Videha
place · 1 work · 8 mentions · 8 anchored passages
Mithilā · daughter of Videha · kingdom of Videha
in the texts
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa
Sītā's homeland, referenced via her epithet 'daughter of Videha.'
"For that prince, my son, clad in bark-garments, has gone to the great Daṇḍaka forest together with the daughter of Videha, followed by Lakṣmaṇa.
"And Sītā, the lovely daughter of the king of Videha, beloved daughter-in-law of Daśaratha, has lain upon the ground here.
"How could there be any fault, dear one, in the daughter of Videha — she of auspicious nature and auspicious disposition — toward the ascetics especially?