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{{Short description|King of Videha or Mithila}}
{{Infobox royalty
| name         = Bhanumaan Janaka
| title        = King of Mithila
| predecessor  = Shreedhwaja Janaka
| successor    = Shatadhyumn
| regnal name  = Videha Raaj
| house        = Janaka Dynasty
| father       = Shreedhwaja Janaka
| religion     = [[Sanatana]] [[Hinduism]]
| dynasty      = [[Janaka]]
}}
'''Bhanumaan Janaka''' ([[Sanskrit]]: भानुमान जनक) was the king of [[Videha]] in the ancient [[Indian subcontinent|Indian Subcontinent]]. He ruled the kingdom of ''Mithila'' after the king [[Janaka|Shreedhwaja Janaka]] in [[Ramayana]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Vinay |first=Dr |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=In7x5ifTRJ0C&q=%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8+%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%95 |title=Vishnu Puran |date=2021-01-15 |publisher=Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd. |isbn=978-81-7182-208-9 |language=hi}}</ref> According to the texts [[Vishnu Purana]] and [[Garuda Purana]],<ref>{{Cite book |last=अवस्थी |first=अवधबिहारी लाल |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U4QcAAAAMAAJ |title=गरुड़ पुराण: एक अध्ययन |date=1968 |publisher=Kailāśa Prakāśana |pages=58 |language=hi}}</ref> ''Bhanumaan'' was the son of the king Shreedhwaja Janaka.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Jha |first=Sanu Kumar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FexxEAAAQBAJ&q=%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8+%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%95 |title=Swarnim Mithila: Mithila varnan (hindi) Dharmik, Aitihasik darshan |date=2022-05-31 |publisher=OrangeBooks Publication |language=hi}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Menon |first=Padmini |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SKO1gwzJdiIC |title=पुराण संदर्भ कोश: पुराणों में प्रयुक्त विशिष्ट शब्दों की व्याख्या |date=1969 |publisher=Granthama |language=hi}}</ref> The name of the son of King Bhanumaan Janaka was ''Shatadhyumn''.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9ZMkN_e4YPcC&q=%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8+%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%95 |title=Bhāshā vishṇu purāṇa |date=1883 |publisher=Navalakiśora |pages=171 |language=hi}}</ref>

== Description ==
In the texts [[Vishnu Purana]] and [[Garuda Purana]], the king ''Bhanumaan Janaka'' is mentioned as the son of the king [[Janaka|Shreedhwaja Janaka]]. But according to the other text [[Bhagavata Purana]] and [[Vayu Purana]], the king Bhanumaan Janaka is mentioned as the son of ''[[Keshidhwaja Janaka|Kesidhwaja]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=www.wisdomlib.org |date=2022-09-02 |title=The Description of the Race of Nimi [Chapter 13] |url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-bhagavata-purana/d/doc1128852.html |access-date=2024-10-17 |website=www.wisdomlib.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=www.wisdomlib.org |date=2018-12-24 |title=Bhanumat, Bhānumān, Bhanuman, Bhānuman, Bhānumat: 8 definitions |url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/bhanumat |access-date=2024-10-17 |website=www.wisdomlib.org |language=en}}</ref> The king Kesidhwaja was the son of the king ''Kritadhwaja'' and also the descendant of the [[Nimi (king)|King Nimi]] and [[King Mithi|Mithi]]. 

== References ==
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