Sita
माता सीता रामायण और रामकथा पर आधारित अन्य ग्रंथ, जैसे रामचरितमानस, कंब रामायण की मुख्य नायिका हैं । सीता मिथिला (जनकपुर, धनुषा ज़िला, मधेश प्रदेश, नेपाल) में जन्मी थी । देवी सीता मिथिला के नरेश राजा जनक की ज्येष्ठ पुत्री थीं । इनका विवाह अयोध्या के नरेश राजा दशरथ के ज्येष्ठ पुत्र श्री राम से स्वयंवर में शिवधनुष को भंग करने के उपरांत हुआ था। इन्होंने स्त्री व पतिव्रता धर्म का पूर्ण रूप से पालन किया था जिसके कारण इनका नाम बहुत आदर से लिया जाता है। त्रेतायुग में इन्हें सौभाग्य की देवी लक्ष्मी का अवतार कहा गया है।
Variants
- Janaki (जानकी) - meaning daughter of King Janak
- Vaidehi (वैदेही) - i.e. daughter of Videha Kingdom
Some facts from Ramayana
Sugriva was the king in exile of the state in which Ravana carried Sita away. Rama sought the help of the great Vanaras Sugriva, and the four other warriors that dwelt on the mountain Rishyamuk. There Sugriva told Rama that he had seen Sita carried away by Ravana and how she had dropped her veil and jewels, and he showed these tokens to Rama and Lakshmana. Rama fared with Sugriva to Vali's city, and overcame Vali and established Sugriva on the throne. Sugriva sent out his marshals to call other chiefs of Vanara clan. They came from Himalaya, Vindhya, Kailash, from east and from west, from far and near, from caves and forests, in hundreds and thousands and millions, and each was captained by a veteran leader. Then Sugriva placed them under the command of Rama. [1]
Rama and Sugriva relied on Hanuman, and gave him his signet ring to show for sign to Sita when he should discover her. A month had passed and Vanaras did not find Sita. But there dwelt a mighty and very aged vulture named Sampati in a neighbouring cave, and he, hearing the name of his brother Jatayu, Sampati answered that he had seen Sita carried away by Ravana and that Ravana dwelt in Lanka, a hundred leagues across sea.[2]
Etymology and other names
The goddess is best known by the name "Sita", derived from the Sanskrit word sīta (सीता), i.e. furrow.[3]
सीता का शाब्दिक अर्थ है - हलरेखा (हल चलाने पर खेत में खिंची हुई लकीर )।
.....विस्तार जारी है
References
- ↑ Sister Nivedita & Ananda K.Coomaraswamy: Myths and Legends of the Hindus and Bhuddhists, Kolkata, 2001 ISBN 81-7505-197-3
- ↑ Sister Nivedita & Ananda K.Coomaraswamy: Myths and Legends of the Hindus and Bhuddhists, Kolkata, 2001 ISBN 81-7505-197-3
- ↑ Suresh Chandra (1998). Encyclopaedia of Hindu Gods and Goddesses. Sarup & Sons. pp. 304–. ISBN 978-81-7625-039-9. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
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