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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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| ==Description and Sources==
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| Shweta was never described in the original texts of [[Mahabharata]] but her information is added in the other versions. Queen Gandhari, her mother in law describes Shweta to [[Krishna]] in a manner-
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| {{Blockquote|O, the second spouse of Dushasan, the lovely queen of all. O, the woman with big hips and the mother of Arohi, the queen of Hastinapura after the death of Dushasan, becoming a widow crying for her husband and the other, the dead son. O Madhava, striking her head with her hands. She fell on the breast of her spouse, the king of Hastinapura. Shweta, the virtuous queen of Dushasan, rubbing the blood of Dushasana, where he was injured. The queen never resulted towards the Pandavas|Gandhari|Translated By Kisari Mohan Ganguli}}
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| Gandhari continues further -
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| {{Blockquote|The princesses of Hastinapura, Lakshmanaa and Jyotsyana together result in the death of their father. O God, my heart sank by seeing the weeping queen Shweta on her husband Dushasan and the girl Arohi with her cousins, Jyotsyana and Lakshmanaa, my granddaughters. Her mystery is a cruel thing for the Kauravas to die.....}}
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| Shweta's important of Gandhari to Krishna as she wanted [[Krishna]] to know about the wives of the Kauravas, weeping and crying for their husband's. Gandhari gave a cruel curse to [[Krishna]] saying as he and the Yadavas killed the [[Kauravas]] and there wives as widows, then Lord Krishna and all the Yadava clan should die and their wives should become widow as she remembers how Bhanumati and Mayuri were feeling lonely after Duryodhana died. Lakshmanaa, who was the daughter of [[Duryodhana]] and his two chief queens, did not ever talk with her uncles ([[Pandava|Pandavas]]) after the death of her father. Lakshmi, in folktales was the daughter of [[Duryodhana]] and his chief queen, Mayuri who also did not take the blessing of the Pandavas. Along with Lakshmi, they had a son, Kaalketu. Shweta, the forgotten queen of Dushasana was striking her head with her beautiful hands as she saw her injured husband's dislocated hand, she felt so bad about the way Bhima had done to her husband. At this course, Shweta falls on her husband, Dushasana on his breast.
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| ==Marriage with Dushasana==
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| Dushasana's marriage is found in the [[Shanti Parva]], according to Mahabharata, Dushasana abducted the daughter of Vasantraja from her [[Swayamvara|swayamvara]] with Duryodhana. After many months, Shweta gives birth to a baby girl named Princess Aarohi. The legend of the marriage of Dushasana is unreferenced or unrevealed in [[Mahabharata]] but has a mention and a long information on the marriage of [[Stri Parva]]
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| Vasantraja, a king of Trilokapura held a swayamvara for his daughter, Shweta. The king gave invitation to other princes from other kingdoms, [[Satadanwa]] and Asoka are popular in the choosing of Swayamvara. Even the main characters, Duryodhana and Dushasana were also invited. There were multiple thrones or '''Sihasana''' kept for princes to sit. The unnamed princess came with a garland in her hand, blinking her beautiful eyes with a charming look which changes Dushasana into love. Shweta, the princess of Trilokapura chooses every prince but none was her favourite or the one she liked, but as she came to Dushasana, at once she knew seeing his face that he was a villain. Still, she rejected him. Dushasana, unable to reject her proposal, abducted her, held her in his two hands and went in to his chariot, taking the fairest lady with him along with [[Duryodhana]]. Later, the fair lady accepts to marry him. She never married a another man after the death of Dushasana.
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| ==See also==
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| * [[Gandhari (Mahabharata)|Gandhari]]
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| * [[Vikarna]]
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