#anirudhha

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Women in Mahabharata - Rukmavati

She is the granddaughter of Rukmi, and is also called Rochana in some versions. When Krishna proposed that she be married to Anirudhha, Rukmi wanted to oppose it, more out of habit now than anything else, but then he remembered that he liked Rukmini, Pradyumna and Anirudhha much more than Krishna and gave in to it.

Then, after her wedding, Rukmi challenged Balarama to a dice game and got murdered when he lied that Balarama lost the round where he bet his own foot. Krishna refused to rebuke Balarama even when Rukmini sobbed in anger, asking why Balarama would kill her brother when Krishna had forgiven him so many times.

Anirudhha's sons are Vajra and Saanu. It is unclear if Rukmavati or Usha is their mother.

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Women in Mahabharata - Usha

T.W. assault

She is the daughter of Bana, the king of Shonitapura.

When she was a child, she had once seen Shiva and Parvati romancing [she seems to have been babysat by them often, given Bana performed tapasya to be known as Parvati's son and Kartikeya's younger brother], and she had asked Parvati when she could also have a husband like Shiva. Parvati then told her that the person who would sleep with her in her dream when she was older would be the person that she would be married to.

When Usha is indeed older, one day when she's sleeping, she is assaulted by an unknown figure in her dream, and she wakes up terrified and bleeding [maybe a metaphor for menarche?]. Then, she is consoled by her best friend, the magician-cum-painter Chitralekha, and Raama, Bana's prime minister Kushmanda's daughter.

Then, remembering Parvati's promise earlier, Usha decides to pursue this mystery man. Chitralekha, in order to help her, draws every single creature in the universe [crazy dedication, if not an exaggeration and even then, amazing friend], and Usha identifies Anirudhha, Krishna's grandson, based on that.

Once that is done, Chitralekha speaks to Narada and sneaks into Dwarka and finds out that Anirudhha had had the same dream and was wondering if the girl existed anyway. He then happily comes to Shonitapura with Chitralekha, but forgets to inform anyone in Dwarka.

Then Usha smuggles Anirudhha into her room, and they start living together but are found out by Bana's guard very soon. Anirudhha tries to fight Bana's entire army, but Bana uses his Naga-pasha to arrest Anirudhha. Bana keeps him in Usha's room but forbids her from helping him.

Luckily for him, at the same time, Krishna reaches Shonitapura and challenges Bana, Kartikeya and Shiva to a battle.

After a fierce battle, Krishna and Shiva come to a truce, and Shiva allows Krishna to cut off 998 out of Bana's 1000 arms, and takes Bana away to Kailasha to chill with the Ganas there after Bana dances for him. Shiva also blesses that he'll accept any person who dances before him as his child, just as he did Bana.

Finally, Usha and Anirudhha go to Dwarka on Kartikey's peacock-driven chariot gifted to Usha by Parvati and get married in the presence of all the devas and asuras.

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Women in Mahabharata - Kotavi

She is noted in Harivamsa as a goddess with 1/8th of Parvati's powers. She is also known as Lambaa.

When, in the battle between Krishna and Shiva [in Shonitapura, for Usha and Anirudhha], Kartikeya had challenged Krishna to a duel, Parvati had sent her to protect her son. She had first tried to convince Krishna to back off, and when that had not worked, she had appeared before him naked, in an attempt to dissuade him. When Krishna had refused to honour her and threatened to simply shoot, she had grabbed Kartikeya by the scruff of his neck and disappeared.

She appears naked a second time later to convince Krishna to spare Bana's life. Krishna, therefore, instead of killing him, just cuts off his 1000 arms.

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Women in Mahabharata - Chitralekha

She is an apsara who lives with Usha in Shonitapura in human form because Parvati had asked her to take care of Usha.

When Usha becomes obsessed with the idea of marrying the man she sees in her dream, she draws all the beings in the universe to help Usha find this person.

Then, she uses her magical power to infiltrate Dwarka and bring Krishna's grandson Anirudhha to Shonitapura.

After the grand war to free Anirudhha from Bana's captivity, Chitralekha is the one who finds a distraught Krishna, assures him of Anirudhha's physical safety and takes him to see the happy couple.

After Usha and Anirudhha get married, she takes their leave but promises to keep visiting them every now and then.

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Anirudhha claim School Cricket League crown

Anirudhha claim School Cricket League crown

Anirudhha HS School team members and officials celebrate with the trophy after the Expert School Cricket League at the Siddhartha Stadium in Bhairahawa, on Thursday. Photo: THT Bhairahawa, June 15 Anirudhha HS School won the title of the Expert School Cricket League here at the Siddhartha Stadium today. The Kanchanpur-based school defeated New Horizon HS School of Rupandehi by four wickets in the…

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