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Janaka

father of Sita
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Janaka
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Janaka

Summary

Janaka is a Characters in the Ramayana[1]. Janaka draws 2,319 Wikipedia views per month (characters_in_the_ramayana category, ranking #7 of 23).[2]

Key Facts

  • Among Janaka's spouses was Sunayana[3].
  • A child of Janaka was Sita[4].
  • A child of Janaka was Urmila[5].
  • Janaka held the position of king[6].
  • Janaka is recorded as male[7].
  • Janaka's instance of is recorded as Characters in the Ramayana[8].
  • Janaka's present in work is recorded as Ramayana[9].
  • Janaka's different from is recorded as Janaka[10].
  • Janaka's sibling is recorded as Kushadhwaja[11].

Body

Definition and Type

Janaka's instance of is recorded as Characters in the Ramayana[8].

Why It Matters

Janaka draws 2,319 Wikipedia views per month (characters_in_the_ramayana category, ranking #7 of 23).[2] Janaka has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12]

FAQs

Who was Janaka married to?

Janaka's spouses include Sunayana[3].

Related Entities

Ramayana

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6d ago · Yirba · 2026-08-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sex or gender → male
    Position held → king
    Child → Sita, Urmila
    Present in work → Ramayana
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/47158|batch #47158]]: HAND ID (11)"
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