[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) › c9.1927 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.1927 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.1927 - **Language:** English ### [c9.1927](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1927) One day when a brahmin of Mithilā was ploughing his field he got this box. Thinking that it belonged to the King, the brahmin took the box to King Janaka. The King took the child in the box and brought it up. He named the child Sītā. (Ānanda Rāmāyaṇa, 7-6). - [Previous: c9.1926](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1926) - [Next: c9.1928](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1928) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) ## Cites (1) - [Ānandarāmāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.upajivya.ananda.7.6) — Vālmīki, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1927](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1927) · Pramāṇa