Lakshmana

Devoted brother of Rama, son of Dasharatha and Sumitra, regarded as Shesha incarnate

Parentage

• parent: Dasharatha
• parent: Sumitra

Variant accounts

• Incarnates an eighth of Vishnu's essence via the payasam division (Valmiki Ramayana 1.15-16); the demigod tier follows avatara doctrine, not bloodline.Valmiki Ramayana 1.15-16 (primary)

Domains

• loyalty

Powers

• Keep watch fourteen years without sleeping

Epithets

• सौमित्रि devanagari · Saumitri'Son of Sumitrā'Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa (Bāla Kāṇḍa) (primary)
• शेषावतार devanagari · Śeṣāvatāra'Incarnation of Śeṣa' — the cosmic serpent of ViṣṇuRāmāyaṇa tradition; Adhyātma Rāmāyaṇa (secondary)

Relations

• half sibling: Bharata
• twin sibling: Shatrughna

Sources

• existence: Ramayana (Valmiki) (primary)