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Vishala
Ramayana character From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Vishala (Sanskrit: विशाल, romanized: Viśāla) is a king in Hinduism, featured in the Ramayana.[1] He is the son of Ikshvaku and his queen, Alambusha. He is said to have built a city called Viśālā, near which Ahalya was transformed into stone. He had a son named Hemachandra.[2]
The name of Vishala is also mentioned in one of the Puranas[3] as well as the Mahabharata.[4]
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