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{{short description|Mother of blind king Dhritrashtra in the epic ''Mahabharata''}}<br />
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{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}<br />
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| info-hdr = Information<br />
| image = Bhisma fight in Swayamvara.jpg<br />
| alt = Ambika<br />
| caption = [[Bhishma]] abducting princesses [[Amba (Mahabharata)|Amba]], Ambika and [[Ambalika]] from the assemblage of suitors at their swayamvara<br />
| spouse = [[Vichitravirya]]<br />
| children = [[Dhritarashtra]]<br />
| family = '''Parents''' {{bulleted list|Kashya (Father)}} '''Sisters''' {{bulleted list|[[Amba (Mahabharata)|Amba]]|[[Ambalika]]}}<br />
| relatives = [[Kauravas]] (grand children)<br />
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In the epic ''[[Mahabharata]]'', '''Ambika''' ([[Sanskrit]]: अंबिका, ''ambikā'') is the daughter of Kashya, the King of [[Kingdom of Kashi|Kashi]], and wife of [[Vichitravirya]], the King of [[Hastinapur]].<br />
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==History==<br />
[[File:Mahabharata_Partial_Family_Tree.png|thumb|''Mahabharata'' Partial Family Tree]]<br />
Along with her sisters, [[Amba (Mahabharata)|Amba]] and [[Ambalika]], Ambika was taken by force by [[Bhishma]] from their [[Swayamvara]], the latter having challenged and defeated the assembled royalty. He presented them to [[Satyavati]] for marriage to Vichitravirya. While Amba expressed her desire not to marry him as she was in love with a king named Salwa, Ambika and Ambalika married Vichitravirya and spent seven years in their husband's company. Vichitravirya was affected with phthisis, ([[tuberculosis]]) and died from the disease.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m01/m01103.htm |title=The Mahabharata, Book 1: Adi Parva: Sambhava Parva: Section CII |publisher=[[Sacred-texts.com]] |access-date=2012-08-15}}</ref><ref name=B>{{cite book|title=Myths and Legends from India - Great Women|last=Bhanu|first=Sharada|publisher=Macmillan India Limited|year=1997|location=Chennai|isbn=0-333-93076-2|pages=35–6}}</ref><br />
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After Vichitravirya's death, his mother Satyavati sent for her first born, [[Rishi]] [[Vyasa|Veda Vyasa]]. She asked him to father children on the widowed queens of Vichitravirya according to the prevalent custom of [[Niyoga]]. Veda Vyasa had come from years of intense meditation and as a result, he looked tremendously unkempt. When he approached Ambika, she closed her eyes in fear. As a result, the blind [[Dhritrashtra]] was born. When he approached Ambalika, she turned pale in fear. Her son [[Pandu]], the result of the ''[[niyoga]]'', was born with a pale appearance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m01/m01106.htm |title=The Mahabharata, Book 1: Adi Parva: Sambhava Parva: Section CV |publisher=Sacred-texts.com |access-date=2012-08-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m01/m01107.htm |title=The Mahabharata, Book 1: Adi Parva: Sambhava Parva: Section CVI |publisher=Sacred-texts.com |access-date=2012-08-15}}</ref><br />
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After the death of Pandu, Ambika accompanied her mother-in-law Satyavati and sister Ambalika to the forest and spent the rest of her days in spiritual retreat.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m01/m01129.htm |title=The Mahabharata, Book 1: Adi Parva: Sambhava Parva: Section CXXVIII |publisher=Sacred-texts.com |access-date=2012-08-15}}</ref><br />
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*[http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/maha/index.htm KMG ''Mahabharata'']<br />
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