Dasaratha
PersonAn alternative name for Janasandha, king of Bārāṇasī, said to be so called because he could do with a single chariot what others needed ten chariots to accomplish.
Another name for Janasandha, king of Bārāṇasī (see Janasandha (1). The scholiast (J.ii.299) explains that he was so called because he did with his one chariot what others did with ten chariots (dasahi rathehi kattabbaṃ attano eken’eva rathena karanato Dasaratho ti).
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