King Janaka

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Hindu mythological character mythological king philosopher-king

King Janaka is a revered philosopher-king in ancient Indian tradition, best known as the wise ruler of Videha and the father of Sita in the Ramayana.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Janaka 6
King Janaka canonical 5
Janaka of Videha 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu mythological character ⓘ
mythological king ⓘ
philosopher-king ⓘ
appearsIn Mahabharata ⓘ
Ramayana ⓘ
Upanishads ⓘ
associatedWithConcept non-attachment while acting ⓘ
self-knowledge ⓘ
associatedWithText Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upanishad ⓘ
surface form: Brihadaranyaka Upanishad

Yoga Vasistha ⓘ
culturalInfluence model of enlightened kingship in Indian thought ⓘ
daughter Sita ⓘ
discipleOf Yājñavalkya ⓘ
surface form: Yajnavalkya
epithet Mithila-naresh ⓘ
Videha ⓘ
fatherOf Sita ⓘ
hosted philosophical debates at his court ⓘ
kingdom Videha ⓘ
knownAs Rajarshi ⓘ
knownFor detachment ⓘ
philosophical insight ⓘ
righteous rule ⓘ
wisdom ⓘ
lineage king of the Videha dynasty ⓘ
mentionedIn Puranas ⓘ
Ramayana ⓘ
surface form: Valmiki Ramayana
moralStatus ideal householder-sage ⓘ
name King Janaka self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Janaka
narrativeRole exemplar of karma yoga ⓘ
occupation king ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
philosophicalSchool Vedanta ⓘ
region Mithila region ⓘ
surface form: Mithila
religiousTradition Hinduism ⓘ
roleInRamayana father of Sita ⓘ
scripturalStatus revered figure in Hindu scriptures ⓘ
soughtBy sages for spiritual discussions ⓘ
spouseOfDaughter Rama ⓘ
symbolizes ideal ruler ⓘ
union of spiritual wisdom and worldly duty ⓘ
teacherStudentRelationship disciple of Yajnavalkya ⓘ
teachingTheme realization of the Self while performing royal duties ⓘ
title King of Videha ⓘ
virtue dharma ⓘ
jnana ⓘ
vairagya ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mithila region → associatedWithFigure → King Janaka ⓘ
Bala Kanda → featuresCharacter → King Janaka ⓘ
this entity surface form: Janaka
Sita → father → King Janaka ⓘ
this entity surface form: Janaka
Shatrughna → relative → King Janaka ⓘ
this entity surface form: Janaka
Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upanishad → containsDialogueWith → King Janaka ⓘ
this entity surface form: King Janaka of Videha
Videha → rulingTitle → King Janaka ⓘ
this entity surface form: Janaka
Videha → famousKing → King Janaka ⓘ
this entity surface form: Janaka of Videha
Videha → famousKing → King Janaka ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mithila Janaka
Videha → associatedWithFigure → King Janaka ⓘ
this entity surface form: King Janaka (philosopher-king)
historical capital Janakpur → ruledBy → King Janaka ⓘ
subject surface form: Janakpur
Janakpur → namedAfter → King Janaka ⓘ
Kingdom of Mithila → associatedWithFigure → King Janaka ⓘ
King Janaka → name → King Janaka self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Janaka
Janaki Mandir in Janakpur → associatedWith → King Janaka ⓘ
subject surface form: Janaki Mandir
Mahabharata tradition in Java → featuresCharacter → King Janaka ⓘ
this entity surface form: Janaka