[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.721 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c5.721](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.721) 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. - [Previous: c5.720](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.720) - [Next: c5.722](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.722) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.721](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.721) · Pramāṇa