Suketu

demoness, Thataka - Daughter of Suketu

Suketu was a Yaksha King in the epicRamayana, and the father of the demoness, Thataka. After being childless for many years, Suketu meditated upon the Creator Brahma and was granted the gift of a beautiful daughter. News of the girl's beauty reached the Asura King, Sumali, who wooed and successful wed her.

Thataka and Sumali had three children; two sons,SubahuandMareecha,and a daughter,Kaikesi.Kaikesi would eventually become the second wife of Rishi Vishrava and through him, the mother of Ravana(The mighty demonic King of Lanka),and his brothersKumbhakarna, Vibhishana and sister Shurpnakha.Suketu and Sumali were both cursed by Rishi Agastya to death after they ridiculed the sage's short stature. Thataka's attempts to avenge the deaths of her father and husband, with Subahu's aid, resulted in the sage transforming both mother and son into ugly, demonic creatures. Mother and son would eventually be slain by Rama, the 16-year-old Prince of Ayodhya, when they attempted to destroy one of Vishvamitra's many Yagnas with rains of human flesh and blood.

Ramayana by Valmiki

Ikshvaku dynasty	Dasharatha Kausalya Sumitra Kaikeyi Shanta Rama Bharata Lakshmana Shatrughna Sita Urmila Mandavi Shrutakirti Lava Kusha (genealogy)

Vanara	Hanuman Sugriva Vali Tara Rumā Angada Nala Nila Kesari Anjana Makardhwaja

Rakshasa	Ravana Vibhishana Kumbhakarna Indrajit Akshayakumara Atikaya Devantaka Kabandha Khara Mandodari Maricha Mayasura Narantaka Prahasta Sarama Subahu Sulochana Sumali Surpanakha Tataka Trijata Trishira Viradha

Sages	Agastya Ahalya Arundhati Bharadwaja Kambhoja Parashurama Vasistha Vishvamitra Rishyasringa

Other characters	Jambavan Janaka Jatayu Manthara Maya Sita Sampati Shabari Shravan Vedavati

Places	Ayodhya Mithila Dandakaranya Kishkindha Lanka

Other	Lakshman Rekha List of adaptations

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, November 13, 2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.