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Draupadi
Wife of the five Pandavas
Wife of the five Pandavas
Biography
Draupadi, daughter of Drupada, becomes the common wife of the five Pandavas after the svayamvara, a arrangement explained by prior boon and Vyasa's counsel.
Primary sources
- Mahabharata · Adi Parva · ch. 174, 199
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Timeline
Order 30 · earliest cited
Draupadi SwayamvaraArjuna wins Draupadi at the Pancala svayamvara; she becomes wife of the five.
Order 40
Dice GameShakuni's dice strip Yudhishthira of kingdom, brothers, and Draupadi.
Order 50
ExileTwelve years in the forest and a year in disguise, the price of the dice.
Order 60
Virata ParvaThe thirteenth year in disguise at Virata's court in Matsya.
Order 130
End of WarDuryodhana falls; the Sauptika night and ashru close the eighteen days.
Order 140
AshwamedhaYudhishthira's horse sacrifice reasserts dharma after the war.
Order 150
AftermathGrief, counsel, and the closing of the age after Kurukshetra.
Events
- End of War
Participated inTraditional
Mahabharata · Shalya ParvaMahabharata · Sauptika ParvaMahabharata · Stri Parva
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