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In ancient India, Janaka (Sanskrit: जनक, janaka) or Raja Janaka (राजा जनक, rājā janaka) was the king of Mithila Kingdom. He was born in modern-day Janakpur, Nepal; he is mentioned in the Ramayana as the father of Sita and also there is reference to him in the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad and Puranas. Image File history File links Example. ... The Brahmic family is a family of abugidas (writing systems) used in South Asia, Southeast Asia, Tibet, Mongolia, Manchuria. ... Sanskrit ( , ) is a classical language of India, a liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism, and one of the 23 official languages of India. ... * Mithila (Sanskrit: मिथिला, mithilā) was a kingdom in ancient India. ... Janakpur is one of the 14 zones of Nepal. ... For the television series by Ramanand Sagar, see Ramayan (TV series). ... Sita Devi SITA ... The Upanishad is one of the older, primary (mukhya) Upanishads commented upon by Shankara. ... Purana (Sanskrit: पुराण , meaning ancient or old) is the name of a genre (or a group of related genres) of Hinduism literature (as distinct from oral literature). ...

Janaka proposed a test of strength in which suitors vying for his daughter's hand in marriage would have to string the great bow of Lord Shiva. Lord Rama passed this test of strength, and Janaka's daughter Sita (also referred to as Janaki) wed Rama and together they resided in Ayodhya. Pinaki redirects here. ... Lord Sri Rama (center) with wife Sita, brother Lakshmana and devotee Hanuman. ... Ayodhya   (Hindi: अयोध्या, Urdu: ایودھیا IAST Ayodhyā) is an ancient city of India, the old capital of Awadh, in the Faizabad district of Uttar Pradesh. ...

Janaka was not only a brave king, but was also as well-versed in the shastras and Vedas as any rishi. He was the beloved pupil of Yaajnavalkya, whose exposition of Brahman to the king forms one chapter of the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. In the Bhagavad Gita, Sri Krishna cites Janaka as an illustrious example of the Karma yoga. Shastra is a Sanskrit word used to denote education/knowledge in a general sense. ... The Vedas (Sanskrit: वेद) are the main scriptural texts of Hinduism, also known as the Sanatana Dharma, and are a large corpus of texts originating in Ancient India. ... In Hinduism, a Rishi ( ऋषि) is a sage and/or seer who heard (cf. ... Sage Yajnavalkya (याज्ञवल्क्य) is a legendary sage of Vedic India, credited with the authorship of the Shatapatha Brahmana and the Brhadaranyaka Upanishad. ... Brahman (Devanagari: ब्रह्म ) in the Vedantic schools of Hindu philosophy, is the signifying name given to the concept of the unchanging, infinite, immanent and transcendent reality of all things in this universe. ... The Upanishad is one of the older, primary (mukhya) Upanishads commented upon by Shankara. ... Bhagavad Gīta भगवद्गीता, composed ca the fifth - second centuries BC, is part of the epic poem Mahabharata, located in the Bhisma-Parva chapters 23–40. ... Krishna with Radharani, 18th C Rajasthani painting Krishna (कृष्ण in Devanagari, in IAST ), according to various Hindu traditions, is the eighth avatar of Vishnu. ... Karma yoga, or the discipline of action is based on the teachings of the Bhagavad Gita. ...

King Janaka was also said to be a Rajarshi having spiritually advanced and reached the state of a rishi, though he was a king administrating the kingdom of Mithila. He was also instructed by sage Ashtavakra upon the nature of the self or Atman; this exposition forms the content of the famous treatise Ashtavakra Gita. Rajarshi or Rajarishi (from Sanskrit rajan king + rishi) is in Hinduism and Hindu mythology, a royal saint and rishi. ... In Hinduism, a Rishi ( ऋषि) is a sage and/or seer who heard (cf. ... * Mithila (Sanskrit: मिथिला, mithilā) was a kingdom in ancient India. ... Ashtavakra or Ashtaavakra in sanskrit means eight bends. In ancient india, sage Ashtavakra was known to be very intelligent and spiritually well advanced rishi who realized self or Atman. ... According to Advaita Vedanta, a philosophical branch of Hinduism, ātman is the all-pervading soul of the universe. ... The Ashtavakra Gita (Song of Ashtavakra), also known by the name Ashtavakra Samhita is an influential nondualist Vedic scripture traditionally said to have been spoken by the Sage Ashtavakra, though its authorship is not known with certainty. ...

See also

• Ramayana

Janaka of Sri Lanka [[1]] For the television series by Ramanand Sagar, see Ramayan (TV series). ...

Reference

• Dictionary of Hindu Lore and Legend (ISBN 0-500-51088-1) by Anna Dhallapiccola

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