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'''Sudeshnavati''' is the wife of [[Vikarna]], the third-most reputable of the [[Kauravas]]. Her references are mentioned in [[Mahabharata]] like her marriage with Vikarna, etc. She supported [[Vikarna]] during the [[Kurukshetra War]]. She was very loving to [[Vikarna]] but at the same time she was a arrogant woman. She is mentioned in [[Shanti Parva]] and [[Stri Parva]] and sometimes, her sister Indumati was a favourite of [[Vikarna]]. Thus, this marriage ended with happiness | '''Sudeshnavati''' is the wife of [[Vikarna]], the third-most reputable of the [[Kauravas]]. Her references are mentioned in [[Mahabharata]] like her marriage with Vikarna, etc. She supported [[Vikarna]] during the [[Kurukshetra War]]. She was very loving to [[Vikarna]] but at the same time she was a arrogant woman. She is mentioned in [[Shanti Parva]] and [[Stri Parva]] and sometimes, her sister Indumati was a favourite of [[Vikarna]]. Thus, this marriage ended with happiness. | ||
In the ''Mahabharata'', Vikarna's wife is mentioned thrice, she was a beautiful lady with hips that [[Gandhari (Mahabharata)|Gandhari]]. She was the beautiful daughter in law of [[Dhritarashra]] and queen [[Gandhari (Mahabharata)|Gandhari]] but her case was like sister, [[Mayuri (wife of Duryodhana)|Mayuri]] or like [[Bhanumati (wife of Duryodhana)|Bhanumati]] because she was kidnapped by [[Vikarna]] forcefully from her kingdomand took her with the help of his elder brother, [[Duryodhana]]. | |||
Hence, Sudeshnavati had agreed to marry [[Vikarna]] and married him in the [[Hastinapura]]. | |||
==Textual sources and development== | |||
===The third daughter of Shalya=== | |||
Some adaptions of [[Mahabharata]] say that Princess [[Bhanumati (Mahabharata)|Bhanumati]] is the first daughter of [[Shalya]], Princess Tejashree is the second daughter and Sudeshnavati is the third. In Indonesia traditions, her name is changed and is mentioned as "Sudisinawati". But her name in [[Hindu]] traditions remains Sudeshnavati only. | |||
Shalya's wife Avantini was the mother of three sons but stories mentions two wives of [[Kauravas]] that is - Bhanumati and Sudeshnavati as their daughter. | |||
==Marriage with Vikarna== | |||
[[Narada]] narrates the story of [[Vikarna]] and Sudeshnavati in the [[Baalkanda]], a story that had described the marriage of [[Duryodhana nad [[Mayuri (wife of Duryodhana)|Mayuri]] | |||