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| {{Infobox character|color=#FFC569|series=[[Mahabharata]]|based_on=[[Mahabharata]]|affiliation=[[Kuru Kingdom|Kuru queen]]|family=Vasantraja (father)|spouse=[[Dushasana]]|children=[[List of characters in the Mahabharata#Arohi|Arohi]] (daughter)|info-hdr=Information}}
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| '''Shweta''' was the queen and the second principal consort of [[Dushasana]] in the Hindu Epic [[Mahabharata]]. It may be said it was the choice of [[Shakuni]], who chose Princess Shweta as his nephew's wife but as she rejected, Dushasana had to kidnap her from her kingdom of Trilokapura. She was the younger sister of [[Mayuri (wife of Duryodhana)|Mayuri]]. Dushasana's marriage could be found in the [[Shanti Parva]]. She was blessed by [[Gandhari (character)|Gandhari]]. It is described Dushasana had five principal consorts but his most beautiful consort was Chandramukhi
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| and he loved her immensely.
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| In the ''Mahabharata'', Shveta was the son of Queen [[Sudeshna]] of [[Virata Kingdom]] and Shweta was the daughter of King Vasantraja of Trilokapura {{efn|She had a daughter named Jyoti}}. In the Shanti Parva folktales, [[Dushasana]] had abducted the daughter of Vasantraja, the fairest beauty of all (Shweta). Arohi is born to Dushasana from the womb of Shweta. Shweta and the general kaurava queens are virtually described by [[Gandhari (Mahabharata)|Gandhari]].
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| ==See also==
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| * [[Gandhari (Mahabharata)|Gandhari]]
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| * [[Vikarna]]
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