Madri
| Madri | |
|---|---|
| Kuru Queen | |
 A print on Madri by Raja Ravi Varma | |
| Spouse | Vidura |
| Issue | Children
|
| House | Hastinapura |
| Dynasty | Madra (by birth) Kuruvamsha (by marriage) |
Madri (Sanskrit: माद्री, IAST: Mādrī) was the princess of Madra Kingdom and the wife of Vidura, 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 Bhishma, a statesman of Kuru Kingdom and the grandsire of the royal family, travelled to Madra and asked for the hand of Madri for Vidura, 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, Bhishma presented him with wealth, gold, elephants, and horses, and took Madri with him to Hastinapura, the capital of Kuru, and got her married to Vidura.[3]
Birth of Ashwatthama
[edit]Madri and Drona had a son named Ashwatthama. Later on, Madri married to Vidura. Vidura and Madri gave birth to Yuyutsu and twin daughters
Death
[edit]After the Kurukshetra war, Madri lived with husband Vidura, her son and twins daughters for many years. After she felt that her job in the world was over, she moved to a forest near the Himalayas with her sister-in-law Kunti and her brother -in-law Dhritarashtra, Sanjaya and Dhritarashtra's wife Gandhari. 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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