# दशरथ (daśaratha)

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दशरथ (daśaratha) is a Sanskrit word meaning having 10 chariots, the father of Rama, name of an ancestor of Rama's father, name of a son of Navaratha, of Romapada or Lomapada, a son of Suyashas. Its 17 recorded definitions are grouped into 4 contexts, among them Other Individuals Named Daśaratha, Daśaratha, Father of Rāma, Attribute: Possessing Ten Chariots.

- **Etymology:** E. दश ten, and रथ a car; whose car bore him to the ten quarters of the universe — E. daśa ten, and ratha a car; whose car bore him to the ten quarters of the universe
- **SLP1:** `daSaraTa`  **IAST:** daśaratha  **Devanagari:** दशरथ
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dasharatha
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/dasharatha/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** दाशरथ (dāśaratha)

## Meanings by context

### Other Individuals Named Daśaratha (8 definitions)
- name of an ancestor of Rama's father  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of an ancestor of Rāma's father, 4, 38 [ ID=90931.10 ]
- name of a son of Navaratha  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a son of Nava-ratha, 12, 16; Bhāgavata-purāṇa (Title) ix, 24, 4; Harivaṃśa (Title) 1993 [ ID=90931.15 ]
- Of Romapada or Lomapada.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of Roma- or Loma-pāda, 1696; Viṣṇu-purāṇa (Title) iv, 18, 3 [ ID=90931.20 ]
- a son of Suyashas  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a son of Su-yaśas, 24, 8 ( दाश् (dāś) ° (°) v.l. ) and Inscr. (in Prākṛt dasalatha ) [ ID=90931.25 ]
- a son of Mulaka and father of Aida-vida  
  *The Purana Index*
  > दशरथ (daśaratha) [Printed book page 2-078 ] Daśaratha (I) — a son of Mūlaka, and father of Aiḍa- viḍa. (Ilīvila- Vi. P. ). Bhā. IX. 9. 41; V. IV. 4. 75. [ ID=5891 ]
- a son of Navaratha and father of Shakuni  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Daśaratha (III) — a son of Navaratha, and father of Śakuni (Ekādaśaratha- Br. P. ). Bhā. IX. 24. 4-5; Br. III. 70. 43-4. Vā. 95. 42; Vi. IV. 12. 41. [ ID=5893 ]
- a son of Satyaratha  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Daśaratha (IV) — a son of Satyaratha (Citraratha: Vā. P. ). (Known also as Lomapāda). M. 48. 94; Vā. 9. 103. [ ID=5894 ]
- a Maurya king who ruled for eight years  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Daśaratha (V) — a Maurya king who ruled for eight years; son of Suyaśā and father of Samyuta. M. 272. 25; Vi. IV. 24. 30. [ ID=5895 ]

