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| name = Khandikya Janaka<br />
| title = Janaka<br />
| successor = Keshidhwaja Janaka<br />
| birth_name = Khandikya<br />
| birth_place = Mithila<br />
| era name = <br />
| era dates = Later [[Ramayana]]<br />
| father = Amitadhvaja Janaka<br />
}}<br />
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'''Khandikya Janaka''' ([[Sanskrit]]: खांडिक्य जनक) was a king in the ancient [[Videha|Kingdom of Mithila]] in the [[Indian subcontinent]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sinha |first=Purnendu Narayan |url=https://books.google.com/books/about/A_Study_of_the_Bhagavata_Purana.html?id=GIBBAAAAYAAJ#v=onepage&q=Khandikya&f=false |title=A Study of the Bhagavata Purana: Or, Esoteric Hinduism |date=1901 |publisher=Freeman & Company, Limited |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Debroy |first=Bibek |url=https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Holy_Puranas.html?id=IZwlAQAAIAAJ#Khandikya |title=The Holy Puranas |last2=Debroy |first2=Dipavali |date=2002 |publisher=B.R. Publishing Corporation |isbn=978-81-7646-297-6 |language=en}}</ref> He was a descendant of the [[Janaka]] dynasty in Mithila. He is mentioned in the texts [[Vishnu Purana]], [[Bhagavata Purana|Bhagavat Purana]] and [[Naradiya Purana|Narada Purana]] of [[Hinduism]]. He is an important figure in philosophical discourse of the texts. <br />
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== Early life ==<br />
He was born in the royal family of the King [[Dharmadhwaja Janaka]] of the Videha empire in the subcontinent. His father was Amitadhvaja Janaka. Khandikya was well versed in [[Vedas|Vedic]] Karma and rituals.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Ancient_Indian_Tradition_Mythology_The_N.html?id=Eqw2AAAAIAAJ#Khandikya |title=Ancient Indian Tradition & Mythology: The Nārada-Purāṇa |date=1970 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Tattv%C4%81lokah.html?id=PTUKAQAAMAAJ#Khandikya |title=Tattvālokah |date=2007 |publisher=Sri Abhinava Vidyatheertha Educational Trust |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Rakhe |first=S. M. |url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Education_in_Ancient_India.html?id=yvObAAAAMAAJ#Khandikya |title=Education in Ancient India |date=1992 |publisher=Sri Satguru Publications |isbn=978-81-7030-312-1 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Sacred_Scriptures_of_India.html?id=cP1OAQAAIAAJ#Khandikya |title=The Sacred Scriptures of India |date=2009 |publisher=Anmol Publications |isbn=978-81-261-3630-8 |language=en}}</ref> He was the cousin brother of the King [[Keshidhwaja Janaka]]. In the texts, there is philosophical dialogues between the two cousins in the Janaka dynasty of Mithila.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Nambiar |first=K. Damodaran |url=https://books.google.com/books/about/N%C4%81rada_Pur%C4%81%E1%B9%87a_a_Critical_Study.html?id=ADIqAAAAYAAJ#Khandikya |title=Nārada Purāṇa, a Critical Study |date=1979 |publisher=All-India Kashiraj Trust |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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