Chandramukhi (Mahabharata)

Description in Mahabharata or mentions

She is described by her mother-in-law Gandhari to Krishna, about being a beautiful princess how she believed Dushasana, her husband, he promised Chandramukhi that he'll take good care of her. Maids were kept to look after Dushasana's wife.

Therefore, the marriage of Dushasana and Chandramukhi echoes the marriage of Duryodhana and Bhanumati and Mayuri.. Gandhari says to Krishna,

Behold, the wife of Dushasana,the mother of Drumasena and Bharata, the woman who sorrows for her husband and her two sons, the daughter of King Ashwinraja and Queen Suchitra Devi,the cousin of Bhanumati and Mayuri, her sorrows were only a divine love for Dushasana, her husband

— Gandhari, Translated By Kisari Mohan Ganguli

Sources

She had two children - Drumasena and Bharata. Drumasena and Bharata were the apple of the eye of Dushasana.

Chandramukhi is mostly commonly mentioned as Charumati.Dushasana married five wives and one was a warrior princess named Nirjara. Nirjara is one of the warrior princesses and she was just like Chitrāngadā. But here, Chitrangada married Arjuna, and Chandramukhi wanted to marry Arjuna but as per her father's wish, she married Dushasana.

Portrayed by

Anita Pawar Portrayed Chandramukhi in Mahabharat Katha.

Portrayed By Nishtha Sharma in Mahabharata 2013 (TV Series)

See also

• Dhritarashtra