Sita (English spelling)

Japanese: シーター（英語表記）Sītā

In Sanskrit, it means "ridges." The word has appeared since the Rig Veda, and she is deified as the goddess of good harvests, and in the Grihya Sutra, she is also the wife of Indra. In the epic poem Ramayana and later works, she is said to be the princess of King Janaka of the kingdom of Vidaha and the chaste wife of the hero Rama, but it is believed that she was born from the "ridges" while King Janaka was plowing. In the Ramayana, she is rescued by Rama after suffering hardships such as being raped by the demon Ravana, but her innocence is doubted and she jumps into a fire to prove her chastity. However, Rama finds out that there are still doubts among the people and abandons her. Sita is swallowed up by Mother Earth and leaves this world. Her two remaining sons recite the Ramayana, written by the sage Balmiki. She is often called by names such as Parthibi and Bhumija, which indicate her birth from the earth. Both mean "goddess born from the earth."

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Japanese:

サンスクリット語で「うね」の意。言葉としては『リグ・ベーダ』以来現れ，豊作の女神として神格化され，『グリヒヤ・スートラ』ではインドラの妻ともされる。叙事詩『ラーマーヤナ』や後代の作品では，ウィデーハ国のジャナカ王の王女とされ，英雄ラーマの貞淑な妻とされるが，ジャナカ王が耕作しているときに「うね」から生れたと考えられている。『ラーマーヤナ』では，悪魔ラーバナに略奪されるなどの苦難を経て，ラーマに救われるが，身の潔白を疑われ，火中に飛込んで純潔を証明する。しかしラーマは国民の間になおも疑惑の声があるのを知り，彼女を捨去る。シーターは母なる大地にのまれてこの世を去る。残された2人の息子はバールミーキ仙の作った『ラーマーヤナ』を暗唱する。パールティビー，ブーミジャーなど，彼女の大地からの出生を示す呼称で呼ばれる言葉が多い。いずれも「地から生じた女神」の意。

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