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| image = Bhisma fight in Swayamvara.jpg | | image = Bhisma fight in Swayamvara.jpg | ||
| caption = [[Bhishma]] abducting princesses [[Amba (Mahabharata)|Amba]], Ambika and | | caption = [[Bhishma]] abducting princesses [[Amba (Mahabharata)|Amba]], Ambika and Ambalika from the assemblage of suitors at their swayamvara | ||
| spouse = [[Vichitravirya]] | | spouse = [[Vichitravirya]] | ||
| children = [[Pandu]] | | children = [[Pandu]] | ||
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==Legend== | ==Legend== | ||
[[File:Mahabharata_Partial_Family_Tree.png|thumb|''Mahabharata'' | [[File:Mahabharata_Partial_Family_Tree.png|thumb|''Mahabharata'' Kuru Family Tree]] | ||
Along with her sisters, [[Amba (Mahabharata)|Amba]] and [[Ambika (Mahabharata)|Ambika]], Ambalika was taken by force by [[Bhishma]] from their [[Swayamvara]], the latter having challenged and defeated the assembled royalty. He presented them to [[Satyavati]] for marriage to Vichitravirya. Ambalika and her sister spent seven years in their husband's company. Vichitravirya was affected with phthisis, ([[tuberculosis]]) and died from the disease.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m01/m01103.htm |title=The Mahabharata, Book 1: Adi Parva: Sambhava Parva: Section CII |publisher=[[Sacred-texts.com]] |access-date=2012-08-15}}</ref><ref name=B>{{cite book|title=Myths and Legends from India - Great Women|last=Bhanu|first=Sharada|publisher=Macmillan India Limited|year=1997|location=Chennai|isbn=0-333-93076-2|pages=35-6}}</ref> | Along with her sisters, [[Amba (Mahabharata)|Amba]] and [[Ambika (Mahabharata)|Ambika]], Ambalika was taken by force by [[Bhishma]] from their [[Swayamvara]], the latter having challenged and defeated the assembled royalty. He presented them to [[Satyavati]] for marriage to Vichitravirya. Ambalika and her sister spent seven years in their husband's company. Vichitravirya was affected with phthisis, ([[tuberculosis]]) and died from the disease.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m01/m01103.htm |title=The Mahabharata, Book 1: Adi Parva: Sambhava Parva: Section CII |publisher=[[Sacred-texts.com]] |access-date=2012-08-15}}</ref><ref name=B>{{cite book|title=Myths and Legends from India - Great Women|last=Bhanu|first=Sharada|publisher=Macmillan India Limited|year=1997|location=Chennai|isbn=0-333-93076-2|pages=35-6}}</ref> | ||