Back কোশলপতি অজ Bengali/Bangla अज Hindi Aja (mitologi) ID ಅಜ (ಕೋಸಲದ ರಾಜ) Kannada अज (अयोध्या के सूर्यवंशी राजा) MAI അജൻ Malayalam अज NEW Аджа из Кошалы Russian अजः Sanskrit Косала Аджасы Tatar
| Aja | |
|---|---|
 Lamentations of Aja by Raja Ravi Varma | |
| Maharaja of Kosala | |
| Predecessor | Raghu |
| Successor | Dashratha |
| Born | Ayodhya, Kingdom of Kosala (present-day Uttar Pradesh, India) |
| Died | Ayodhya, Kingdom of Kosala (present-day Uttar Pradesh, India) |
| Consort(s) | Indumati |
| Issue | Dashratha |
| Dynasty | Raghuvamsha-Suryavamsha |
| Father | Raghu |
| Religion | Vedic Hinduism |
Aja (Sanskrit: अज, romanized: Aja) is a king featured in Hindu texts.[1] He is the son of Raghu. His paternal grandfather is the pious king Dilipa. He rules the kingdom of Kosala on the southern banks of the river Sarayu, with Ayodhya as his capital.[2] His wife Indumati is the princess of Vidarbha, and his son is Dasharatha, the father of Rama, an avatar of the Hindu deity Vishnu.[3]
The name Aja is referenced in the Rigveda. In the second phase of Battle of Ten Kings (in RV 1.018.19), the local chieftain Bhida is stated to have been defeated along with three other tribes — Ajas, Śighras, and the Yakṣus by Sudas.[4]
- ^ Thapar, Romila (14 October 2013). The Past Before Us. Harvard University Press. pp. 6. ISBN 978-0-674-72651-2.
- ^ Kalidasa (10 April 2012). The Dynasty of Raghu. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 978-1-4751-7250-8.
- ^ Shah 2004, pp. 31–32.
- ^ Brereton, Joel P.; Jamison, Stephanie W., eds. (2014). The Rigveda: The Earliest Religious Poetry of India. Vol. I. Oxford University Press. pp. 880, 902–905, 923–925, 1015–1016.