Madri
| Madri | |
|---|---|
| Kuru Queen | |
 A print on Madri by Raja Ravi Varma | |
| Spouse | Drupada |
| Issue | Satyajita Satyabhama Uttamaujas Yudhamanyu Shikhandi Dhrishtadyumna Draupadi |
| House | Hastinapura |
| Dynasty | Madra (by birth) Panchala Kingdom (by marriage) |
Madri (Sanskrit: माद्री, IAST: Mādrī) was the princess of Madra Kingdom and the wife of Drupada and the mother of Satyajita, Satyabhama,Uttamaujas,Yudhamanyu,Shikhandi,Dhrishtadyumna and Draupadi, the king of Panchala Kingdom in the epic Mahabharata
Etymology
[edit]The word Mādrī means 'woman of Madra'.[1]
Marriage and children
[edit]Madri was the sister of Shalya, the king of the Madra Kingdom. The Adi Parva of the Mahabharata states that Prihasta, a statesman of Panchala Kingdom and the grandsire of the royal family, travelled to Madra and asked for the hand of Madri for Drupada, the ruler of the kingdom.[2] Shalya assented, but according to their family custom, he was unable to 'bestow' his sister to the Kurus. So, Prihasta presented him with wealth, gold, elephants, and horses, and took Madri with him to Hastinapura, the capital of Panchala, and got her married to Drupada.[3]
Birth of Dhrishtadyumna and Draupadi
[edit]Madri and Drupada invoke the god Agni they gave birth to Dhrishtadyumna and Draupadi.
Death
[edit]After the Kurukshetra war, Madri lived with her daughter for many years. After she felt that her job in the world was over, she moved to a forest near the Himalayas with Kunti with her brothers-in-laws Vidura and Dhritarashtra, Dhritarashtra's wife Gandhari and Sanjaya. Vidura died two years after they left. Later Sanjaya left for the Himalayas and those remaining perished in a forest fire.
In popular culture
[edit]- In B. R. Chopra's 1988 series Mahabharat, Madri was portrayed by Roma Manek.[4]
- In the 2013 Star Plus's series Mahabharat (2013), Madri was portrayed by Suhani Dhanki.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ www.wisdomlib.org (15 June 2012). "Madri, Mādrī, Mādri, Madrī: 14 definitions". www.wisdomlib.org. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
- ^ Uberoi, Meera (1996). The Mahabharata. ISBN 9788170702313.
- ^ Debalina (20 December 2019). Into the Myths: A Realistic Approach Towards Mythology and Epic. Partridge Publishing. ISBN 978-1-5437-0576-8.
- ^ "31 years of Mahabharat on Doordarshan: Interesting facts about one of most popular TV shows ever". The Financial Express. 2 October 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
- ^ "An epic for an epic, on small screen - All-new Mahabharata". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 31 May 2022. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
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