Madri

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Madri is a princess from the Mahabharata epic, known as the second wife of King Pandu and the mother of the twins Nakula and Sahadeva.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Madri canonical 13

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mythological character ⓘ
princess ⓘ
queen ⓘ
appearsIn Mahabharata ⓘ
associatedWith Ashvins ⓘ
Madra kingdom ⓘ
Pandavas ⓘ
causeOfChildren boon of Kunti shared with her ⓘ
characterTrait devoted to Pandu ⓘ
self-sacrificing ⓘ
childrenByDivineIntervention Nakula ⓘ
Sahadeva ⓘ
coWife Kunti ⓘ
culture Ancient Indian ⓘ
deathManner self-immolation ⓘ
deathRite sati ⓘ
diedWith Pandu ⓘ
ethnicity Madra ⓘ
father King of Madra ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
house Kuru (by marriage) ⓘ
husband Pandu ⓘ
invokedDeityForChildren Ashvins ⓘ
languageOfSourceTexts Sanskrit ⓘ
literarySource Critical Edition of the Mahabharata ⓘ
maritalStatus second wife of Pandu ⓘ
motherOf Nakula ⓘ
Sahadeva ⓘ
mythologicalTradition Indian mythology ⓘ
narrativeFunction to complete the lineage of the five Pandavas ⓘ
notableEvent accompanied Pandu into forest exile ⓘ
gave birth to Nakula and Sahadeva in the forest ⓘ
origin Madra kingdom ⓘ
placeInNarrative mother of the youngest Pandavas ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
role mother of twins ⓘ
queen consort of Hastinapura ⓘ
sister Shalya ⓘ
spouse Pandu ⓘ
stepMotherOf Arjuna ⓘ
Bhima ⓘ
Yudhishthira ⓘ
stepSonsCollective Pandavas ⓘ
textualTradition Itihasa ⓘ

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Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pandavas → mother → Madri ⓘ
Yudhishthira → aunt → Madri ⓘ
Nakula → mother → Madri ⓘ
Sahadeva → sonOf → Madri ⓘ
Pandu → spouse → Madri ⓘ
House of Kuru → hasMember → Madri ⓘ
Dushala → aunt → Madri ⓘ
Shalya → sibling → Madri ⓘ
Sutasoma → hasGrandmother → Madri ⓘ
Madra → relatedFigure → Madri ⓘ
Satanika → grandmother → Madri ⓘ