Kausalya
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- This article is about the character in the Ramayana. For the actress, see Kausalya (actress).
Kausalya (कौशल्या, kouśalyā), in the Hindu epic Ramayana, was the eldest of King Dasaratha's three wives and a queen of Ayodhya. She was the mother of Rama.
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