Sages & Others

Sita

सीता

The Princess of Videha

Who was Sita?

Sita (सीता): The Princess of Videha, one of the sages and supporting figures in the Mahabharata. Rama's wife, carried off to Lanka and kept in an asoka wood under guard of rakshasa women whose threats she answered by inviting them to eat her.

Quick Facts

Key facts about Sita
Sanskrit nameसीता
Title / EpithetThe Princess of Videha
FactionSages & Others
Key traitsConstant, Unbending, Patient, Vindicated
Notable relationshipsHusband: Rama, Captor: Ravana, Comforter: Trijata, Messenger: Hanuman
Featured in6 stories

About Sita

Rama's wife, carried off to Lanka and kept in an asoka wood under guard of rakshasa women whose threats she answered by inviting them to eat her. Markandeya tells her story to the exiled Pandavas so that Draupadi may see her own case in it. When the war was over and Rama, afraid for his name, told her before the whole army that she was free to go, she called wind, fire, water, space and earth to take her body if she had sinned, and the elements answered for her.

In Their Words

If my heart has ever left him, let the wind and the fire refuse to carry me further.

Sita

Traits

  • Constant
  • Unbending
  • Patient
  • Vindicated

Story Appearances

Stories Featuring Sita

4 further tales on this site name Sita, in canonical reading order.

Character Arc

  1. The GroveTells the rakshasa women to eat her if that is all they can do
  2. The Word from AvindhyaLearns through Trijata that Rama lives and is coming
  3. The OrdealStands before the army and asks the five elements to judge her

Key Relationships

Places in Sita's Story

Drawn from the stories Sita appears in.

Related Characters

Others counted among the Sages & Others.