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| {{Short description|Only female Kaurava in the epic Mahabharata}} | | |
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| | caption = Painting of Dushala, the only female Kaurava
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| | spouse = [[Jayadratha]]
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| | family = [[Gandhari (character)|Gandhari]] and [[Dhritarashtra]] (parents)<br>[[Duryodhana]], [[Dushasana]], [[Vikarna]] and 97 other brothers <br> [[Yuyutsu]] (half-brother)
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| '''Duhshala''' ([[Sanskrit]]: दुःशला), also spelt as '''Dushala ''' or '''Dussala''', was the only daughter of king [[Dhritrashtra|Dhritarashtra]] and Queen [[Gandhari (character)|Gandhari]] and sister to [[Kaurava|Kauravas]] in the [[Hindu epic]] ''[[Mahabharata]]''. She was born after her 100 [[Kaurava]] brothers and her step-brother [[Yuyutsu]]. She was married to [[Jayadratha]] the king of [[Sindhu Kingdom|Sindhu]]. She had a son named Suratha.{{sfn|Mani|1975|p=263}}<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-10-24|title=Unveiling the secret of Duhsala, the only sister of 100 Kaurava Brothers|url=https://detechter.com/duhsala-sister-100-kauravas/|access-date=2020-08-26|website=Detechter|language=en-US}}</ref>
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| When Jayadratha tried to kidnap and molest Draupadi and failed, Yudhisthir, Bheema, Nakul and Sahdev decided to slay him. But on Arjun's bequest they left him alone, just shaving his head. Later Jayadratha played a vital role in getting [[Abhimanyu]], son of [[Arjuna]], killed in the [[Kurukshetra_War|War of Kurukhsetra]] to satiate his vengeance. But Arjuna, with the help of Krishna, decapitated him.
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| Later, during the Ashwamedha Sacrifice, the horse of the Pandavas came to Sindhu, which was then ruled by Suratha, the son of Duhsala. Suratha with other archers confronted Arjuna, who slew Suratha and his army. Duhsala came to the battlefield wailing with the infant son of Suratha, which shattered Arjuna with sorrow. Arjuna proclaimed the infant the king of Sindhu.{{sfn|Mani|1975|p=263}}{{sfn|Shalom|2017}}
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| * {{cite book|last = Mani|first = Vettam|title = Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary With Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature|url = https://archive.org/details/puranicencyclopa00maniuoft|publisher = Motilal Banarsidass|year = 1975|location = Delhi|isbn = 978-0-8426-0822-0|authorlink =Vettam Mani}}
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| * {{Cite book|last=Shalom|first=Naama|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y9aEDgAAQBAJ&q=Duhsala&pg=PA191|publisher=SUNY press|title=Re-ending the Mahabharata: The Rejection of Dharma in the Sanskrit Epic|date=2017-03-27|isbn=978-1-4384-6501-2|language=en}}
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