[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) › c7.3194 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.3194 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.3194 - **Language:** English ### [c7.3194](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.3194) LAKṢMAṆA. Son born to Daśaratha of Sumitrā. 1) Short history. Since details about Lakṣmaṇa are included in the story under 'Rāma' only a short description is given below : Daśaratha, King of Ayodhyā had three wives, Kausalyā, Kaikeyī and Sumitrā. To obtain children Daśaratha performed a sacrifice named Putrakāmeṣṭi requesting the great sage Ṛṣyaśṛṅga to officiate at the ceremony. At the close of the ceremony a divine person rose up from the sacrificial fire with a pot of pudding and all the three wives became pregnant by eating the same. Kausalyā gave birth to Śrī Rāma, Kaikeyī to Bharata and Sumitrā to Lakṣmaṇa and Śatrughna. Lakṣmaṇa was an incarnation of Ananta and so Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa had more attachment to each other. Viśvāmitra once took Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa to the forests to give protection to the sages against the demons who gave them trouble. In the course of that Viśvāmitra took them to the Svayaṃvara held at the court of Janaka and Śrī Rāma married Sītā and Lakṣmaṇa married Ūrmilā. - [Previous: c7.3193](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.3193) - [Next: c7.3195](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.3195) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.3194](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.3194) · Pramāṇa