Dasharatha
Father of Rama in the Ramayana / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about character from Indian epic Ramayana. For Maurya King, see Dasharatha Maurya. For the film, see Dasharatha (film).
Dasharatha (Sanskrit: दशरथ, IAST: Daśaratha; born Nemi) was the king of the Kosala kingdom and a scion of the Suryavamsha dynasty in Hinduism. He ruled from his capital at Ayodhyā. Dasharatha had three primary consorts: Kausalya, Sumitra, and Kaikeyi, and from these unions were born Rama, Bharata, Lakshmana, and Shatrughna. He is mentioned in the Rāmāyana epic and the Vishnu Purana.
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Maharaja of Kosala | |
Predecessor | Aja |
Successor | Rama |
Born | Nemi Ayodhya, Kosala (present-day Uttar Pradesh, India) |
Died | Ayodhya, Kosala (present-day Uttar Pradesh, India) |
Spouse | [1] |
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Dynasty | Raghuvamsha-Suryavamsha |
Father | Aja |
Mother | Indumati |
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