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Dasharatha

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Dasharatha (Sanskrit: दशरथ, IAST Daśaratha) was a descendant of the Raghuvansha-Ikshvaku-Suryavansha dynasty and the Maharaja of Ayodhya as mentioned in the Hindu epic, the Ramayana. [1]

40 relations: Agni, Aja of Kosala, Ashvamedha, Ayodhya, Bharata (Ramayana), Hinduism, Ikshvaku dynasty, India, Indra, International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration, Kaikeyi, Kausalya, Kekeya Kingdom, Kheer, Kosala, Lakshmana, Magadha, Maharaja, Manthara, Project Gutenberg, Raghuvanshi, Ralph T. H. Griffith, Rama, Ramayana, Rishyasringa, Sanskrit, Sarayu, Shanta, Shatrughna, Shravan, Shravan Kshetra, Shravana, Sumitra, Suryavansha, Tulsidas, Uttar Pradesh, Valmiki, Varanasi, Vasishtha, Yajna.

Agni

Agni (अग्नि, Pali: Aggi, Malay: Api) is an Indian word meaning fire, and connotes the Vedic fire god of Hinduism.

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Aja of Kosala

In Hinduism, Aja (Tamil: Achan, Thai: Achaban, Malay: Dasarata Raman) was the 38th king in the Solar Dynasty, descent from the sun god Surya.

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Ashvamedha

The Ashvamedha (Sanskrit: अश्वमेध aśvamedhá) is a horse sacrifice ritual followed by the Śrauta tradition of Vedic religion.

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Ayodhya

Ayodhya (IAST Ayodhyā), also known as Saketa, is an ancient city of India, believed to be the birthplace of Rama and setting of the epic Ramayana.

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Bharata (Ramayana)

Bharata (Sanskrit: भरत, IAST: Bharata) is a Hindu deity depicted in the epic poem, Ramayana.

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Hinduism

Hinduism is an Indian religion and dharma, or a way of life, widely practised in the Indian subcontinent.

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Ikshvaku dynasty

The Ikshvaku dynasty, in Puranic literature, was a dynasty founded by the legendary king Ikshvaku.

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India

India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.

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Indra

(Sanskrit: इन्द्र), also known as Devendra, is a Vedic deity in Hinduism, a guardian deity in Buddhism, and the king of the highest heaven called Saudharmakalpa in Jainism.

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International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration

The International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration (I.A.S.T.) is a transliteration scheme that allows the lossless romanization of Indic scripts as employed by Sanskrit and related Indic languages.

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Kaikeyi

Kaikeyi (कैकेयी, IAST: Kaikeyī) was one of the three wives of King Dasharatha and the Queen of Ayodhya in the Hindu epic, the Ramayana.

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Kausalya

Kausalya (कौशल्या, IAST: Kauśalyā) was the eldest consort of King Dasharatha's among his three wives, the mother of Lord Rama and the eldest queen of Ayodhya in the Indian epic, the Ramayana.

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Kekeya Kingdom

Kekeya (also known as Kekaya, Kaikaya, Kaikeya etc.) is a kingdom grouped among the western kingdoms in the epic Mahabharata.

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Kheer

Kheer or Kiru (Maldivian: ކިރު) is a rice pudding from the cuisine of the Indian subcontinent, made by boiling rice, broken wheat, tapioca, or vermicelli with milk and sugar; it is flavoured with cardamom, raisins, saffron, cashews, pistachios or almonds.

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Kosala

Kingdom of Kosala (कोसला राज्य) was an ancient Indian kingdom, corresponding roughly in area with the region of Awadh in present-day Uttar Pradesh.

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Lakshmana

Lakshmana (लक्ष्मण, IAST: lakṣmaṇa, lit. he who has the signs of fortune) also spelled as Laxman or Lakhan, is the younger brother of Rama and his aide in the Hindu epic, the Ramayana.

