Videha (Prākrit: 𑀯𑀺𑀤𑁂𑀳 Videha; Pāli: Videha; Sanskrit: Videha) was an ancient Indo-Aryan tribe of north-eastern Indian subcontinent whose existence...
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Videha mukti (Sanskrit: विदेहमुक्ति meaning "liberation after death or literally liberation from the body") refers to the moksha (liberation from the death...
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kings in the dynasty of Janaka. The region was also known as Videha. The kingdom of Videha is mentioned for the first time in Yajurveda Samhita. Mithila...
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Janaka (category Kings of Videha)
Janaka (Sanskrit: जनक, IAST: Janaka) is the King of Videha who ruled from Mithila, in the Hindu epic Ramayana. Janaka was married to Sunayana. He is the...
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noted feature of his life was that his birth, upanayanam, sannyasa and videha mukti (death), all happened on Sundays. The childhood days of Narasimha...
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Kosalan realm. One of India's two great epics, Ramayana is set in the "Kosala-Videha" realm in which the Kosalan prince Rama marries the Videhan princess Sita...
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South Asia to the Vajjika League. The larger region of the former Mahā-Videha kingdom in which the Vajjika League was located was in turn named after...
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IAST: Sunayanā) is the queen of Videha in the Hindu epic Ramayana. Sunayana is the queen consort of Janaka, the king of Videha, who ruled from Mithila. She...
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Videgha Mathava (category Kings of Videha)
Maithili: विदेह माधव, videha mādhav) was the founder and first king of the Videha kingdom in the ancient Indian subcontinent. Videha is the ancient name...
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Mandavi (Sanskrit: माण्डवी, romanized: Māṇḍavī) is a princess of Videha in the Hindu epic Ramayana. She is the wife of Bharata and is considered an incarnation...
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