Kushadhwaja is the younger brother of King Janaka and king of Sankashya. His daughters Mandavi and Shrutakirti marry Bharata and Shatrughna on the same day that Sita and Urmila marry Rama and Lakshmana.
RoleMember of the royal family of Mithila
ChildrenMandavi, Shrutakirti
SiblingsJanaka
Appears inRamayana
GroupMithila royal family
KingdomMithila
Who was Kushadhwaja?
Janaka sends for his brother Kushadhwaja when Dasharatha arrives in Mithila for Rama's wedding. At the wedding council, Vishwamitra and Vasishtha propose that Kushadhwaja's two daughters marry the other two princes of Ayodhya.
Janaka agrees with joy, and the four marriages take place together before the sacred fire. Through Kushadhwaja the houses of Mithila and Ayodhya are joined four times over.
In the Valmiki Ramayana
Kushadhwaja appears in 2 sargas across 1 Kandas.
First appearsBala Kanda · Sarga 70: The Ikshvaku Lineage
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Often seen with Kushadhwaja
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