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Dasharatha ( Sanskrit: दशरथ, IAST: Daśaratha; born Nemi) was the king of Kosala, with its capital at Ayodhyā, in the Hindu epic Ramayana. Dasharatha married Kausalya, Sumitra and Kaikeyi. He was the father of Rama, the protagonist of the epic, Bharata, Lakshmana, and Shatrughna. Dasharatha also finds mention in the Vishnu Purana. [1] Legend.
Dasharatha Maurya ( IAST: Daśaratha) was the 4th Mauryan emperor from 232 to 224 BCE. He was a grandson of Ashoka The Great and is commonly held to have succeeded him as the Emperor of India. Dasharatha presided over a declining imperium and several territories of the empire broke away from central rule during his reign.
Dasharatha (also known as Dasrath, Dasharath, or Dashrath) was the king of Ayodhya of the Ikshvaku dynasty whose tale is narrated mainly in the Hindu epic Ramyana.
Jan 28, 2019 · This page describes the Story of Dasharatha included the Puranic encyclopaedia by Vettam Mani that was translated into English in 1975. The Puranas have for centuries profoundly influenced Indian life and Culture and are defined by their characteristic features (panca-lakshana, literally, ‘the five characteristics of a Purana’).
Dasharatha picked up the boy and carried him through the forest until he found the boy’s parents, old and blind. They wept over the boy’s corpse, and the father then cursed Dasharatha. “You too will lose a son!” he said.
The story of the friendship between Dasharatha and Jatayu is found in the Adikāṇḍa of Śrīrāma Pāñcālī by Krittbas Ojha (Bengali Ramayana) and is the source for the third version quoted in the question i.e. Dasharatha and Jatayu became friends when Jatayu saved Dasharatha from falling.
Dasaratha is the emperor of Kosala and Rama ’s father. He has three wives, Kausalya, Kaikeyi, and Sumithra, none of whom have children, but after offering specific sacrifices, he has four sons: Rama, Lakshmana, Sathrugna, and Bharatha.
King Dasharatha emerges in the Ramayana as essentially a noble character, though flawed by the weakness that allowed him to be swayed by his second wife Kaikeyi, whose ambitions for her own son caused the king to banish the crown prince Rama for fourteen years.
Dasharatha is described in the Hindu epic Ramayana and Vishnu Purana as the king of Kosala and the father of Rama. His capital was known as Ayodhya. Dasharatha was the son of Aja and...
Mar 6, 2017 · Dasharatha was the king of Kosala, an ancient kingdom that was located in present day Uttar Pradesh. Ayodhya was its capital. Dasharatha was loved by one and all. His subjects were happy and his kingdom was prosperous. Even though Dasharatha had everything that he desired, he was very sad at heart; he had no children.
