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Sita

deity earth Vaishnava single tradition · 7

Sita is the wife of Rama. She is kidnapped by the demon-king Ravana, which sets off the main conflict in the Ramayana. Rama's quest to rescue her is the central plot of the epic.

↻ synthesized from 7 sources

When

First attested
2000 BCE
Attested period
-2000 – 2020
Historical notes
Ramayana likely took final form in the early centuries CE, with roots in earlier oral traditions.

Relationships

allied with
Rama, Hanuman, Lakshmana, Sugriva
co occurs with
Nila, Radha, Chaitanya, Satrughna, Bharata, Narayana, Vibhishana, Prithvisundari, Aparajita, Sumitra, Khara, Dusana, Satrughna, Dasaratha, Kausalya, Parashurama, Padma, Parvati, devi, Saraswati, Satyabhama, Narakasura, Andal, Mangala, Ruma, Vanara, Nala, Brahma, Śiva, Krishna, Vishnu, Indra, Vali, Vishvamitra, Agni, kali, Durga, Prithvi, Hiranyaksha, Varaha
enemy of
Ravana, Shurpanakha, Marisha, Surpanakha
consort of
Padma, Rama
parent of
Kusha, Lava
manifested by
Lakshmi
child of
Janaka, Mandodari, Bhumi
syncretized with
Mariamman

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Sources

wikipedia (7)
  1. Tara (Ramayana)
  2. Vanara
  3. Radha Krishna
  4. Rama
  5. Rama in Jainism
  6. Devi
  7. Bhumi (goddess)

Source passages

“After his wife Sita is kidnapped by the demon-king Ravana, Rama and his brother Lakshmana wander the forest searching for her.”

#8058 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Rama first met them in Dandaka Forest, during his search for Sita. An army of Vanaras helped Rama in his search for Sita, and also in battle against Ravana, Sita's abductor. Nala and Nila built a bridge over the ocean so that Rama and the army could cross to Lanka.”

#8758 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Sita relates to Rama”

#22422 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“When Sita steps into the fire, the whole area turns into a lake. A Jain nun appears and Sita and others around her become Jain ascetics.”

#28927 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“For example, when demoness Shurpanakha disguises as a woman to seduce Rama, then stalks and harasses Rama's wife Sita after Rama refuses her, Lakshmana is faced with the question of appropriate ethical response.”

#28969 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001