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{{Infobox royalty<br />
| name = Hrasvaroman Janaka<br />
| title = King Janaka<br />
| predecessor = Svarṇaroman<br />
| successor = Shreedhwaja Janaka<br />
| birth_name = Hrasvaroman<br />
| birth_place = Mithila<br />
| era name = Vedic Period<br />
| era dates = [[Treta Yuga]]<br />
| regnal name = Mithila Naresh Hrasvaroman Janaka<br />
| house = Videha<br />
| house-type = Country<br />
| father = Svarṇaroman<br />
| religion = [[Hinduism]]<br />
| royal house = Mithila Kingdom<br />
| dynasty = Janaka Dynasty<br />
}}<br />
'''Hrasvaroman Janaka''' ([[Sanskrit]]: ह्रस्वरोमन् जनक) was the king of the [[Videha|Videha Kingdom]] in the [[Indian subcontinent]]. He was the twentieth [[Janaka]] in the lineage of the ''Janaka Dynasty'' in [[Mithila (region)|Mithila]]. He was the father of the famous King [[Janaka|Shreedhwaja Janaka]] in [[Ramayana]]. He ruled the kingdom of Videha before the King Shreedhwaja Janaka.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sinha |first=Purnendu Narayana |title=A Study of the Bhâgavata Purâna or Esoteric Hinduism |url=https://www.gutenberg.org/files/39442/39442-h/39442-h.html |access-date=2025-03-24 |website=bpurana.rst |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=www.wisdomlib.org |date=2019-06-21 |title=The description of Nimi dynasty (vaṃśa) [Chapter 64] |url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-brahmanda-purana/d/doc362922.html |access-date=2025-03-24 |website=www.wisdomlib.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Mishra |first=Yogendra |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_IceAAAAMAAJ |title=History of Videha: From the Earliest Times to the Foundation of the Gupta Empire, A.D. 319 |date=1981 |publisher=Janaki Prakashan |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Smith |first=R. M. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4UZwEAAAQBAJ&q=hrasvaroman |title=Dates and Dynasties in Earliest India: Translation and Justification of a Critical Text of the Purana Dynasties |date=1973-01-01 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |isbn=978-81-208-2668-7 |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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== Description ==<br />
Hrasvaroman was born in the royal family of the Janaka Dynasty in Mithila. He was the son of the King Svarṇaroman Janaka. He was the descendant of [[Nimi (king)|King Nimi]], who was one of the sons of [[Ikshvaku|Ikshwaku]]. Thus he was also a descendant from the lineage of the [[Ikshvaku|Ikshwaku Dynasty]] in the [[Indian subcontinent]].<ref name=":0" /> He was married to ''Keikasi''. She gave birth to ''Shreedhwaja''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=राजा जनक ने कब और कहां पर की थी शिवलिंग की स्थापना, मां सीता से है गहरा नाता - How Many Shiva Lingas Did King Janaka Establish in Mithila to Welcome Goddess Sita Check Details |url=https://www.jagran.com/spiritual/mukhye-dharmik-sthal-how-many-shiva-lingas-did-king-janaka-establish-in-mithila-to-welcome-goddess-sita-check-details-23851334.html |access-date=2025-11-06 |website=Jagran |language=hi}}</ref> <br />
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The King Hrasvaroman Janaka is mentioned in several major ancient texts of Hinduism. He is mentioned in the texts of [[Ramayana]], [[Mahabharata]] and [[Puranas]], etc. In the chapter 64 of the [[Brahmanda Purana]], ''[[Ugrashravas|Goswami Suta]]'' explained to sages at Kurukshetra about the description of the lineage of the Nimi's dynasty. According to the verses 13-15 of the chapter 64, the names of the father and the grandfather of the King Hrasvaroman Janaka were ''Suvarṇaroman'' and ''Mahāroman'' respectively.<ref name=":0" /> It is also mentioned in [[Vayu Purana]] and [[Vishnu Purana]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=www.wisdomlib.org |date=2024-10-26 |title=The legend of Nimi: Why we blink [Chapter 5] |url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-vishnu-purana-taylor/d/doc1461148.html |access-date=2025-03-24 |website=www.wisdomlib.org |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Hrasvaroman was the grandfather of the princess [[Sita]]. In the [[Valmiki]] [[Ramayana]], the King Shreedhwaja Janaka narrated the description of the succession and his dynasty to the sage [[Brahmarshi]] [[Vasishtha|Vashishtha]] and all other present in the ceremony of the [[Sita Swayamvara]]. In the description, he said that he was the son of the King Hrasvaroman Janaka. According to the Valmiki Ramayana, the King Hrasvaroman Janaka handed over the charge of the [[Videha|Mithila Kingdom]] to his elder son Shreedhwaja, while taking [[Sannyasa|sanyasa]] and retiring to forest. He also made Shreedhwaja as the caretaker of his younger son [[Kushadhvaja|Kushadhwaja]]. After that Shreedhwaja ascended the throne of the Mithila Kingdom and became the twenty-first King [[Janaka]] in Mithila.<ref>{{Cite web |last=www.wisdomlib.org |date=2020-09-21 |title=King Janaka gives an account of the succession and his dynasty [Chapter 71] |url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-ramayana-of-valmiki/d/doc423940.html |access-date=2025-03-24 |website=www.wisdomlib.org |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Videha]]<br />
[[Category:Kings of Videha]]<br />
[[Category:Mithila (region)]]<br />
[[Category:Ramayana]]<br />
[[Category:Puranas]]</div>Kvora3