[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c7.1273 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.1273 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.1273 - **Language:** English ### [c7.1273](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1273) 4) Birth of Sītā At a time when Śiradhvaja had no issues a girl emerged from the furrows of the ploughed earth, and Śiradhvaja felt the desire to bring up the child as his own daughter. And, a celestial voice, “Oh! Śiradhvaja! it is your own daughter” clinched the issue for the King. That daughter was Sītā. Śiradhvaja-Janaka—accordingly brought up Sītā as his own daughter. (Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, Canto 118). - [Previous: c7.1272](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1272) - [Next: c7.1274](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1274) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7) ## Cites (1) - [Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki) — Vālmīki, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1273](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1273) · Pramāṇa