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In the epic [[Mahabharata]], '''Ambika''' ([[Sanskrit]]: अम्बिका, ''ambikā'') is the daughter of Kashya, the King of [[Varanasi|Kashi]], and wife of [[Vichitravirya]], the king of [[Hastinapura]].<ref>Law, B.C. (1973). Tribes in Ancient India, Poona: Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, p.105</ref>
In the epic [[Mahabharata]], '''Ambika''' ([[Sanskrit]]: अम्बिका, ''ambikā'') is the daughter of Kashya, the King of [[Varanasi|Kashi]], and wife of [[Vichitravirya]], the king of [[Hastinapura]].<ref>Law, B.C. (1973). Tribes in Ancient India, Poona: Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, p.105</ref>

Along with her sisters [[Amba (fictional character)|Amba]] and [[Ambalika]], she was taken by force by [[Bhishma]] from their [[Swayamvara]]. Bhishma challenged the assembled Kings and Princes and defeated them. He presented them to [[Satyavati]] for marriage to Vichitravirya. Vichitravirya married only Ambika and Ambalika, and refused to marry Amba since she had already given her heart to another.

After Vichitravirya's death, his mother Satyavati sent for her first born, [[Rishi]] [[Vyasa|Veda Vyasa]]. According to his mother's wishes, he visited both the wives of Vichitravirya to grant them each a son under the [[Niyoga]] system. When Vyasa visited Ambika, she saw his dreadful, forbidding appearance and burning eyes. In her frightened state, she closed her eyes. Hence her son, [[Dhritarashtra]], the father of the [[Kaurava]]s, was born blind.

In a few versions of the Mahabharatha, Ambika is shown to have no strong motherly feelings towards her blind son Dhritarashtra, as he was a son unwanted to her.

After [[Dhritarashtra]]'s birth, when [[Satyavati]] requested that Vyasa visit Ambika for the second time, she dared not go and sent her maid instead. The maid also bore a son, [[Vidura]], who was raised as a brother to [[Dhritarashtra]] and [[Pandu]]. Much later, Ambika accompanied [[Satyavati]] and [[Ambalika]] to the forest and ended her life in austerity.


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Revision as of 16:58, 6 November 2017

For Hindu Goddess, see Durga.

Template:Infobox character/Wikidata In the epic Mahabharata, Ambika (Sanskrit: अम्बिका, ambikā) is the daughter of Kashya, the King of Kashi, and wife of Vichitravirya, the king of Hastinapura.[1]

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  1. ^ Law, B.C. (1973). Tribes in Ancient India, Poona: Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, p.105


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