Kausalya
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Kausalya in the Indian Rāmāyaṇa
epic was the eldest of King Daśaratha
's three wives and a queen of Ayodhyā, she was the daughter of the King of the Kosala Kingdom
. She was the mother of Rama
, the king of Ayodhya, upon whom the story of the Ramayana is based.
Ramayana
The Ramayana is an ancient Sanskrit epic. It is ascribed to the Hindu sage Valmiki and forms an important part of the Hindu canon , considered to be itihāsa. The Ramayana is one of the two great epics of India and Nepal, the other being the Mahabharata...
epic was the eldest of King Daśaratha
Dasaratha
Dasharatha was a king of Ayodhya of the Ikshvaku dynasty whose life story is narrated principally in the Hindu epic Ramayana...
's three wives and a queen of Ayodhyā, she was the daughter of the King of the Kosala Kingdom
Kosala Kingdom
Kosala Proper or Uttara Kosala is the kingdom of the celebrated personality of Treta Yuga, Raghava Rama. Ayodhya was its capital, presently in Faizabad district, Uttar Pradesh. Rama's sons Lava and Kusha inherited parts of this kingdom. Lava ruled from the city called Sravasti and Kusa from the...
. She was the mother of Rama
Rama
Rama or full name Ramachandra is considered to be the seventh avatar of Vishnu in Hinduism, and a king of Ayodhya in ancient Indian...
, the king of Ayodhya, upon whom the story of the Ramayana is based.