Talk:Kausalya, Sumitra and Kaikeyi

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[edit] Naming and Division of Article

this is a stub because it is too esoteric, belongs in an encyclopedia of mythology, as three separate articles.

How can you delete this ? The three queens play a significant role in Hindu epic Ramayana. - Kesava, 10:30 05 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Keep Secretlondon 12:30, Feb 8, 2004 (UTC)

3 articles is probably better in the long run (if more details are added). But 'kousalya' is a very obscure spelling, so the title should be changed. 'Kaushalya' is good. Prater 13:12, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Kaushalya is incorrect; it should be Kausalya (or Kausalyaa to be absolutely correct). Imc 21:12, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

According to WP Naming conventions, it should be Kausalya -Karthik.raman 02:31, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

In Wikipedia, there are other characters (more minor than the three here) in the Ramayana with a single page to themselves. It should be split. DaGizza^{Chat ©} 11:53, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

Yes, must be split! -Karthik.raman 02:31, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

I created three individual articles (which are currently just stubs) (Kausalya, Sumitra, Kaikeyi). I wasn't sure what to do with the payasam story though. Should it just be included in all three articles? And what do we do with this page? Turn it into a disambiguation page or just redirect it somewhere? --Musicpvm 00:48, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

Well now you have three stubs. I personally prefer the idea of one article for all of them. 66.229.160.94 23:22, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Payasam

In this article it is stated that Dasaratha did not give payasam to Sumitra and so other to wives of him gave share to her.

Bus according to Ramayana it is not so. Dasaratha had given payasam to all the three queens. But before having it, One of the female monkey nearby theft Sumitras share. So kausalya and kaikeyi offered their share to her.

It is also said that, This female monkey had that share of Payasam and later she gave birth to Hanuman. - Shilpa Choudhari

I've never heard that in any version of the Ramayana. Hanuman was the son of Vayu. I think the original Valmiki Ramayana says that there just happened to be a portion left over and this was given to Sumitra.

I agree with this. The other story is possibly an imagination. --Karthik.raman 02:30, 18 April 2006 (UTC)