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Dasharatha was born as the son of King Aja of Kosala and Indumati of Vidarbha. [ 2 ] [ failed verification ] He was originally named Nemi, but he acquired the moniker Dasharatha ('ten chariots') as his chariot could move in all ten directions, fly, and return to earth, and he could fight with ease in all of these directions.
Kaikeyi is married to the king of Kosala, Dashratha.She performs the Putrakameshti yagna alongside Dasharatha and his two other wives in hopes of blessings for children. At the sacrifice conducted by Rishyasringa to obtain sons for the childless Dasharatha, a divine being emerged from the flames with a golden vessel filled with divine payasam (a milk delicacy) prepared by the gods.
When Dasharatha took water for his parents and told them of his tragic mistake, they were unable to bear the shock. Despite acknowledging that it was an accident, they cursed Dasharatha that he too would experience 'Putrashoka' (Sanskrit, 'putra' is child/son and 'shoka' is sorrow, or grief; grief due to loss of a son). Thus, Shravana's sick ...
Dashrath Manjhi's story has been the subject of at least one documentary and several dramatic treatments in Indian film and television. The first of these was a supporting character based on Manjhi in the 1998 Kannada -language movie Bhoomi Thayiya Chochchala Maga . [ 13 ]
He is the son of Raghu. His paternal grandfather is the pious king Dilipa. He rules the kingdom of Kosala on the southern banks of the river Sarayu, with Ayodhya as his capital. [2] His wife Indumati is the princess of Vidarbha, and his son is Dasharatha, the father of Rama, an avatar of the Hindu deity Vishnu. [3] [failed verification]
Sumitra is known to encourage her son Lakshmana to go into exile with Rama. [10] Sumitra is described to have found a lot of happiness around her son Lakshmana, with the latter being described as the 'enhancer of her joy' and is also known as Saumitra (Sanskrit: सौमित्र, lit. 'son of Sumitra'). [11]
Samprati, who succeeded Dasharatha, was according to the Hindu Puranas, [2] the latter's son and according to the Buddhist and Jain sources, [2] Kunala's son (making him possibly a brother of Dasharatha). The familial relationship between the two is thus not clear although evidently they were closely related members of the imperial family.
Vishrava: The son of Pulatsya, the brother of the sage Agastya and the grandson of Brahma. His first wife was Ilavida with whom he had a son named Kubera. Later, he also married the rakshasa princess Kaikasi with whom he had three sons (Ravana, Kumbhakarna and Vibhishana) and a daughter (Shurpanakha). Vishvamitra: A sage who was once a king.