Dasharatha

King of Ayodhya, father of Rama, Bharata, Lakshmana, and Shatrughna

Children

• Bharata
• Lakshmana
• Rama
• Shatrughna

Domains

• kingship

Powers

• Looses the sound-piercing arrow that strikes an unseen target by its sound alone
• Fights from a chariot in all ten directions at once

Epithets

• दशरथ Sanskrit · Daśaratha · nameHe of the ten chariotsValmiki Ramayana, Bala Kanda (primary)
• कौसल्येय-पितृ Sanskrit · Raghunandana (of the Raghu line) · lineageScion of the Raghu / Ikshvaku solar dynastyValmiki Ramayana, Bala Kanda (primary)

Relations

• spouse: KausalyaKing of Ayodhya; eldest queen Kausalya, mother of Rama.Valmiki Ramayana, Bala Kanda 18 (Dasharatha's chief queen Kausalya bears Rama) (primary)
• spouse: SumitraSecond queen Sumitra, mother of Lakshmana.Valmiki Ramayana, Bala Kanda 18 (Sumitra bears the twins Lakshmana and Shatrughna) (primary)

Sources

• existence: Ramayana (Valmiki) (primary)