Janaki

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Janaki is another name for Sita, the revered goddess and wife of Lord Rama in the Hindu epic Ramayana.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu goddess
epic character
mythological figure
alsoKnownAs Jānaki
linked to: Janaki

Maithili
Rama’s consort
Sita
Vaidehi
appearsIn Mahabharata
Puranas
Ramayana
associatedDeity Vishnu through Rama
associatedWith Agni Pariksha
Ashoka Vatika
Ayodhya
Mithila
linked to: Mithila region

abduction by Ravana
forest exile of Rama
birthPlace Mithila
linked to: Mithila region
consortOf Rama
cultCenter Janakpur
Sitamarhi
deityType avatar of Lakshmi
describedIn Ramayana
epithet Daughter of Janaka
Janaki
Maithili
Vaidehi
father Janaka
linked to: King Janaka
hasGivenName Janaki
homeTown Mithila
linked to: Mithila region
languageOfPrimarySources Sanskrit
mother Sunaina
notableWork Ramayana
partnerInWorshipWith Rama
religion Hinduism
spouse Rama
symbolOf female virtue
marital fidelity
selfless love
title Princess of Mithila
tradition Vaishnavism
virtue chastity
compassion
devotion
patience
worshippedAs goddess
ideal wife
ideal woman

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sita knownAs Janaki
Janaki Mandir namedAfter Janaki
subject linked to: Janaki Mandir in Janakpur
Vaidehi alsoKnownAs Janaki
Janaki hasGivenName Janaki
Janaki alsoKnownAs Jānaki
linked to: Janaki
Janaki epithet Janaki
Parched protagonist Janaki
V. N. Janaki givenName Janaki
Janaki name Janaki
Janki Setu namedAfter Janki (another name of the Hindu goddess Sita)
linked to: Janaki
Janaki Mandir namedAfter Janaki