Sudhanvá

Family: Videha · Role: king · First appears: Book I, Canto 71 · Janak’s Pedigree

Life events

• Sudhanvá demanded Śiva’s bow and Sítá, and Janak refused both.(Book I, Canto 71 · Janak’s Pedigree · 📍 Sánkáśyá)
  • With: Janak
  • “And bade me swift on him bestow Śiva’s incomparable bow, And Sítá of the lotus eyes: But I refused each peerless prize.”
• Janak and Sudhanvá fought, and Janak slew Sudhanvá.(Book I, Canto 71 · Janak’s Pedigree)
  • With: Janak
  • “Then, host to host, we met the foes, And fierce the din of battle rose, Sudhanvá, foremost of his band, Fell smitten by my single hand.”

Book I, Canto 71 · Janak’s Pedigree

• enemies with Janak “Then, host to host, we met the foes, And fierce the din of battle rose, Sudhanvá, foremost of his band, Fell smitten by my single hand.”

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