Sāketa

 ( Places In Hindu Mythology ) 

Sākēta () is a Sanskrit appellation of the Indian city of Ayodhya.

Sākēta can be alternatively used for the abode of Vaikuntha in Hindu epic, where Moksha dwell.

Tulasīdāsa (1989). 9788120804432, Motilal Banarsidass. . ISBN 9788120804432

"Sākēta", the name of the Awadh was later widespread by Buddhism 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 language, Gujarati, Marathi language, Odia language, Sanskrit literature and Ramayana and Ramcharitmanas the city bears the name of Ayodhya Kingdom, not Sākēta.

---

In literature Saket (1932), a famous Hindi epic poem by Maithili Sharan Gupt, a modern-version of Ramcharitmanas, which described an ideal Hindu society and Rama as an ideal man.

Kuśa Satyendra (2025). 9788176251594, Sarup & Sons. . ISBN 9788176251594

Gilbert Pollet (1995). 9789068317015, Peeters Publishers. . ISBN 9789068317015

It is an account of the Ramayana through the eyes of Urmila, daughter of King Janaka of Mithila and the younger sister of Sita, who later became wife of Lakshmana.

---

In Buddhism In Buddhism, the place is thought to be where the sons of Okkaka founded a city. Saketa, is one of the major cities of Kosala in early Buddhist texts

A.G. Noorani (2025). 9789382381457, Tulika Books. ISBN 9789382381457

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.

---

In Jainism Jain texts refer to Saketa as the capital of Kosala.

---

See also

• Mathura
• Dvaraka

Categories: Places In Hindu Mythology, Ayodhya

Post Comment