Figure South Asian traditions
Dasharatha
दशरथः sa दशरथ hi தசரதன் ta
Father of Rama
- Child of Aja and Kushik
- Married to Kauśalyā, Kaikeyi, Sumitra
Overview
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One office on record
Holding an office is not parentage and not discipleship.
- Dates unrecorded king jurisdiction: Ayodhya
Family tree
As the myths and records give it. Versions differ from source to source.
The family as a list · 12
Kinship in an account 1
Family 11
- child of (child) Aja 38th king in the Solar Dynasty
- child of (father) Kushik
- of the house Solar dynasty Hindu mythological dynasty
- parent of (father) Bharata Rama's brother
- parent of (father) Lakshmana An incarnation of Sheshnaga, The younger and most beloved brother of Lord Rama
- parent of (child) Rama greatest and seventh incarnation of God, hero of the Ramayana, protector of Dharma
- parent of (child) Shanta character in the Ramayana
- parent of (father) Shatrughna Rama's brother
- married to Kaikeyi
- married to Kauśalyā Queen of Ayodhyā and mother of Rāma
- married to Sumitra
In the texts
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Connections
Succession in office 1
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