Kausalyā
Kausalyā
Kausalyā, also written Kauśalyā, is a name used for more than one queen in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.
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- Kauśalyā: the chief queen of Daśaratha of Ayodhyā and the mother of Bhagavān Rāma. Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Bāla Kāṇḍa, Chapters 14–18; Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, Chapters 14–60; Ānanda Rāmāyaṇa, Manohara Khaṇḍa, Chapter 2; Agni Purāṇa, Chapters 5–6, 10; Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 9, Chapter 10; Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapter 100
- Gautamī and Kausalyā in Svarga: the queen who shines with her husband in svarga, and tells the brāhmaṇī Gautamī that all of it came from their service of Bhagavān Sūrya. Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 115