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| | image = File:The Birth of rama.jpg
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| | caption = Kausalya gives birth to Rama.
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| | parents = Sukaushal (father) <br> Amritaprabha (mother)
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| Siblings = Vershini (sister)
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| | spouse = [[Dasharatha]]
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| | consorts = [[Dasharatha]]
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| | children = [[Rama]] (son) <br />
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| '''Kausalya''' was the senior queen consort of [[Kosala]] in the [[Hinduism|Hindu]] epic ''[[Ramayana]]''. She was the mother of Lord [[Rama]], the titular hero of the epic, and the senior wife of [[Dasharatha]], who ruled Kosala from its capital [[Ayodhya]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/rys/rys1005.htm|title=The Ramayana in Sanskrit: Book 1: Chapter 5}}</ref>
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| In some later accounts, [[Shanta]] is described as her daughter, and the eldest child, of Dasharatha. However, in the ''Bala Kanda'' of the ''Ramayana'', Valmiki writes of Shanta only as the daughter of Romapada, the king of [[Anga]], who was a friend of Dasharatha.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/rys/rys1008.htm|title=The Ramayana in Sanskrit: Book 1: Chapter 8}}</ref> At no point is Shanta's mother named.
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| ==Legends==
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| [[File:Rama meets his mother Kousalya in pooja.jpg|thumb|left|Rama meets his mother Kousalya while she performs pooja]]
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| [[Valmiki]] does not mention the names of Kausalya's parents, but in the 'Ayodhya Kanda'<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/rys/rys2059.htm|title=The Ramayana in Sanskrit: Book 2: Chapter 59}}</ref> she is described as ''Kosalendraduhitā'' (daughter of the king of Kosala).
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| Later texts name her as the daughter of the King Sukaushal and Queen Amritaprabha of [[Dakshina Kosala]].<ref>{{cite book |author=Sukhdev Singh Chib |title=Punjab |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U44BAAAAMAAJ |year=1977 |publisher=Light & Life |page=2 |access-date=26 May 2019 |archive-date=12 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012035356/https://books.google.com/books?id=U44BAAAAMAAJ |url-status=live }}</ref> At her traditionally ascribed birthplace, there exists a temple dedicated to her called the [[Mata Kaushalya Temple]], which is perhaps among the few temples dedicated to her. Mata Kaushalya Temple is located in Chandkhuri which falls in the [[Raipur district|Raipur District]] of [[Chhattisgarh]]. The temple has been revived and inaugurated by the Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh [[Bhupesh Baghel]] and other dignitaries under the '[[Ram Van Gaman Path]]' project in October 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chhattisgarh CM inaugurates renovated Chandkhuri Mata Kaushalya temple |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2021/oct/08/chhattisgarh-cm-inaugurates-renovated-chandkhuri-mata-kaushalya-temple-2369170.html |access-date=2022-05-12 |website=The New Indian Express}}</ref>
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| At the sacrifice performed by [[Rishyasringa]] so that Dasharatha might bear sons, a divine being presented the king with a golden bowl filled with a ''[[payasam]]'' (a milk delicacy) prepared by the gods. Dasharatha offered half of this divine food to Kausalya, a quarter to [[Sumitra]] (literally 'half of that which remained'), an eighth to Kaikeyi (again 'half of that which remained'), and then, upon reflection, gave the final eighth to Sumitra again. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/rys/rys1015.htm|title=The Ramayana in Sanskrit: Book 1: Chapter 15}}</ref>
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| When Rama set forth to begin his exile from Ayodhya, Dasaratha and Kausalya hurried after his chariot until Rama, unable to bear the sight, told his charioteer Sumantra to quicken his pace so that they would be left behind. Queen Kausalya is considered to be the incarnation of Dhara (Brahmani), wife of Dronavasu. She received a boon from Lord [[Vishnu]], who promised her that he would be born as her son in the "[[Treta Yuga]]".
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| She ceased to be primary queen consort of Kosala with the death of her husband. She exercised the title of queen dowager until her son's accession to the throne, upon which she was widely honoured as the queen mother.
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| ==See also==
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| *[[Mata Kaushalya Temple]]
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| *[[Ram Van Gaman Path]]
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| *[[Mata Kaushalya Temple Vill. Ghuram, Patiala Punjab]]
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