Dasharatha
King of Kosala and father of Rama in the epic Ramayana / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about character from Indian epic Ramayana. For Maurya King, see Dasharatha Maurya. For the film, see Dasharatha (film).
Dasharatha (Sanskrit: दशरथ, IAST: Daśaratha; born Nemi) was the king of Kosala, with its capital at Ayodhyā, in the Hindu epic Ramayana. Dasharatha married Kausalya, Sumitra and Kaikeyi. He was the father of Rama, the protagonist of the epic, Bharata, Lakshmana, and Shatrughna. Dasharatha also finds mention in the Vishnu Purana.[1]