Dasaratha Jataka, Dasaratha-jātaka: 1 definition
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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesDasaratha, king of Benares, had three children, Ramapandita, Lakkhana and Sita. On the death of his queen he took another queen and had by her a son, Bharata. When Bharata was seven years old his mother claimed the kingdom for him in accordance with a boon granted her by the king. The king was horrified and fearing that she would harm his elder children, sent them into the forest for twelve years, asking them to return after his death. In the forest Rama lived the ascetic life while Lakkhana and Sita provided him with food. Dasaratha died after nine years, and when the ministers refused to recognise Bharata as king, he went into the forest in search of Rama. Rama, however, refused to return until three more years had elapsed, and on Bharata refusing to occupy the throne, Rama gave him his straw slippers to be placed on the throne in his absence. When cases were heard, if the decision given was wrong, the slippers would beat upon each other, but, if right, they would lie quiet. After three years Rama returned and reigned from his palace of Sucandaka for sixteen thousand years, with Sita as queen consort.
Dasaratha was Suddhodana, Bharata Ananda, Lakkhana Sariputta, Sita Rahulamata and Rama the Bodhisatta.
The story was related to a man of Savatthi who greatly grieved at his fathers death and neglected all his duties. J.iv.123-30.
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
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Partial matches: Jataka, Dasharatha.
Full-text: Bharatakumara, Sita, Dasharatha, Ti Lakkhana, Rama.
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Vinaya (3): The Cullavagga (by T. W. Rhys Davids)
Cullavagga, Khandaka 1, Chapter 15 < [Khandaka 1 - The Minor Disciplinary Proceedings]
The Jataka tales [English], Volume 1-6 (by Robert Chalmers)
Jataka 461: Dasaratha-jātaka < [Volume 4]
The Ramayana and Valmiki Abroad < [July-August 1931]
Yama-Pwe or The Ramayana Play in Burma < [October-December 1942]
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 19 - The Lord Manifests Himself as Wooden Idol < [Section 2 - Puruṣottama-kṣetra-māhātmya]
Part VIII - On The Buddhist Notions Of "good, Bad, And Indeterminate" < [Introductory Essay]