Nimi
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Nimi is considered to be the first king in lineage of Janaks. Janaks were Kings of Mithila
region in ancient India
. Nimi was grandson of Manu
and son of Ikshwaku.,
, he told Nimi that he would officiate as Head Priest after having conducted Lord Indra's Yagya and thus Nimi will have to wait. Nimi went away without replying. Sage Vashistha got impression that King Nimi has assented to wait for him.qasa
Sage Bashistha conducted Lord Indra's Yagya and rushed to preside at King Nimi's Yagya only to find that the Yagya is already being conducted. Sage Bashistha got angry and cursed King nimi that "he would cease to live in corporal form". Thus, King Nimi was left without his body. After the Yagya was conducted successfully, the priests asked the Gods to return King Nimi in his corporal form. However, King Nimi declined to go back in his body but requested that he be allowed to live in eyes of all beings. Gods assented to his desire and gave him form of eyelashes, which is present in all beings.
The Sanskrit word for eyelashes is Nimi.
Kings of Mithila
Mithila was capital of Videha kingdom in ancient India situated between foothills of Himalayas and River Ganges. Videha Kingdom is erroneously more popularly known as Mithila Kingdom. The ancient region of Mithila is today split into adjacent part of two countries – India and Nepal. Mithila was...
region in ancient India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. Nimi was grandson of Manu
Manu (Hinduism)
In various Hindu traditions, Manu is a title accorded to the progenitor of mankind, and also the very first brahman king to rule this earth, who saved mankind from the universal flood. He was absolutely honest which was why he was initially known as "Satyavrata"...
and son of Ikshwaku.,
Story of Nimi
According to Vishnupurana and Brihad Vishnupurana , Nimi became the first King of Mithila.His capital was Jayantpura, which later became Janakpur.Nimi's Yagya
Once Nimi performed Yagya and invited Sage Vashistha to be the main priest to conduct Yagya. However Sage Bashistha had already committed to conduct yagya for Lord IndraIndra
' or is the King of the demi-gods or Devas and Lord of Heaven or Svargaloka in Hindu mythology. He is also the God of War, Storms, and Rainfall.Indra is one of the chief deities in the Rigveda...
, he told Nimi that he would officiate as Head Priest after having conducted Lord Indra's Yagya and thus Nimi will have to wait. Nimi went away without replying. Sage Vashistha got impression that King Nimi has assented to wait for him.qasa
Sage Bashistha conducted Lord Indra's Yagya and rushed to preside at King Nimi's Yagya only to find that the Yagya is already being conducted. Sage Bashistha got angry and cursed King nimi that "he would cease to live in corporal form". Thus, King Nimi was left without his body. After the Yagya was conducted successfully, the priests asked the Gods to return King Nimi in his corporal form. However, King Nimi declined to go back in his body but requested that he be allowed to live in eyes of all beings. Gods assented to his desire and gave him form of eyelashes, which is present in all beings.
The Sanskrit word for eyelashes is Nimi.