### Daśaratha, Father of Rāma (6 definitions)
- the father of Rama  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > दश (daśa) — रथ (—ratha) m. N. of Rāma's father (descendant of Ikṣvāku, sovereign of Ayodhyā), Rāmāyaṇa (Title) i; ii, 63 f. (death of D° ), Jātakamālā (Title) 461; Harivaṃśa (Title) 821 f.; Raghuvaṃśa (Title) viii, 29 ( - पूर्व - रथ (-pūrva-ratha) ), Bhāgavata-purāṇa (Title) ix, 10, 1; Viṣṇu-purāṇa (Title) iv, 4, 40 and 18, 3 [ ID=90931.05 ]
- The father of Rama and sovereign of Ayodhya.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > दश (daśa) रथ (ratha) (daśaratha) [Printed book page 403 ] दश (daśa) रथ (ratha) (daśaratha) m. ( - थः (-thaḥ) ) A proper name, sovereign of Ayodhya or Oude, and father of RĀMA. E. दश (daśa) ten, and रथ (ratha) a car; whose car bore him to the ten quarters of the universe. [ ID=18703 ]
- Father of Rama  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > दशरथ (daśaratha) [Printed book page 357-b ] दश - रथ (daśa-ratha) ( थः ) ((thaḥ)) 1. m. Father of Rāma. [ ID=18175 ]
- 1. A proper name for the sovereign of Ayodhya and father of Rama. 2. Whose chariot bore him to the ten quarters of the universe.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > दश (daśa) रथ (ratha) (daśaratha) [Printed book page 335-b ] दश (daśa) रथ (ratha) (daśaratha) m. ( - थः (-thaḥ) ) A proper name, sovereign of Ayodhya or Oude, and father of RAMA. E. दश (daśa) ten, and रथ (ratha) a car; whose car bore him to the ten quarters of the universe. [ ID=18688 ]
- king of Ayodhya and father of Rama  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > दशरथ (daśaratha) [Printed book page 224-2 ] Daśaratha, king of Ayodhyā and father of Rāma. § 383 b (Paraśurāma): III, 99, 8656 ( Daśarathasya putro Rāmaḥ ), 8660.—§ 391 (Ṛṣyaśṛṅga): III, 110, 10008 ( Lomapādaḥ sakhā D°sya ).—§ 525 (Rāmopākhyānap.): III, 273, 15877 (son of Aja, husband of Kausalyā, Kaikeyī and Sumitrā, and father of four sons: Rāma on Kausalyā, Bharata on Kaikeyī, Lakṣmaṇa and Śatrughna on Sumitrā).—§ 527 (do.): III, 277, 15947, 15949, 15957, 15974, 15976 (Kaikeyī prevailed upon D. to let Bharata be anointed and to banish Rāma; then D. died).—§ 530 (Viśvāvasumokṣaṇa): III, 279, 16045 ( sakhā D°sya…Jāṭāyuḥ ), 16064 ( sakhā D°sya, i.e. Jaṭāyu).—§ 543 (Rāmābhiṣeka): III, 291 α, 16549, (16556) ( D. appeared to Rāma and attested the innocence of Sītā, and commanded him to return to Ayodhyā and rule there).—§ 548 e (Viṣṇu): III, 315, 17467 ( Viṣṇunā vasatā cāpi gṛhe D°sya vai —i.e. incarnate as Rāma Dāśarathi— Daśagrīvo hataḥ ).—§ 746 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 74, 3616.—§ 775 (do.): XIII, 166 η, 7677. [ ID=2926 ]
- 1. A son of Aja and Indumati, and father of Rama and three other sons. 2. A friend of Romapada who gave him his daughter Shanta in adoption. 3. King of Ayodhya.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Daśaratha (II) — a son of Aja (Pāla) and of Indumatī; and father of Śrī Rāma (Dāśarathi Rāma- Vā. P. ) and three other sons, being the amśas of Hari. 1 A friend of Roma- pāda to whom he gave his daughter Śāntā in adoption. 2 King of Ayodhyā. Having no sons worshipped Tripurasundarī at the capital and spent seven days at Kāñcī praying to Kāmākṣī who blessed him with four sons. 3 [ Footnote: 1) Bhā. IX. 10. 1-2; Br. III. 63. 184; IV. 40. 100; M. 12. 49-50; Vā. 88. 183-4; 111. 64; Vi. IV. 4. 86-7.] [ Footnote: 2) Bhā. IX. 23. 7-8; Vi. IV. 18. 17-8.] [ Footnote: 3) Br. III. 37. 31; 63. 184; IV. 40. 88.] [ ID=5892 ]

### Attribute: Possessing Ten Chariots (2 definitions)
- having 10 chariots  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 472,1] दश (daśa) — रथ (—ratha) ( दश (daśa) ् (daś) ° (°) ), mfn. having 10 chariots, Ṛg-veda (Title) i, 126, 4 [ ID=90931 ]
- 1. Having ten chariots. 2. An epithet of several kings.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > दशरथ (daśaratha) [Printed book page 220 ] दशरथ (daśaratha) a. having ten chariots; E. of sev. kings. [ ID=13432 ]

### The Body (Neuter Noun) (1 definition)
- the body  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > दश (daśa) — रथ (—ratha) n. the body, Npr. [ ID=90931.30 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Index to the Names in the Mahabharata; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; The Purana Index; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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