Figure South Asian traditions
Vālī
वाली sa बालि hi வாலி (இராமாயணம்) ta
Figure in the Ramayana. Elder brother of Sugrīva; father of Angada
A life on the record,
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Overview
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Family
The family of Vālī
Parents, consorts and children as the accounts give them. Choose a consort to see the children the stories give the two.
Accounts differ about a god’s family. Where they name different parents, the tree sets them side by side instead of choosing one.
The family as a list · 4
Kinship in an account 4
What this means
Parentage as a named source tells it. Not an independently established biological relationship, and different accounts disagree.
Does not imply an independently established biological relationship · agreement between accounts · marriage as a legal institution · exclusivity, or a single canonical pairing · shared parentage in every account · descent from the same generation in a single tree
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child of (child) Indra Vedic god of rain, weather, storms, and thunder in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Eastern religions -
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parent of (child) Angada son of Vālī and Tārā -
partner of (spouse) Tārā Queen of Kiṣkindhā and wife of the monkey (vānara) King Vālī -
sibling of Sugrīva younger brother of Vālī in Ramayana
Texts
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