Vershini

Vershini
Information
Spouse(s)	Rompad
Children	Shanta

Vershini was a wife of Rompad, the king of Angadesh and an elder sister of Kausalya^[1]

Story

Vershini and Kausalya were daughters of Kaushal king. Vershini was married to Rompad, the king of Angadesh (present day Bhagalpur, Bihar).^[2] . And Kausalya to Dasharatha, the king of Ayodhya. Rompad was a good friend of Maharaja Dasharatha as both of them were educated at the ashram of sage Vasistha. Vershini had no child even after being married for many years. One day, they were in Ayodhya and jokingly asked Dashratha for a first child of Kausalya. Dasaratha said it would be so. Shanta was born and she was adopted by Vershini and Rompad. Later, Shanta was given in marriage to sage Rishyasringa.

References

↑ Kanuga, Professor G.B. (1993). The Immortal Love of Rama. New Delhi: Yuganter Press. pp. 48–49.
↑ Chib, Sukhdev Singh (1980). Bihar. p. 4.

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

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Gods	Trimurti Brahma Vishnu Shiva Ganesha Rama Krishna Kartikeya Hanuman Indra Surya more

Goddesses	Tridevi Saraswati Lakshmi Parvati Adi Parashakti Sati Durga Shakti Kali Sita Radha Mahavidya Navadurga Matrikas more

Texts	Vedas Rig Sama Yajur Atharva Upanishads Puranas Ramayana Mahabharata Bhagavad Gita Yoga Sutras of Patanjali more

Hinduism Hindu mythology

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