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Madravati

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Madravati(मद्रावती) is a character in the Mahabharata, described as the wife of Kuru King Parikshit, the mother of King Janamejaya (who was the grandson of Abhimanyu) and the great-grandson of Arjuna the Pandava prince on the other side.[1][2][3]


Madravati is also referred as Iravati in the Bhagavata Purana, who is daughter of king Uttara.

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  1. ^ Trautmann, Thomas R. (2020). Trautmann, Thomas (ed.). Kinship and History in South Asia : Four Lectures. University of Michigan Press. p. 95. doi:10.3998/mpub.11903441. ISBN 9780472902170. S2CID 142162998.
  2. ^ Cakrabartī, Bishṇupada (2007). The Penguin companion to the Mahabharata. Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-14-310208-3. OCLC 223975600.
  3. ^ Rāya, Pratāpacandra; Ganguli, Kisari Mohan (1884). The Mahabharata. Cornell University Library. Calcutta : Bharata Press. p. 288.