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| Nov 26, 2015 at 15:48 | comment | added | Keshav Srinivasan♦ | @Naveen Drupada wasn't intentionally trying to get both a son and a daughter. He was just "impelled by the desire of obtaining a son who was to slay Drona." sacred-texts.com/hin/m01/m01170.htm It's just that both a boy and a girl came out of the fire. In any case, Janaka never performed the Putrakameshti Yagna; he was making preparations to perform it when he found Sita. It was presumably predestined, though, that Sita would appear at exactly the time when Janaka was desirous of offspring. | |
| Nov 26, 2015 at 15:45 | comment | added | Naveen | Also, is the event of king Janaka finding Sita a direct consequence of the Yajna itself or just a coincidence? | |
| Nov 26, 2015 at 15:43 | comment | added | Naveen | So the Yajna that king Draupad performed was common for both girl and boy child? Or was separate Yajnas performed for Dhrishtadyumna and Draupadi? | |
| Nov 26, 2015 at 15:40 | comment | added | Keshav Srinivasan♦ | @Naveen I'm not sure, but I'm guessing there isn't. Getting a son is very important, because it's your Dharma to have male offspring in order to satisfy your debt to the Pitris. Having a girl child isn't necessary in the same way. | |
| Nov 26, 2015 at 15:37 | comment | added | Naveen | Is there any Yajna that is meant for getting a girl child? Is there any instances in the scripture where a girl child was sought after through yajnas and tapas (other than Sati and Draupadi)? | |
| Nov 26, 2015 at 15:37 | comment | added | Keshav Srinivasan♦ | @Naveen No, it's usually done for getting a male child. | |
| Nov 26, 2015 at 15:36 | comment | added | Naveen | Is the Putrakameshthi Yagna specifically for getting a girl child? | |
| Sep 7, 2015 at 22:41 | history | edited | Keshav Srinivasan♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 6, 2015 at 11:30 | history | answered | Keshav Srinivasan♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |