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Sanskrit & Tamil Spiritual Names & MeaningsSitaand Rama are considered by millions of Hindus as the supreme divine couple. Sita is revered as a model wife who is totally devoted to her husband. The word sita actually means "furrow", the line in the ground made by a plow and in early times there was a Vedic goddess associated with plowed fields known as Sita. Sita was actually not born from a woman - she emerged from the plowed ground and was found by King Janaka who took her as his daughter. She is therefore also considered as an incarnation of Bhudevi, the Goddess of the earth as well as an incarnation of Lakshmi, the consort of Vishnu. For Sita, Rama, Lord Vishnu Himself, was the centre of her life. She was only concerned with his well-being, his good name and his wish. No matter what happened, she was steadfast and loyal to Rama. When Lord Rama was banished to the forest by his father, the King of Ayodhya, Sita left all her royal comforts and went with him. She was only content to be by his side, no matter where they went. Thus the name Sita has become synonymous with utter loyalty. After Rama and Sita retired to the forest, Sita was abducted by the demon Ravana and taken by him to Sri Lanka. Ravana asked Sita to abandon Rama and take him as her husband. Sita refused, stating that she wished she could burn Ravana to ashes by the power of her purity. Sita is also associated with the heights of moral purity. After Rama killed Ravana, Sita underwent public tests of her purity. At first, when she felt that Rama doubted her faithfulness as a wife, she tried to burn herself on a funeral pyre but the God of fire Agni refused to burn her, as she was so chaste. The heat of the flames did not touch even her flower garland. Rama received her back as his wife. Later, he banished her alone to the forest because of the gossip of the citizens of Ayodhya, even though she was completely faithful to him. Again after some time he recalled her and made her go through a public ordeal so as to convince his subjects about her good character. However, by this time, Sita was tired of life and she prayed, "If my mind is pure and has never thought about any man other than Rama, let the Goddess take me back." At this point, Divinity demonstrated the greatness and sanctity of Sita, who is the Devi Herself, and a royal throne rose up from the ground, supported by great snakes. Sita sat on the throne and it sank deep into the ground. Thus Sita returned from whence she came. Rama was devastated and cried to the earth to return Sita but the earth remained closed. Rama lived the rest of his life in deep sorrow. He did not marry another and had a golden statue made of his beloved Sita, which he used during religious rituals that required the presence of a wife. The great epic story, the Ramayana thus shows Sita as the ideal wife and totally surrendered devotee. No matter how much the Lord tested her bodily in the jungle, suffering at the hands of the demon Ravana, heartbroken at the loss of her husband, banished to the forest whilst pregnant - Sita remained steadfast and true, blaming herself for her suffering and separation from her divine Lord Rama. In India the greatest compliment one can give a married lady is
to say, "She is a second Sita."
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