Queen of Ayodhya

E470314

Queen of Ayodhya is the royal consort of King Dasharatha in the Hindu epic Ramayana, best known as the mother of Bharata and the catalyst for Rama’s exile.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Queen of Ayodhya canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mythological character ⓘ
queen ⓘ
royal consort ⓘ
appearsIn Ramayana ⓘ
associatedEpic Ramayana tradition across India and Southeast Asia ⓘ
associatedWith Manthara ⓘ
basedIn Ayodhya ⓘ
beneficiaryOf boons from Dasharatha ⓘ
causeOf Dasharatha’s grief ⓘ
Rama’s exile to the forest ⓘ
coWife Kausalya ⓘ
Sumitra ⓘ
culturalSignificance symbol of misplaced ambition and later repentance ⓘ
demands Bharata to be crowned king ⓘ
Rama’s exile for 14 years ⓘ
ethnicity Kekaya princess ⓘ
father Ashvapati ⓘ
genre Itihasa ⓘ
house Raghuvamsha (by marriage) ⓘ
influencedBy Manthara’s counsel ⓘ
knownFor demanding Rama’s exile ⓘ
securing Bharata’s coronation ⓘ
languageOfPrimarySource Sanskrit ⓘ
laterEmotion repentance for causing Rama’s exile ⓘ
literaryTradition Valmiki Ramayana ⓘ
linked to: Ramayana
maritalStatus one of the three principal wives of Dasharatha ⓘ
motherOf Bharata ⓘ
name Kaikeyi ⓘ
narrativeFunction drives the central conflict leading to Rama’s forest life ⓘ
origin Kingdom of Kekaya ⓘ
perceivedAs antagonistic figure in early part of Ramayana ⓘ
repentant mother after Rama’s departure ⓘ
relationshipToBharata biological mother ⓘ
relationshipToRama stepmother ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
roleInStory catalyst for Rama’s exile ⓘ
spouse Dasharatha ⓘ
stepmotherOf Lakshmana ⓘ
Rama ⓘ
Shatrughna ⓘ
title Queen of Ayodhya ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Kaikeyi → title → Queen of Ayodhya ⓘ
Kausalya → title → Queen of Ayodhya ⓘ
Sumitra → hasTitle → Queen of Ayodhya ⓘ
Kaushalya → title → Queen of Ayodhya ⓘ
Queen of Ayodhya → title → Queen of Ayodhya ⓘ