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{{Infobox royalty|title=Rani|succession=[[Shunga Empress]]|name=Devamala|spouse=[[Pushyamitra Shunga]]|issue=[[Agnimitra]]|father = Devakumara Raya Jadhav|full name=Vedikamati - Raya - Jadhav|dynasty = [[Shunga]]|religion = [[Hinduism]]}} | {{Infobox royalty|title=Rani|succession=[[Shunga Empress]]|name=Devamala|spouse=[[Pushyamitra Shunga]]|issue=[[Agnimitra]]|father = Devakumara Raya Jadhav|full name=Vedikamati - Raya - Jadhav|dynasty = [[Shunga]]|religion = [[Hinduism]]}} | ||
'''Devamala''' ([[Sanskrit]]:देवमला, or Devamati (देवमती), full name: Vedikamati- Raya -Jadhava) is a queen regnant of the [[Shunga dynasty]] and the wife of King [[Pushyamitra Shunga]] and mother of [[Agnimitra]] and the daughter of King Devakumara Raya Jadhav. She married [[Pushyamitra Shunga]] at a very young age, and became a mother of one prince known [[Agnimitra]]. The lesser known facts of Devamala are she is also called by many names and some names were kept by her husband, | '''Devamala''' ([[Sanskrit]]:देवमला, or Devamati (देवमती), full name: Vedikamati- Raya -Jadhava) is a queen regnant of the [[Shunga dynasty]] and the wife of King [[Pushyamitra Shunga]] and mother of [[Agnimitra]] and the daughter of King Devakumara Raya Jadhav. She married [[Pushyamitra Shunga]] at a very young age, and became a mother of one prince known [[Agnimitra]]. The lesser known facts of Devamala are she is also called by many names and some names were kept by her husband, [[Pushyamitra Shunga]]. Some origins are unnamed about her in some legends, mostly in other parts, the stories mention the daughter of King Devakumara Raya Jadhav's daughter Princess Devamala's marriage to King [[Pushyamitra Shunga]]. But, hence, after giving birth to a child, Devamala and her husband [[Pushyamitra Shunga|Pushyamitra]] named the baby as [[Agnimitra]]. Agnimitra, like his father, Pushyamitra Shunga, married three princesses known - Dharini, Iravati and Malavika. Later, Devamala's son, Agnimitra, had sons namely [[Vasumitra]] and many others. After the death of her husband, [[Pushyamitra Shunga]], Devamala too dies naturally after the birth of Vasumitra. It's described she was kidnapped by [[Pushyamitra Shunga]] for rejecting him for his marriage. Without the king's permission, [[Pushyamitra Shunga]] made Devamala, his queen. The information about Queen Devamala is not mentioned in [[History]] but mentioned in other sources. {{efn|Devamala is the daughter of King Raya Jadhava and the mother of Agnimitra and wife of Pushyamitra Shunga}} | ||
[[Pushyamitra Shunga]]. Some origins are unnamed about her in some legends, mostly in other parts, the stories mention the daughter of King Devakumara Raya Jadhav's daughter Princess Devamala's marriage to King [[Pushyamitra Shunga]]. But, hence, after giving birth to a child, Devamala and her husband [[Pushyamitra Shunga|Pushyamitra]] named the baby as [[Agnimitra]]. Agnimitra, like his father, Pushyamitra Shunga, married three princesses known - Dharini, Iravati and Malavika. Later, Devamala's son, Agnimitra, had sons namely [[Vasumitra]] and many others. After the death of her husband, [[Pushyamitra Shunga]], Devamala too dies naturally after the birth of Vasumitra. It's described she was kidnapped by [[Pushyamitra Shunga]] for rejecting him for his marriage. Without the king's permission, | |||
[[Pushyamitra Shunga]] made Devamala, his queen. The information about Queen Devamala is not mentioned in [[History]] but mentioned in other sources. {{efn|Devamala is the daughter of King Raya Jadhava and the mother of Agnimitra and wife of Pushyamitra Shunga}} | |||
==In Hindu Scriptures== | ==In Hindu Scriptures== | ||
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These wives used to obey their mother in law and hence Devamala was known as "Devi - Rani Devamati athva Devamala ", entitled by her husband, [[Pushyamitra Shunga]]. The mentions about [[Pushyamitra Shunga]] are very popular than the information of his family. The queen died when [[Agnimitra]]'s second son [[Vasumitra]] was born. After her, her daughter in law, Dharini, succeeded the throne and [[Agnimitra]] succeeded his father's throne. | These wives used to obey their mother in law and hence Devamala was known as "Devi - Rani Devamati athva Devamala ", entitled by her husband, [[Pushyamitra Shunga]]. The mentions about [[Pushyamitra Shunga]] are very popular than the information of his family. The queen died when [[Agnimitra]]'s second son [[Vasumitra]] was born. After her, her daughter in law, Dharini, succeeded the throne and [[Agnimitra]] succeeded his father's throne. | ||
==Becoming the Empress of Shunga dynasty== | |||
She was the wife of [[Brihadratha Maurya|Brihadratha]]'s minister [[Pushyamitra Shunga]] and the mother of her husband's successor, [[Agnimitra]]. She was the daughter of King Devakumara Raya Jadhav who was a good ruler of some kingdom but it's unnamed in some stories. She is the grandmother of Emperor [[Vasujyeshtha]] and Emperor [[Vasumitra]], from her son, [[Agnimitra]]. | |||
She became the queen of [[Shunga]] after marrying [[Pushyamitra Shunga]]. Her age was 28 at that time, when she was kidnapped, and [[Pushyamitra Shunga|Pushyamitra]] married her in 567 BCE at the earliest. | |||
Some stories name her Shrutimati in other stories usually but not so far. The story happens when the time-line ends with Agnimitra's birth, the son of [[Pushyamitra Shunga]] and Devamala. The timeline starts when [[Brihadratha Maurya]] was killed and birth of [[Agnimitra]], afterwards. Princess Devamala then accepted Pushyamitra Shunga, as her husband and bore him a son named [[Agnimitra]]. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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