| Mother of Dhritarashtra in epic Mahabharata Ambika Kuru Queen Spouse Vichitravirya Issue Dhritarashtra House Hastinapura Dynasty Kashi (by birth) Kuruvamsha - Chandravamsha (by marriage) Father Kashya Mother Kausalya Religion Hinduism Ambika ( Sanskrit : अम्बिका , romanized : Ambikā ) is the queen of Kuru Kingdom in the Hindu epic Mahabharata . | |
| The second daughter of Kashya, the King of Kashi and Kausalya, she is abducted by Bhishma during her svayamvara , and becomes the wife of Vichitravirya , the King of Hastinapura . | |
| Ambika is the mother of Dhritarashtra and the grandmother of Kauravas . | |
| Legend [ edit ] Mahabharata Partial Family Tree Along with her sisters, Amba and Ambalika , Ambika was taken by force by Bhishma from their svayamvara , the latter having challenged and defeated the assembled royalty. | |
| He presented them to his step-mother, Satyavati , for marriage to Vichitravirya. | |
| While Amba expressed her desire not to marry him as she was in love with a king named Salva, Ambika and Ambalika married Vichitravirya, and spent seven years in their husband's company. | |
| Vichitravirya was afflicted with tuberculosis , and subsequently died from the disease. | |
| After Vichitravirya's death, he left behind no heirs. | |
| His mother Satyavati sent for her first born, the rishi Vyasa . | |
| She asked him to sire children with the widowed queens of Vichitravirya according to the prevalent custom of Niyoga . | |
| Vyasa had come from years of intense meditation, and as a result, looked tremendously unkempt. | |
| When he approached Ambika, she closed her eyes in fear. | |
| As a result, the blind Dhritrashtra was born from their union. | |
| When he approached Ambalika, she turned pale in fear. | |
| Her son Pandu , the result of their union, was born with a pale appearance. | |
| After the death of Pandu, Ambika accompanied her mother-in-law Satyavati, and sister Ambalika to the forest, and spent the rest of her days in spiritual retreat. | |
| In popular culture [ edit ] In B. | |
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| Chopra 's 1988 series Mahabharat , Ambika was portrayed by Meena Chakrabarty. | |
| In the 2013 Star Plus 's series Mahabharat (2013), Ambika was portrayed by Aparna Dixit . | |
| References [ edit ] ^ www.wisdomlib.org (28 February 2012). | |
| "Ambika, Aṃbikā, Ambikā: 29 definitions" . | |
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| ^ "The Mahabharata, Book 1: Adi Parva: Sambhava Parva: Section CVI" . | |
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| ^ "31 years of Mahabharat on Doordarshan: Interesting facts about one of most popular TV shows ever" . | |
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