Sita
Hindu · deity · heroic age · Recorded classification
Furrow-born wife of Rama, daughter of Janaka, regarded as an avatara of Lakshmi
Parentage
Recorded default; alternative parentage accounts are listed separately below.
No parents recorded in the default.
Parentage accounts
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- Shiva Purana 2.3.2.28–40, predicted marriages and destinations
deity by descent in this account.
- parent: JanakaShiva Purana 2.3.2.28–40, predicted marriages and destinations (primary)
- parent: DhanyāShiva Purana 2.3.2.28–40, predicted marriages and destinations (primary)
Domains
- marital devotion
- earth
Powers
- Pass unburned through the ordeal of fire
- Return into the earth from which she was born
Epithets
- जानकी 'Daughter of Janaka'Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa (primary)
- वैदेही 'Princess of Videha'Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa (primary)
- मैथिली 'Princess of Mithilā'Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa (primary)
- भूमिजा 'Earth-born' — found in a furrowVālmīki Rāmāyaṇa (Bāla Kāṇḍa) (primary)
Relations
- spouse: RamaFurrow-born wife of Rama, regarded as an avatara of Lakshmi.Valmiki Ramayana, Bala Kanda 73 (marriage of Rama and Sita after the breaking of Shiva's bow) (primary)
Sources
- existence: Ramayana (Valmiki) (primary)