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| {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}}{{Use Indian English|date=January 2023}}
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| {{Short description|Beloved wife of Dusshasana in Mahabharata}}
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| | family = Vasantraj (father), Suchitra (mother), Susharma (brother), Matrasena, [[Mayuri]], Mridula, Mihika (cousin)
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| | info-hdr = Information
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| | affiliation = [[Kuru (Kingdom)|Kuru]] Queen
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| | home = [[Trigarta]] (by birth), [[Hastinapura]] (By marriage)
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| | spouse = [[Dusshasana]]
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| | children = Drumasena <br> Bharat
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| | color = #FFC569
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| | image = File:The spouse of Dusshasana, described to the fairest of all.jpg
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| |caption = An illustration of Medha
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| }}'''Medha''' also known as '''Medha''' is the wife of [[Dusshasana]] and mother of Drumasena and Bharata in folklores. She is one of the antagonists of the epic [[Mahabharata]] and she is the second daughter in law of [[Dhritarashtra]] and [[Gandhari (Mahabharata)|Gandhari]]. She is a good friend of Vrushali, [[Karna]]'s wife.
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| Medha is a prominent character in the epic [[Mahabharata]]. She is known basically as the wife of [[Dusshasana]]. She is the only one who is a mother Drumasena and his brother Bharat. In the ''Mahabharata'', Dusshasana's wife is mentioned four or five times, the complexion of beauty after Mayuri, Duryodhana's wife and she was a Yuvarani of [[Hastinapura]], capital of the [[Kuru Kingdom]].
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| She is mentioned in the Shanti Parva about her marriage and kidnappings and in Stri Parva, Shweta lose Dussashan. After the death of Duryodhana, Shweta committed Sati. | | She is mentioned in the Shanti Parva about her marriage and kidnappings and in Stri Parva, Shweta lose Dussashan. After the death of Duryodhana, Shweta committed Sati. |