Mandavi | |
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Wedding ceremony of Mandavi. | |
Texts | Ramayana |
Personal information | |
Parents | Kushadhvaja (father), Chandrabhaga (mother) |
Spouse | Bharata |
Children | Taksha Pushkala |
Dynasty | Raghuvamsha (by marriage) |
Mandavi (Sanskrit: माण्डवी, romanized: Māṇḍavī) is the eldest daughter of King Kushadhwaja and Queen Chandrabhaga in the Hindu epic Ramayana.[1] She is the wife of Bharata, a younger brother of Rama.[2]
Princess Mandavi has a younger sister, Shrutakirti.[3] Mandavi is married to King Dasharatha's second son, Bharata.[4] They have two sons, Taksha and Pushkala.[5]
She used to take care of her in-laws, along with her sister Shrutakirti, when her cousin Sita, when her brothers-in-law Rama and Lakshmana were exiled, and Urmila slept in the place of her husband.