CharacterIkshvaku royal family
Manthara: Stories
मंथराMember of the Ikshvaku royal family. Also called Kubja.
Manthara is the hunchbacked maid of Queen Kaikeyi who turns her against Rama on the eve of his coronation. Her whispered fears set off the chain of events that sends Rama into fourteen years of exile.
RoleMember of the Ikshvaku royal family
Appears inRamayana
GroupIkshvaku royal family
KingdomAyodhya
First appearsAyodhya Kanda, Sarga 7
Sargas4 in the Valmiki Ramayana
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