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Sita (Nepali:सीता, also spelled Sîta, Seeta or Seetha , meaning "furrow") also known as Vaidehi, Janaki, Maithili, is the central female character of the Hindu epic ''Ramayana'' and a daughter of , King Janak of Janakpur. She is the consort of the Hindu god Rama (avatar of Vishnu) and is an avatar of Lakshmi, goddess of wealth and wife of Vishnu. She is esteemed as a paragon of spousal and feminine virtues for all Hindu women.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://www.msu.edu/~mahereri/rel340/sita.html )〕 Sita is known for her dedication, self-sacrifice, courage and purity. Sita is described as the daughter of the earth goddess Bhūmi and the adopted daughter of King Janaka of Mithila and Queen Sunayna. In her youth, she marries Rama, the prince of Ayodhya. Soon after her marriage, she is forced into exile with her husband and brother-in-law Lakshmana. While in exile, the trio settle in the Dandaka forest, from where she is abducted by Ravana, Rakshasa King of Lanka. She is imprisoned in the Ashoka Vatika of Lanka by Ravana. Sita is finally rescued by Rama in the climatic war where Rama slays Ravana. Sita goes into fire for her human body to come out of fire-god's protection and her imitation , abducted by ravan , gets back in the fire . Thereafter, Rama and Sita return to Ayodhya, where they are crowned as king and queen. However, Rama abandons a pregnant Sita when one of his subjects casts doubt over her chastity. In the refuge of Sage Valmiki's hermitage Sita gives birth to twins Lava and Kusha. After her sons grow up and unite with their father, Sita returns to her mother, the Earth's womb, for release from a cruel world as a testimony of her purity. Her other names are Bhumije and Janaki. == Etymology and other names == The goddess is best known by the name "Sita", derived from the Sanskrit word ''sīta'', which means furrow. According to ''Ramayana'', Janaka found her while ploughing as a part of a yagna and adopted her. The word ''sīta'' was a poetic term in the ancient kingdom of Nepal and India, its imagery redolent of fecundity and the many blessings coming from settled agriculture. The Sita of the ''Ramayana'' may have been named after a more ancient Vedic goddess Sita, who is mentioned once in the Rigveda as an earth goddess who blesses the land with good crops. In the Vedic era, she was one of the goddesses associated with fertility. A Vedic hymn (Rig Veda 4:57) recites: In ''Harivansha'' Sita has been invoked as one of the names of goddess Arya: The ''Kausik-sutra'' and the ''Paraskara-sutra'' associate her repeatedly as the wife of ''Parjanya'' (a god associated with rains) and Indra.〔 Sita is known by many epithets. She is called ''Jānaki'' as the daughter of Janaka and ''Maithili'' as the princess of Mithila.〔 As the wife of Rama, she is called ''Ramā''. Her father Janaka had earned the sobriquet ''Videha'' due to his ability to transcend body consciousness; Sita is therefore also known as ''Vaidehi''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sita」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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