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Wives of Karna

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cut off thy head with an arrow! Alas, fie (on the heroism and skill)! That lady, the mother of Sushena, exceedingly afflicted and uttering cries of woe, is falling down, deprived of her senses, at the sight of the mighty-armed and brave Karna prostrated on the earth, with his waist still encircled with a belt of gold. Carnivorous creatures, feeding on the body of that illustrious hero, have reduced it to very small dimensions. The sight is not gladdening, like that of the moon on the fourteenth night of the dark fortnight. Falling down on the earth, the cheerless dame is rising up again. Burning with grief on account of the death of her son also, she cometh and smelleth the face of her lord!"
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depicts her as abusive towards Karna as his lineage is not specified and she believes him to be of the lower caste. She doesn't even let Karna touch his son. However, when Karna discloses his true lineage before going to the Kurukshetra War, her attitude drastically changes and she apologizes. She
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Behold, the wife of Karna and mother of Vrishasena, is indulging in piteous lamentations and crying and weeping and falling upon the ground! Even now she exclaims, "Without doubt, thy preceptor’s curse hath pursued thee! When the wheel of thy car was swallowed up by the Earth, the cruel Dhananjaya
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Vrushali is portrayed as a good friend of Karna from their childhood. When Karna grew up, Adhiratha chose her as the bride for his son. She is described to be wise and pious. After the death of her sons and husband, she ended her life on her husband's pyre.
32: 328:'s narration of the abduction of the Kalinga princess. Though the princess marries Duryodhana in the original epic, in these folklores, she is named Ponnuruvi and is married to Karna because he was the one who touched her during the abduction. 138:
When also I attained to youth, I married wives according to his selections. Through them have been born my sons and grandsons, O Janardana. My heart also, O Krishna, and all the bonds of affection and love, are fixed on
337:(Karna's half-brothers). She also advises him to leave the side of the Duryodhana. However, Karna refuses as he believes Duryodhana to be his true friend. After Karna dies in the war, Ponnuruvi laments his death. 363:. Karna asked her if she would like to marry him. She says that she will do anything to save her father. Karna then accepts her maid Padmavati as his wife instead. Padmavati marries him and goes to 359:
from some attackers. When Karna asks Asawari's father, the king, for her hand, the king rejected her marriage with Karna. Later, Karna attacked the kings at Asawari's
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retelling of the epic), Padmavati is attested as the wife of Karna. She was the maid of princess Asawari. They were rescued by
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Karna's wives are subjects of fantasy and different stories and folktales portray different women as the wives of Karna. The
549: 320:, a Tamil drama written by Pukalentippulavar. She plays a major role in it and is depicted as a princess belonging to 293: 192:, a professor and translator of the Mahabharata, interprets three unnamed women as Karna wives, all belonging to the 324:(warrior) community. In the play, she is the princess of Kalinga and the story of her marriage is based on the 611: 510: 289: 388: 159: 93: 347: 145: 304:
abducts Bhanumati with the help of Karna and marries her. Duryodhana gets Supriya married to Karna.
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Karna's wives play insignificant roles in the original epic. In the
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Wives of the Karna, a character in Hindu epic, Mahabharata
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of the epic, one of them is mentioned as the mother of
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Mrityunjaya, the Death Conqueror: The Story of Karna
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Index

Vrushali

Karna
Mahabharata
Karna
Hindu epic
Mahabharata
Sūta
Stri Parva
Vrishasena
Tamil
Kashidasi Mahabharata
Udyoga Parva
Kisari Mohan Ganguli
Stri Parva
Gandhari
Duryodhana
Kurukshetra War
P. Lal
Sūta
Marathi
Shivaji Sawant
Ranjit Desai
Panchali
Sanskrit
IAST
Shivaji Sawant
Subhadra
Arjuna
Bhanumati

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