Ayodhya
Sākēta (Sanskrit: साकेत, romanized: Sākēta) is a Sanskrit appellation of the Indian cityofAyodhya.[1] Sākēta can be alternatively used for the abode of VaikuṇṭhainHindu epics, where liberated souls dwell.[2] "Sākēta", the name of the Ayodhya Kingdom was later widespread by Buddhist travellers and far away traders for the collective name of the region's under this Kingdom. Overall, according to early chronicles found in Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi, Odia, Sanskrit literature and Ramayana and Ramacharitamanasa the city bears the name of Ayodhya Kingdom, not Sākēta.
Saket (1932), a famous Hindi epic poembyMaithili Sharan Gupt, a modern-version of Ramacharitamanasa, which described an ideal Hindu society and Rama as an ideal man.[3][4] It is an account of the Ramayana through the eyes of Urmila, daughter of King JanakaofMithila and the younger sister of Sita, who later became wife of Lakshmana.[citation needed]
InBuddhism, the place is thought to be where the sons of Okkaka founded a city.[citation needed]
Ayodhya signifies a great importance in the Buddhist literature. It is referred to as Saketa in traditional Buddhist literature. British archaeologist Alexander Cunningham who was also the first director general of the ASI identified three Buddhist places — Mani Parbat, Kuber Parbat and Sugriv Parbat at the site of Ayodhya.[citation needed]
 | This Hinduism-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 | This cosmology-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
