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| name = Mithi<br />
| title = [[Janaka]]<br />
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| caption = Symbolic image of the Birth of the King Mithi<br />
| predecessor = King Nimi<br />
| successor = Udāvasu<br />
| birth_name = Mithi<br />
| birth_place = [[Mithila region]]<br />
| full name = King Mithi Janaka<br />
| era name = <br />
| father = [[King Nimi]]<br />
| religion = [[Sanatana]] [[Hinduism]]<br />
| dynasty = [[Ikshvaku dynasty]]<br />
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'''Mithi''' ( [[Sanskrit]]: '''मिथि''' ) was the king of [[Videha|Videha Kingdom]] in the ancient [[Indian subcontinent|Indian Subcontinent]]. He was the son of the [[Nimi (king)|King Nimi]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Debroy |first=Bibek |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QG7-EAAAQBAJ&q=King+Mithi |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> He was the first King Janaka in the Janaka Dynasty of Mithila.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Jha |first=Makhan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A0i94Z5C8HMC&q=Mithi |title=Anthropology of Ancient Hindu Kingdoms: A Study in Civilizational Perspective |date=1997 |publisher=M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd. |isbn=978-81-7533-034-4 |pages=49 |language=en}}</ref> The Sanskrit epic text [[Brihada Vishnu Purana]] mentions a list of 54 Janakas in the dynasty of the King Mithi, who ascended the royal throne at the [[court of King Janaka]] in Mithila.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Miśra |first=Ajaya |url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Mah%C4%81mahop%C4%81dhy%C4%81ya_%E1%B8%8C%C3%B4_Sara_Ga%E1%B9%85g%C4%81n.html?id=1XdjAAAAMAAJ#%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%8C%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%A8%20%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%82 |title=Mahāmahopādhyāya Ḍô. Sara Gaṅgānātha Jhā kī sārasvata-sādhanā kā adhyayana |date=1995 |publisher=Nāga Prakāśaka |isbn=978-81-7081-315-6 |pages=3 |language=hi}}</ref> <br />
== Mention ==<br />
According to [[Vishnu Purana|''Vishnu'' ''Purana'']] and ''[[Bhavishya Purana]]'' the name “''[[Mithila (region)|Mithila]]''” is derived from King Mithi, who established the city of ''Mithilapuri''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=DK |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nsI8EAAAQBAJ&q=King+Mithi |title=The Illustrated Ramayana: The Timeless Epic of Duty, Love, and Redemption |date=2022-12-15 |publisher=Dorling Kindersley Limited |isbn=978-0-241-56053-2 |language=en}}</ref> He was also known as [[Janaka]] because he was born out of the body of his father. The title [[Janaka]] was later adopted by subsequent kings of [[Mithila (region)|Mithila]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Jha |first=Makhan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A0i94Z5C8HMC&q=King+Mithi |title=Anthropology of Ancient Hindu Kingdoms: A Study in Civilizational Perspective |date=1997 |publisher=M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd. |isbn=978-81-7533-034-4 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Kapur |first=Anu |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ApCKDwAAQBAJ&q=king+mithi+of+mithila |title=Mapping Place Names of India |date=2019-03-01 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-0-429-61421-7 |language=en}}</ref> According to ''[[Balakanda|Bal Kand]]'' of [[Valmiki]] [[Ramayana]], King Mithi had a son named as ''Udavasu'' who became successor of the kingdom after him''.''<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=2024-04-27 |website=www.wisdomlib.org |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Description ==<br />
The story of the birth of the King Mithi is described in [[Vishnu Purana]], ''Shrimadbhagwat Purana'', [[Ramayana]], [[Devi Bhagavata Purana|Devī Bhāgavata]], [[Matsya Purana]] etc.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=www.wisdomlib.org |date=2019-01-28 |title=Story of Mithi |url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/compilation/puranic-encyclopaedia/d/doc241770.html |access-date=2024-04-21 |website=www.wisdomlib.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=राजा जनक के दूसरे नाम विदेह से सीता का नाम वैदेही पड़ा - |url=https://www.jagran.com/jharkhand/ranchi-janki-navmi-20235136.html |access-date=2024-04-21 |website=Jagran |language=hi}}</ref> King Mithi is considered to be the first promoter of the ''Karmakanda'' ritual in [[Pitru Paksha|Pitripaksha]] festival. It is said that the King Mithi once donated the things that his father loved to his [[Vasishtha|Guru Vashishtha]]. Then Guru Vashishtha called this practice of donation as "''Divine inspiration''" and from here it is believed as the origination of ''Shraddha Karma'' for ancestors.<ref>{{Cite web |title=पितरों के ऋृण से मुक्ति का पर्व पितृपक्ष, ऋषि तर्पण के साथ हुआ शुभारंभ - The festival of liberation from the debts of ancestors began with Pitru Paksha, Rishi Tarpan |url=https://www.jagran.com/bihar/muzaffarpur-the-festival-of-liberation-from-the-debts-of-ancestors-began-with-pitru-paksha-rishi-tarpan-22037461.html |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=Jagran |language=hi}}</ref> <br />
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The King Mithi was a great devotee of [[Shiva|Lord Shiva]]. He used to visit the sacred [[Mount Kailash|Kailash mountain]] daily, using his yogic power to see Lord Shiva. Once seeing the trouble faced by the King Mithi while traveling to the Kailash mountain, Lord Shiva gave him a sacred bow to get rid from the trouble of traveling to Kailash. Lord Shiva granted King Mithi a boon, while giving the sacred bow, that seeing the sacred bow would be as fruitful as seeing him.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Vimala |url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Maithil%C4%AB_R%C4%81mak%C4%81vya.html?id=Q3ohAAAAMAAJ#%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%BF |title=Maithilī Rāmakāvya: paramparā aura pr̥shṭhabhūmi |date=1984 |publisher=Ushā Pabliśiṅga Hāusa |pages=52 |language=hi}}</ref><br />
== Birth ==<br />
According to the sixth chapter of Devi Bhagavata, once the King Nimi was cursed to death by the sage [[Vasishtha|Vashishtha]] for performing Yajna in his absence. Then the other sages present there took the lifeless body of Nimi and after performing Yajna rituals and worshipping the gods, they started churning the body. After some time during three ''parvas'',<ref>{{Cite book |last=Debroy |first=Bibek |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QG7-EAAAQBAJ&q=King+Mithi |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> a great, radiant, powerful and accomplished man was born from it. Since he was born by ''Mathana'' (churning) he was named ''Mithi''.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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