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Gender Masculine
Usage Hinduism
Scripts दशरथ(Sanskrit)

Meaning & History

Means "ten chariots" from Sanskrit दशन् (daśan) meaning "ten" and रथ (ratha) meaning "chariot". In the Hindu epic the Ramayana he is the king of Ayodhya and the father of the hero Rama. He was given this name because of his skill with a chariot.