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{{Short description|Legendary figure in Hindu Puranas}}
{{Infobox royalty
| name = Bahulashva
| title = Videha King Janaka
| predecessor = Dhriti
| successor = [[Kriti Janaka|Kriti]]
| full name = Bahulashva Janaka
| era name = [[Dwapar Yuga]]
| regnal name = King of Mithila
| father =
| religion = [[Sanatana]] [[Hinduism]]
| native_lang1 = बहूलश्व जनक
| royal house = [[Videha]] Raaj
| dynasty = [[Janaka]] Dynasty
}}
'''Bahulashva Janaka''' ([[Sanskrit]]: बहुलाश्व जनक) is a figure in [[Hindus|Hindu]] [[Puranas|Puranic literature]]. He is described as a king of [[Videha]] (also known as the Mithila Kingdom) in the ancient [[Indian subcontinent|Indian Subcontinent]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=www.wisdomlib.org |date=2022-09-03 |title=Elopement of Subhadrā: The Lord's Grace on Śrutadeva [Chapter 86] |url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-bhagavata-purana/d/doc1128966.html |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=www.wisdomlib.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Dhody |first=Chandan Lal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vLQyiYXIujEC&q=Bahulashva+Janaka |title=The Bhagavata |date=1994 |publisher=M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd. |isbn=978-81-85880-46-4 |pages=42 |language=en}}</ref> According to the Puranic tradition, he was a descendant from the lineage of [[Janaka|Janaka Dynasty]] in [[Mithila (region)|Mithila]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HUSCDwAAQBAJ&q=bahulashva+janaka |title=The Bhagavata Purana 3 |date=2019-01-21 |publisher=Penguin Random House India Private Limited |isbn=978-93-5305-380-2 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Debroy |first=Bibek |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QG7-EAAAQBAJ&q=bahulashva+janaka |title=Brahmanda Purana Vol 2 |date=2024-03-21 |publisher=Penguin Random House India Private Limited |isbn=978-93-5708-522-9 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Vedavyasa |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iPRyEAAAQBAJ&q=bahulashva+janaka |title=Srimad Bhagavatam |date=2021-12-20 |publisher=Editorial Hastinapura |isbn=978-987-4038-43-2 |language=es}}</ref>

== Appearances in Puranic literature ==
According to ''[[Bhagavata Purana]]'', King Bahulashva Janaka was a devotee as well as beloved of [[Krishna|Lord Krishna]].<ref name=":0" /> In his kingdom, there was a famous Brahmin known as [[Shrutadeva]], he was also a great devotee of Krishna.

In the text ''[[Bhagavata Purana]]'', it is mentioned that Krishna was very pleased with the devotional attitudes of the both great devotees, so he went on with his chariot ''Daruka'' to the [[Videha|Mithila Kingdom]] to meet them. He went to the Mithila Kingdom along the sages [[Narada|Devashree Narada]], [[Vamadeva]], [[Vyasa|Veda Vyasa]], [[Atri]], [[Rishi Asita|Asita]], Aruni, [[Brihaspati|Brihspati]], [[Kanva]], [[Parashurama|Parashuram]], [[Shuka|Shukhadeva]], [[Maitreya (Mahābhārata)|Maitreya]] and [[Chyavana]].<ref name=":0" />

The religious text ''[[Garga Samhita (Vaishnavite text)|Garga Samhita]]'' gives the account of the dialogues between the King Bahulashva Janaka and the celestial sage [[Narada|Devashree Narada]] about the birth of the Goddess [[Radha]]. In the dialogues the king asked about the mystery of the birth of Goddess Radha to the celestial sage Devashree Narada.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Radha ashtami 2019: जानिए पूर्व जन्‍म में क्‍या थे राधाजी के माता-पिता वृषभानु और कीर्ति |url=https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/astro/religion-rituals/festivals-and-fasts/radha-ashtami-2019-know-the-story-related-to-radhaji-parents/articleshow/91322966.cms |access-date=2024-10-14 |website=Navbharat Times |language=hi}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Videha]]
[[Category:Mithila (region)]]
[[Category:Mahabharata]]

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