A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.721
A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.721
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JANAKA. 1. King of Mithilā, of the Solar race. When Nimi, his predecessor, died without leaving a successor, the sages subjected the body of Nimi to attrition, and produced from it a prince "who was called Janaka, from being born without a progenitor." He was the first Janaka, and twenty generations earlier than Janaka the father of Sītā.