Sunayana | |
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Maharani of Videha | |
Predecessor | Keikasi |
Successor | Dynasty abolished |
Spouse | Janaka |
Issue | Sita Urmila |
House | Mithila, Videha |
Dynasty | Suryavamsha (by marriage) |
Religion | Hinduism |
Sunayana (Sanskrit: सुनयना, IAST: Sunayanā) is the queen of Videha in the Hindu epic Ramayana.[1] Sunayana is the queen consort of Janaka, the king of Videha, who ruled from Mithila. She is the mother of Sita, the female protagonist of the epic and Urmila.[2]