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Dasharatha hurried there to find a boy lying sprawled on the banks of the river with an arrow lodged in his chest. Dasharatha was aghast and profusely apologised to the young Shravana trying to revive and help him. The boy forgave Dasharatha for his unintentional, unrighteous act, and demanded that Dasharatha pull the arrow out of his chest.
Dasharatha Maurya (IAST: Daśaratha) was the 4th Mauryan emperor from 232 to 224 BCE. He was a grandson of Ashoka the Great and is commonly held to have succeeded him as the Emperor of Magadha . Dasharatha presided over a declining imperium and several territories of the empire broke away from central rule during his reign.
Brahma responded that the son of Kausalya and Dasharatha would be the cause of his death. Enraged, Ravana abducted Kausalya immediately prior to her wedding, and placed her in a box on a deserted island in the middle of the ocean. The sage Narada described her whereabouts to Dasharatha, who then brought his army to the shore to rescue her. The ...
Kashiram Das or Kāśīrām Dās (Bengali: কাশীরাম দাস, pronounced [ka.ʃi.raˑm d̪aˑʃ]; born 16th century) is an important poet in medieval Bengali literature. His Bengali re-telling of the Mahābhārata , known as Kāśīdāsī Môhābhārôt , is a popular and influential version of the Mahābhārata legend in Bengal .
Bengal – The Bengali Krittivasi Ramayan written by Krittibas Ojha in the 15th century; this is the most revered and most popular version of the epic in Bengal. The Adbhut Acharjer Ramayana by Nityananda Acharya in the 16th or 17th century, which was very close to the original work by sage Valmiki.
The king had earlier adopted the daughter of his friend Dasharatha called Shanta, who was an elder sister of Rama to Kausalya. After the seer performed the sacrifice, he was given an opportunity to choose a bride for him from among the daughters of all the known officers, ministers, and subordinate rulers present there.
In the ancient Indian epic Ramayana, upon the recommendation of Sage Vashishta, King Dasharatha of Ayodhya performed the Putrakameshti Yajna under the supervision of Rishyashringa, an expert in Yajurveda, which has the guidelines for this yajna.
August Wilhelm Schlegel, who translated Ramayana to German (1829), also called these lines fake, and later regretted having included them in his translation. [ 3 ] [ 5 ] According to Jayantanuja Bandyopadhyaya , Rama's outburst against Jabali in these verses is an example of " Brahmanical counteroffensive against all anti- Vedic ideals and ...