Kaikeyi

Kaikeyi (Sanskrit: कैकेयी, Kaikeyī, Burmese: Kaike, Malay: Kekayi, Thai: Kaiyakesi, Khmer: Kaikesi), in the Hindu epic Rāmāyaṇa, was the last of King Daśaratha's three wives and a queen of Ayodhyā. She was the mother of Bharata. The term Kaikeyī in Sanskrit means "belonging to the Kaikeyas" (Kekeya Kingdom), referring the ruling family of the Kekaya clan, to whom Kaikeyī belonged.