Mándhátá

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

In Book I, Canto 70, Yuvanáśva’s son Mándhátá succeeds him as king, and Mándhátá’s son is Susandhi. In Book IV, Canto 18, Ráma invokes Mándhátá as a king in his own line who punished a sinful devotee with death, comparing that deed with his punishment of Báli.

Relationship record

Book I, Canto 70 · The Maidens Sought

• parent: Yuvanáśva “He passed away. Him followed then His son Mándhátá, king of men.”
• child: Susandhi “His son was blest in high emprise, Susandhi, fortunate and wise.”

Book II, Canto 110 · The Sons Of Ikshváku

• parent: Yuvanáśva “He passed away. Him followed then His son Mándhátá, king of men.”
• child: Susandhi “His son was blest in high emprise, Susandhi, fortunate and wise.”

Book IV, Canto 18 · Ráma’s Reply

• enemies with Báli “Mándhátá once, a noble king, Light of the line from which I spring, Punished with death a devotee When he had stooped to sin like thee;”
• younger kin: Ráma “Mándhátá once, a noble king, Light of the line from which I spring,”

⭐ Constellation map → · 📖 Read the original → · 🗂 Character index → · 🕰 Chronicle → · 📍 Places →

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