Piṭaka ⓘ
linked to:
Sutta Pitaka
Theragāthā ⓘ
linked to:
Therīgāthā
|
| moralExemplifies |
overcoming attachment
ⓘ
power of disciplined practice ⓘ |
| mother | Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
contrast between worldly beauty and spiritual liberation
ⓘ
renunciation of sensual desire ⓘ |
| ordinationBy |
Gautama Buddha
ⓘ
linked to:
Buddha
|
| ordinationStatus | bhikkhu ⓘ |
| relationshipToBuddha | relative and disciple ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| roleInBuddhism | early disciple of the Buddha ⓘ |
| scripturalLanguageContext |
Pali literature
ⓘ
linked to:
Pali
Sanskrit literature ⓘ |
| spiritualAchievement | arahant ⓘ |
| spouseBeforeOrdination | Janapadakalyāṇī ⓘ |
| subjectOf | didactic stories in Buddhist literature ⓘ |
| teacher |
Gautama Buddha
ⓘ
linked to:
Buddha
|
| timePeriod | 6th–5th century BCE (traditional dating) ⓘ |
| tradition |
Theravāda Buddhism
ⓘ
linked to:
Theravada
early Buddhism ⓘ
linked to:
Nikaya Buddhism
|
| vowedCelibacy | yes ⓘ |
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: Nanda Description of subject: Nanda is traditionally known as one of the Buddha’s half-brothers and an early disciple in Buddhist tradition.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.