Lakshaman

Lakshmana
Lakshmana (far right) along with Rama and Sita
Devanagari	लक्ष्मण
Sanskrit transliteration	Lakṣmaṇa
Personal Information
Consort	Urmila
Children	Angada Chandraketu
Parents	Dasharatha (father) Sumitra (mother)
Siblings	Rama, Shatrughna, Bharata, Shanta (half-sister)
Dynasty	Raghuvamsa

Lakshmana (Sanskrit: लक्ष्मण, IAST: lakṣmaṇa, lit. he who have the signs of fortune) also spelled as Laxman or Lakhan, is the younger brother of Rama and his aide in the Hindu epic, the Ramayana. He is also known by other names- Saumitra (Sanskrit: सौमित्र, IAST: saumitra, lit. son of Sumitra), Ramanuja (Sanskrit: रामानुज, IAST: rāmānuja, lit. younger brother of Rama) and Bharatanuja (Sanskrit: भरतानुज, IAST: bharatānuja, lit. younger brother of Bharata).

Lakshmana is the twin brother of Shatrughna. According to the Ramayana, Lakshmana is one quarter (25%) component of the manifestation of Lord Vishnu and is considered to be an avatar of Shesha, the thousand-headed serpent associated with Lord Vishnu, the supreme deity in Hinduism.

Lakshmana and his brother Shatrughna were born in Ayodhya to Sumitra and King Dasharatha. In the Puranas, Lakshmana is described as an incarnation of Sesha, the multiple-headed nāga upon whom rests Lord Vishnu in the primordial ocean of milk (Kshirasagara). When sage Vishwamitra takes Rama for killing the demons, Lakshmana accompanies them and goes to Mithila with them. Lakshmana is specially attached to Rama and when Rama marries Sita, Lakshmana marries Sita's younger sister Urmila. They had two sons—Angad and Chandraketu. Later, when Rama is exiled for fourteen years on the insistence of Kaikeyi, Lakshmana leaves his wife Urmila and joins Rama.