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Kalmashapada

Kalmashapada: Family

कल्माषपाद

King of the Ikshvaku line. Also called Saudasa, Mitrasaha.

Kalmashapada, also called Saudasa, is an Ikshvaku king cursed by the sage Vasishtha to become a man-eating rakshasa. Valmiki tells Shatrughna his story at the hermitage on the night Lava and Kusha are born.

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RoleKing of the Ikshvaku line
ParentsRaghu
Appears inRamayana
GroupIkshvaku ancestors
KingdomAyodhya
First appearsUttara Kanda, Sarga 65

Kalmashapada's family

Parents, spouse, children, siblings and other relatives, as the Valmiki Ramayana and its tradition give them.