Daśaratha
mythological figure · 1 work · 48 mentions · 140 anchored passages
the king · lord of men · lord of the earth · King Daśaratha · king Daśaratha · father · king of Ayodhyā · father of Rāma · King Ikṣvāku · Kākutstha's father
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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa
King of Ayodhyā, Rāma's father, bound by his word to Kaikeyī to exile Rāma; later, sonless once more, he seeks the Aśvamedha sacrifice.
— then spoke to Sumantra, best of ministers:
his son in turn shall be renowned as Ṛśyaśṛṅga.
Then Daśaratha, overjoyed, replied to Sumantra: