#chandravati

[sambhavami]

Women in Mahabharata - The Masterlist V

This is a compilation of the women who appear in different versions of the Mahabharata as well as the folkloric literature that enriches it further.

Written versions being actively covered so far are Vaishampayana Mahabharata (considered the mainstream original), Harivamsha (appendix to the Vaishampayana version), Vishnu Puran (written around the same time and hence considered as a supplementary narrative), and Jaimineya Mahabharata (only from the Ashvamedha Parva that still survives).

I sometimes also supplement interesting information about these women if I find them in other purans.

Other sources occasionally used/planned for future: Bhasa's plays, Kabi Sanjay's Bangla Mahabharat, Kashiram Dash's Bangla Mahabharat and the Bheel Mahabharat.

To be added if I find good translations: Souther Recension of Mahabharata, Javanese and Balinese Kakawins, Sarala Mahabharata, Jain and Jataka versions. I might also add more here if I find more versions to be excited about.

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Bhanu

Bheemarika

Tamrapaksha

Jalandhama

Mitravati

Bhadravati

Gatravati

Vrihati

Sudeva (Gada)

Shveta

Chitra

Chitravati

Stambhavati

Sutasoma

Mayavati

Shubhangi

Uttara

Lakshmana

Vasundhara

Prabhavati

Chandravati

Gunavati

Shuchimukhi

Bhanumati Yadavi

Padmavati Sraigali

Sravana Bhajamani

Sravishtha Bhajamani

Kamada

Kamadattika

Kashya Andhaki

Ashmaki

Ashmaki (Anavrishti)

Kashya (Akroora)

Bhadravati Pauravi

Vaidarbhi Madhavi

Aikshvaki Pauradvaani

Madhumati

Kaushalya Saatvati

Yauvanashvi

Sravana Chaitraka

Sravishtha Chaitraka

Ahilavati

Neela

Jana

Jvala

Madanamanjari

Shakuni's Wife

Prabhavati

Jaradgava

Kuttani in Dwarka

Malini

Telini

Sootika

First Gopi in Hastinapur

Second Gopi in Hastinapur

Kuttani in Hastinapur

Dancer in Hastinapur

Bhadravati (Vrishaketu)

Chandi

Hamsadhvaja's Wife

Kuvalaya

Prabhavati (Sudhanva)

Sundari

Bhadra

Sudanti

Sunanda (Neeladhvaja)

Dhamilla

Pramila

Stri-Rajya Soldier

Old Rakshasi

Second Rakshasi

Third Rakshasi

Fourth Rakshasi

Achhoda

First Apsara in Manipur

Second Apsara in Manipur

Kumudvati

Krishnasharma's Daughter

Malini (Veeravarma's Daughter)

Vishoochika

Shofa

Vicharchika

Sangrahani

Queen of Kerala

Chandrahas' Nurse

Medhavati

Women in Chandanavati

Queen of Kuntalpur

Champakamaalini

Vishaya

Sairandhri of Kuntalpur

Taarakakshi

Trishna

Chandika

Lakshmana (Dushyanta's other wife)

[art-culture-philosophy-and-media]

Knowing that the version of rmyn that I memed was actually written by a female poet that had been cheated by her fiance'/husband before wedding and she projected her miserable life into Sita, expressing sadness through the artwork, I can tell that I feel both awesome and empathy in the same time.

[sambhavami]

Women in Mahabharata - Chandravati

She is a daughter of Sunabha, the daitya king Vajranabha's brother.

She once walks in on her cousin Prabhavati and her married-in-secret husband Pradyumna and asks them to set her up with someone as well.

Pradyumna introduces her to his uncle Gada, and they too get married in secret. She gives birth to a son named Chandraprabha.

When Vajranabha finds out about their secret dalliances and attacks Pradyumna, Samba and Gada, she encourages him to fight. After the battle, when her father and uncle are killed, her son inherits one-fourth of the kingdom.

[rhianna]