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| name = | | name = Bhanumati | ||
| affiliation = [[Kuru Kingdom|Kuru queen]] | | affiliation = [[Kuru Kingdom|Kuru queen]] | ||
| home = [[Kalinga (Mahabharata)|Kalinga]] (by birth)<br />[[Hastinapur]] (by marriage) | | home = [[Kalinga (Mahabharata)|Kalinga]] (by birth)<br />[[Hastinapur]] (by marriage) | ||
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| relatives = ''' Cousins''' {{Bulleted list|Pratiyogini (wife of [[Kaurava]] Durmukha), [[Draft:Dharmavati|Dharmavati]] (wife of [[Dhrishtadyumna]]) and many others}} | | relatives = ''' Cousins''' {{Bulleted list|Pratiyogini (wife of [[Kaurava]] Durmukha), [[Draft:Dharmavati|Dharmavati]] (wife of [[Dhrishtadyumna]]) and many others}} | ||
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''' | '''Bhanumati''' is the wife of Duryodhana, the main antagonist of the epic ''[[Mahabharata]]''<ref name=keith>{{cite book|author=Arthur Berriedale Keith|author-link=Arthur Berriedale Keith|title=The Sanskrit Drama in Its Origin, Development, Theory & Practice|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sfqRhylNBpwC&pg=PA213|year=1992|publisher=[[Motilal Banarsidass]]|isbn=978-81-208-0977-2|page=213}}</ref><ref>[[Vaisampayana]]. ''[http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m01/m01068.htm The Mahabharata]: Book 1: [[Adi Parva]]'', K. M. Ganguli, tr. Retrieved 5 October 2017</ref> Originally unnamed in the epic, the name of Duryodhana's wife is found in later versions.{{sfn|Sharma|2007}} Bhanumati's children are [[Laxman Kumara]] and [[Lakshmanaa]]. It is described that Duryodhana loved her immensely.{{sfn|Chakravarti|2007}}<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Valmiki|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qj9bDwAAQBAJ&q=mother+of+Lakshmana&pg=PT5921|title=Delphi Collected Sanskrit Epics (Illustrated)|last2=Vyasa|date=2018-05-19|publisher=Delphi Classics|isbn=978-1-78656-128-2|language=en}}</ref><ref name=riseofkali22>[[Anand Neelakantan]] (2015). ''[[Ajaya: Rise of Kali]]''. p. 22</ref> | ||
In the ''Mahabharata'', Duryodhana's wife is mentioned thrice. In the ''[[Shanti Parva]]'' book, Duryodhana abducted king Chitrangada's daughter from her [[swayamvara]] with the help of [[Karna]].<ref name="narada">[[Narada]]. ''[http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m12/m12a004.htm The Mahabharata]: Book 12: [[Shanti Parva]]'', K. M. Ganguli, tr. Retrieved 5 October 2017.</ref> Later, she is described by her mother-in-law, [[Gandhari (Mahabharata)|Gandhari]], in the ''[[Stri Parva]]'' book. | In the ''Mahabharata'', Duryodhana's wife is mentioned thrice. In the ''[[Shanti Parva]]'' book, Duryodhana abducted king Chitrangada's daughter from her [[swayamvara]] with the help of [[Karna]].<ref name="narada">[[Narada]]. ''[http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m12/m12a004.htm The Mahabharata]: Book 12: [[Shanti Parva]]'', K. M. Ganguli, tr. Retrieved 5 October 2017.</ref> Later, she is described by her mother-in-law, [[Gandhari (Mahabharata)|Gandhari]], in the ''[[Stri Parva]]'' book. | ||