Janadeva Janaka
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| Janadeva Janaka | |||||
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| Janaka | |||||
| Successor | Dharmadhwaja | ||||
| Born | Janadeva Mithila region | ||||
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| Dynasty | Janaka | ||||
| Religion | Sanatana Hinduism | ||||
Janadeva Janaka (Sanskrit: जनदेव जनक) was the king of Mithila Kingdom in the Janaka Dynasty of Videha in the Indian Subcontinent.[1][2] In the Shanti Parva of Mahabharata, Bhishma had narrated the story of King Janadeva Janaka to Dharmaraj Yudhishthira.[3][4]
Etymology
[edit]Janadeva is a Sanskrit compound word composed of two words Jana and Deva.[5] Jana means people and Deva means lord. Therefore, the literal meaning of Janadeva is lord of people.
Description
[edit]In Shanti Parva of Mahabharata, Bhishma told to Yudhishthira that once King Janadeva Janaka asked a philosophical question on salvation to the hundred acharyas in his court but none of them could satisfactorily answer his questions about salvation.[6] Then a sage named as Panchashikha came to the court by chance advised the king about the means to attain salvation.[5] The king got satisfied and impressed with the answer of the sage Panchashikha, then the king appointed the sage Panchashikha as his teacher.[7] The sage Panchashikha taught Brahman Vidya and Shamkhya philosophy to the king.[8][9] It is said that once Mahavishnu in the guise of a Brahmin came to the King for testing, then being pleased with the king gave him some boons.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ Mittal, J. P. (2006). History of Ancient India (A New Version). Atlantic Publishers & Dist. ISBN 978-81-269-0616-1.
- ^ Anonymous. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa (Complete). Library of Alexandria. ISBN 978-1-4655-2637-3.
- ^ Bedekar, V. M. (1957). "Studies in Sāṁkhya: The Teachings of Pañcaśikha in the Mahābhārata". Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute. 38 (3/4): 233–244. ISSN 0378-1143. JSTOR 44082823.
- ^ www.wisdomlib.org (17 August 2021). "Section CCXVIII [Mahabharata, English]". www.wisdomlib.org. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
- ^ a b www.wisdomlib.org (19 February 2019). "Janadeva, Jana-deva: 7 definitions". www.wisdomlib.org. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
- ^ Larson, Gerald James; Bhattacharya, Ram Shankar (14 July 2014). The Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies, Volume 4: Samkhya, A Dualist Tradition in Indian Philosophy. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-1-4008-5353-3.
- ^ P C Ray (1891). The Mahabharata Of Krishna Dwaipayana Vyara 1891.
- ^ Aranya, Hari Haranand; Bhattacharya (sampadak), Ram Shankar (2007). Patanjal Yogadarshan (Vyasbhashya, Uska Hindi Anuvad Tatha Suvishad Vyakhya) (in Hindi). Motilal Banarsidass Publisher. ISBN 978-81-208-2255-9.
- ^ Vaidya, Chintaman Vinayak (2001). Epic India, Or, India as Described in the Mahabharata and the Ramayana. Asian Educational Services. ISBN 978-81-206-1564-9.