Vishala

Vishala (Sanskrit: विशाल, romanized: Viśāla) is a king in Hinduism, featured in the Ramayana.^[1] He is the son of Ikshvaku and his queen, Alambusha. He is said to have built a city called Viśālā, near which Ahalya was transformed into stone. He had a son named Hemachandra.^[2]

The name of Vishala is also mentioned in one of the Puranas^[3] as well as the Mahabharata.^[4]

References

1. Krishnan, R. (16 January 2021). Valmiki Ramayana. Giri Trading Agency Private Limited. ISBN 978-81-7950-730-8.
2. www.wisdomlib.org (12 April 2009). "Vishala, Viśālā, Visāla, Visala, Viśāla, Visālā, Viṣala: 41 definitions". www.wisdomlib.org. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
3. "Dippings in the Puranas". Calcutta Review. 40: 169–170. 1864. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
4. Promatha Nath Mullick (1939). The Mahabharata as a History and a Drama. Calcutta: Thacker, Spink. p. 130. OCLC 12074301.