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[Full title: Section II: Birth of Sita and her marriage; (A) The Family of Janaka]

According to the Paumacariya Janaka, the king of Mithila, is the son of Vasavaketu (21.32) or Indraketu (28.15) born of Ila (21.33). Janaka's wife is Videha (26.70;28.16) or Vaidehi (Vaidehi 26.75). His daughter and son who are born as twins are Sita and Bhamandala (26.75,87). Bhamandala is lost by Janaka and is then adopted by Candragati as his son. 1 Janaka's brother is Kanaka (Kanaa). The latter's wife and daughter are Suprabha and Subhadra (28.132) respectively. According to the Valmiki Ramayana, Janaka is the son of Hrsvaroman. Janaka's brother is Kusadhvaja (1.71.12-13). There is no mention of the wives of Hrsvaroman, Janaka and Kusadhvaja. Janaka has two daughters, Sita and Urmila (71.20-22;1.73.26,30). No son of Janaka is referred to in the Valmiki Ramayana Kusadhvaja has two daughters-(1.72,5), Mandavi and Srutakirti (1.73.32-33). Thus the account of the Paumacariya differs from that of the Valmiki Ramayana 1. Bhamandala on the very day of his brith, is kidnapped away by a celestial being who had enmity with him in his previous life. The stolen child is found by Candragati, a Vidyadhara, king of Rathanupura. Candragati takes him to his wife and adopts him as his own son (26.70,87). He is named Bhamandala on account of the shining caused on his body by the reflection of his ear-rings beset with jewels.

COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE RAMA-STORY 43 In other . In the Ramcharitmanas Sunayana is called the chief queen of Janaka (Janaka patamahisi 1.124). The brother of Janaka is Kusaketu. respects it agrees with the Valmiki Ramayana (1.325). A In the Puranas¹, Sita's father is named Siradhvaja whose brother's name is the same as found in the Valmiki Ramayana and Bhanumat is mentioned as the mentions son of Siradhvaja. But the Bhagavata Purana (9.13.21) Kusadhvaja as the son, not the brother of Siradhvaja and Bhanumat is said to be the fourth descendant in the line of Kusadhvaja. Kalika Purana (38.11,12,32) refers to two sons and one daughter of Janaka. Thus the tradition of the Paumacariya is generally supported by the Puranas that Janaka had a son. The According to the Anandaramayana, Sumedha is the chief queen of Janaka (1. 3. 98; 5.2.25). The Paumacariya and the Ramapurana of Bhattaraka Somasena. agree with the Paumacariya, but the name of the mother of Janaka is stated to be Vipula (Paumacariya, 21. 53, Ramapurana of Bhattaraka Somasena., p. 81). The Paumacariya (28.259) and the BPS (p. 93) mention Lokasundari instead of Subhadra. The Paumacariu (21.10,3) names the father of Janaka as Candraketu and does not refer to any brother of Janaka (21. 13-14). The Trishashti Shalaka Purusha-caritra (IV. p. 204) follows the Paumacariya In the Vasudevahindi (1. p. 241) the name of the wife of Janaka is Dharinidevi, but there is no mention of the brother and the son of Janaka. According to the Uttara-purana (67. 167) the name of the wife of Janaka is The Mahapurana Vasudhadevi. No son or brother of Janaka is referred to. (69. 14-15; 70. 8-9) follows the Uttara-purana