JANAKA MAHARAJA-
King of Mitihila, of the Solar race. When Nimi, his predecessor, died without leaving a successor, the sages subjected the body of Nimi to attrition, and produced form it a prince “who was called Janaka, from being born without a progenitor.” He was the first Janaka, and twenty generations earlier than Janaka the father of Sita.
King of Videha and father of Sita, remarkable for his great knowledge and good works and sanctity. He is called Siradhwaja, ‘he of the plough banner,’ because his daughter Sita sprang up ready formed from the furrow when he was ploughing the ground and preparing for a sacrifice to obtain offspring.
'A furrow.' In the Veda, Sita is the furrow, or husbandry personified, and worshipped as a deity presiding over agriculture and fruits. In the Ramayana and later works she is daughter of Janaka king of Videha, and wife of Rama. The old Vedic idea still adhered to her, for she sprang from a furrow. In the Ramayana her father Janaka says, "As I was ploughing my field, there sprang from the plough a girl, obtained by me while cleansing my field, and known by name as Sita (the furrow). This girl sprung from the earth grew up as my daughter." Hence she is styled Ajoniya, 'not born from the womb.'
Sita had the appellations of Bhumija, Dharanisuta, and Parthivi, all meaning 'daughter of the earth.'
2007-03-16 04:00:39
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answered by Anonymous
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Sita was a foundling, discovered in a furrow in a ploughed field, and for that reason is regarded as a daughter of Bhumidevi, the earth Goddess. She was found and adopted by Janaka, king of Mithila, and his wife Sunayana.
2007-03-16 11:33:05
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answered by soulburner 7
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