Rompad

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Rompad
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Spouse(s) Vershini
Children Shanta

Rompad in the Ramayana was a king of Angadesh and a father of Shanta.[1]

History

Rompad, the king of Angdesh. He was a good friend of maharaja Dasharatha, the king of Ayodhya. Both of them were educated at the same ashram of sage Vasistha. Rompad’s wife was Vershini. Vershini was the elder sister of Kausalya. Rompad and Vershini had no children after long time of marriage life. So Rompad had adopted Dashratha’s daughter Shanta. Whom he gave marriage to sage Rishyasringa.[2]

In Mahabharata Adhiratha, the chief charioteer of King Dhritrashtra, who adopted Kunti’s forsaken son named Karna. Adhirath was descendant of Rompad.[3]

References

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