Aja

First appears: Book I, Canto 70 · The Maidens Sought

In Book I, Canto 70, Aja is named as the son of Nábhág and the father of Daśaratha. Book II, Canto 110, names Suvrat as his sibling. In Book VI, Canto 50, Ráma is addressed as welcome “As Aja or my sire.”

Relationship record

Book I, Canto 70 · The Maidens Sought

• parent: Nábhág “Son of Nábhág was Aja: his,”
• child: Daśaratha “The glorious Daśaratha is,”

Book II, Canto 110 · The Sons Of Ikshváku

• parent: Nábhág “From great Nábhág sprang children two Aja and Suvrat pure and true.”
• child: Daśaratha “From Aja Daśaratha came,”
• siblings with Suvrat “From great Nábhág sprang children two Aja and Suvrat pure and true.”

Book VI, Canto 50 · The Broken Spell

• younger kin: Ráma “To these glad eyes as welcome now As Aja or my sire art thou.”

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Extracted from the original text of The Rámáyan of Válmíki. Made with Rho MD.