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As per Valmiki Ramayana, Sita Devi had no brothers. This was specified at time of Kaushilya admonishing Kaikeyi post Dasaratha's death.
वृद्धः चैव अल्प पुत्रः च वैदेहीम् अनिचिन्तयन् |
सो अपि शोक समाविष्टः ननु त्यक्ष्यति जीवितम् || २-६६-११
Janaka too who is aged, and who is not having sons, will be thinking of Sita, over whelmed with grief and will ...
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Is there any scriptural ( Vedic or Puranic ) reference for all matter coming from Akasha and Prana?
Yes, the Taittiriya Upanishad says all elements come from ether:
tasmAdvA etasmAdAtmana AkAshassambhUtah | AkAshAdvAyUh | VAyuragnih | AgnerApah | adbhyah prithvi | prithivyA oshadhayah | oshadhIbhyo'nnam | annAt purushah
From that Brahman sprang ...
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Manusmriti 10.95 says
जीवेदेतेन राजन्यः सर्वेणाप्यनयं गतः ।
न त्वेव ज्यायंसीं वृत्तिमभिमन्येत कर्हि चित् ॥ ९५ ॥
jīvedetena rājanyaḥ sarveṇāpyanayaṃ gataḥ |
na tveva jyāyaṃsīṃ vṛttimabhimanyeta karhi cit || 95 ||
The Kṣatriya, fallen in adverse circumstances, shall >subsist by means of all this; but he shall never think of >arrogating to ...
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