Kauśalyā
Sign in to saveKaushalya (, ) is a queen of Kosala in the Hindu epic Ramayana. She is the first senior queen consort of Dasharatha, who ruled Kosala from its capital Ayodhya. She is the mother of Rama, the male protagonist of the epic. She is a secondary character in the Ramayana, so only aspects of her life are described in detail.
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- Royalty.title
- Queen of Kosala
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- Hindu
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- The Birth of rama.jpg
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- Kausalya gives birth to Rama
- Royalty.father
- Sukaushala
- Royalty.mother
- Amritaprabha
- Royalty.spouse
- Dasharatha
- Royalty.house
- Ayodhya
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- Raghuvamsha-Suryavamsha (by marriage)
- Royalty.consort
- Dasharatha
- Royalty.religion
- Hindu
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Legend
- Birth
- Marriage and Rama's birth
- Rama's exile and return
- Assessment
- Worship
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Kaushalya (, ) is a queen of Kosala in the Hindu epic Ramayana. She is the first senior queen consort of Dasharatha, who ruled Kosala from its capital Ayodhya. She is the mother of Rama, the male protagonist of the epic. She is a secondary character in the Ramayana, so only aspects of her life are described in detail.
==Legend== ===Birth=== Valmiki, the author of the Ramayana, does not mention the names of Kausalya's parents, but in the chapter titled, Ayodhyakanda she is described as Kosalendraduhitā (i.e., daughter of the king of Kosala). Kosala was a region of ancient India, which had Ayodhya as its capital. The Padma Purana also explains that Kausalya was the daughter of a Kosalan prince.
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