Virūḷhaka
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Virūḷhaka is a Buddhist guardian king (one of the Four Great Kings) associated with the southern direction and the protection of the world.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Virūḷhaka canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11860983 — 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: Virūḷhaka Context triple: [Virūḍhaka, PaliName, Virūḷhaka]
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A.
Veeragase
Veeragase is a vigorous and ritualistic folk dance-drama of Karnataka, India, traditionally performed during festivals to depict stories of valor from Hindu mythology.
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B.
Iruliga
Iruliga is an alternative name for the Irula language, a Dravidian language spoken by the Irula people of southern India.
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C.
Voruvoru
Voruvoru is a small village located on Choiseul Island in the Solomon Islands, known for its rural setting and traditional Melanesian community.
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D.
Huvishka
Huvishka was a prominent Kushan emperor of the 2nd century CE, known for his extensive coinage and role in consolidating the empire’s power and cultural diversity across Central and South Asia.
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E.
Vitashoka
Vitashoka was a lesser-known son of the Mauryan emperor Bindusara and brother of the famous Indian emperor Ashoka.
- 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: Virūḷhaka Target entity description: Virūḷhaka is a Buddhist guardian king (one of the Four Great Kings) associated with the southern direction and the protection of the world.
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A.
Veeragase
Veeragase is a vigorous and ritualistic folk dance-drama of Karnataka, India, traditionally performed during festivals to depict stories of valor from Hindu mythology.
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B.
Iruliga
Iruliga is an alternative name for the Irula language, a Dravidian language spoken by the Irula people of southern India.
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C.
Voruvoru
Voruvoru is a small village located on Choiseul Island in the Solomon Islands, known for its rural setting and traditional Melanesian community.
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D.
Huvishka
Huvishka was a prominent Kushan emperor of the 2nd century CE, known for his extensive coinage and role in consolidating the empire’s power and cultural diversity across Central and South Asia.
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E.
Vitashoka
Vitashoka was a lesser-known son of the Mauryan emperor Bindusara and brother of the famous Indian emperor Ashoka.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist deity
ⓘ
Guardian King ⓘ One of the Four Great Kings ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
kumbhāṇḍas
ⓘ
yakṣas ⓘ |
| associatedWithConcept |
defense of the Dharma
ⓘ
guardianship of the world ⓘ protection ⓘ |
| associatedWithDirection | south ⓘ |
| cosmologicalLevel | lowest heaven of the Kāmadhātu ⓘ |
| cosmologicalRealm | Cāturmahārājika heaven ⓘ |
| counterpartOf | Virūḍhaka ⓘ |
| directionalGroup |
Lokapālas
ⓘ
linked to:
Lokapalas
|
| directionalRole | guardian of the south ⓘ |
| duty |
guarding the Dharma
ⓘ
protecting the southern continent ⓘ |
| iconographicAttribute |
often depicted as a warrior king
ⓘ
often depicted holding a sword ⓘ often depicted in armor ⓘ |
| languageForm |
Pali
ⓘ
Sanskrit ⓘ |
| memberOf | Four Great Kings ⓘ |
| position | King of the Southern Direction ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| role |
guardian of the southern quarter
ⓘ
protector of the world ⓘ |
| scriptureMention |
Anguttara Nikāya
ⓘ
linked to:
Sutta Pitaka
Dīgha Nikāya ⓘ
linked to:
Sutta Pitaka
Pali Canon ⓘ
linked to:
the Pali Canon
Saṃyutta Nikāya ⓘ
linked to:
Sutta Pitaka
|
| worshipContext |
Buddhist devotional practices
ⓘ
temple guardian imagery ⓘ |
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: Virūḷhaka Description of subject: Virūḷhaka is a Buddhist guardian king (one of the Four Great Kings) associated with the southern direction and the protection of the world.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.