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Magadha

Magadha was an ancient Indian kingdom in southern Bihar, and was counted as one of the sixteen Mahajanapadas (Sanskrit: "Great Countries") of ancient India.

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Maharaja

Mahārāja (महाराज, also spelled Maharajah, Moharaja) is a Sanskrit title for a "great ruler", "great king" or "high king".

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Manthara

Manthara (मंथरा; lit: "humpbacked") in the Hindu epic Ramayana is the maid who convinced Queen Kaikeyi that the throne of maharaja belonged to her son Bharata and that her step-son—crown-prince Rama (the hero of the Ramayana)—should be exiled from the kingdom.

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Project Gutenberg

Project Gutenberg (PG) is a volunteer effort to digitize and archive cultural works, to "encourage the creation and distribution of eBooks".

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Raghuvanshi

Raghuvanshi (or Raghuwanshi) is an Indian dynasty mentioned in Indian epic poetry.

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Ralph T. H. Griffith

Ralph Thomas Hotchkin Griffith (1826–1906) was an English Indologist.

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Rama

Rama or Ram (Sanskrit: राम, IAST: Rāma), also known as Ramachandra, is a major deity of Hinduism.

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Ramayana

Ramayana (रामायणम्) is an ancient Indian epic poem which narrates the struggle of the divine prince Rama to rescue his wife Sita from the demon king Ravana.

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Rishyasringa

Rishyasringa (IAST: Ṛṣyaśṛṅga) was a boy born with the horns of a deer in Hindu-Buddhist mythology who became a seer and was seduced by a king's daughter, which had various results according to the variations in the story.

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Sanskrit

Sanskrit is the primary liturgical language of Hinduism; a philosophical language of Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism and Jainism; and a former literary language and lingua franca for the educated of ancient and medieval India.

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Sarayu

The Sarayu is a river that flows through the Indian states of Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh.

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Shanta

Shanta is a character in the Ramayana.

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Shatrughna

Shatrughna (lit), also spelled as Shatrughan was the youngest brother of Lord Rama in the Hindu epic Ramayana.

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Shravan

Shravan (श्रवण; ಶ್ರವಣಕುಮಾರ; also known as Shravan Kumar (श्रवणकुमार) or Shrobon in Bengali) is a historical character whose short and poignant life is depicted in Ramayana, an ancient Sanskrit epic.

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Shravan Kshetra

Shravan Kshetra is a Hindu pilgrimage centre in Uttar Pradesh, India.

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Shravana

Shravana is the 22nd nakshatra (Devanagari नक्षत्र) or lunar mansion as used in Hindu astronomy and astrology.

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Sumitra

Sumitra (सुमित्रा, IAST: Sumitrā) is the third consort and the queen of King Dasharatha of Ayodhya among his three wives.

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Suryavansha

Suryavansha (Suryavam(n)sham or Solar Dynasty) is a mythological dynasty of ancient India.

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Tulsidas

Tulsidas (Hindi: तुलसीदास;, also known as Goswami Tulsidas (गोस्वामी तुलसीदास); 1511–1623) was a realized soul and saint, poet, often called reformer and philosopher from Ramanandi Sampradaya, in the lineage of Jagadguru Ramanandacharya renowned for his devotion to the Lord Shri Rama.

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Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh (IAST: Uttar Pradeś) is a state in northern India.

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Valmiki

Valmiki (Sanskrit: वाल्मीकि, Vālmīki) is celebrated as the harbinger-poet in Sanskrit literature.

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Varanasi

Varanasi, also known as Benares, Banaras (Banāras), or Kashi (Kāśī), is a city on the banks of the Ganges in the Uttar Pradesh state of North India, south-east of the state capital, Lucknow, and east of Allahabad.

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Vasishtha

Vasishtha (वसिष्ठ, IAST) is a revered Vedic sage in Hinduism.

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Yajna

Yajna (IAST) literally means "sacrifice, devotion, worship, offering", and refers in Hinduism to any ritual done in front of a sacred fire, often with mantras.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dasharatha

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