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Aswapati was the son of Madra (the founder of Madra kingdom) and grandson of King Shibi. He was the father of Savitri the famous princess of Madra, who became the lover (and later, wife) of the famous Salwa prince Satyavan. Aswapati's wife was from a minor tribe known as Malava. She was known as Malavi (3,291).
Savitri is born as a boon from the Sun God and thus shares a blood-relation with Karna as a sister, to Ashwapati, the King of Madra and his wife Malawi. Savitri meets and falls in love with Satyavan, the son of the blind King Dumatasena. Dumtasena's minister has taken over his kingdom and exiled the king, who now lives in the forest.
Madri (Sanskrit: माद्री, IAST: Mādrī) is a princess from the Madra Kingdom mentioned in the Hindu epic, the Mahabharata.She became the second wife of Pandu, the king of the Kuru Kingdom, and was the mother of the twins Nakula and Sahadeva, the youngest of the five Pandava brothers who play a central role in the epic.
In the Hindu epic Mahabharata, King Shalya (Sanskrit: शल्य, lit. Pike) [1] was the brother of Madri (mother of Nakula and Sahadeva), and the ruler of the Madra kingdom.. Skilled with the mace and a formidable warrior, he was tricked by Duryodhana to fight the war on the side of the Kaurav
Uttara Madra is a kingdom grouped among the western kingdoms in the epic Mahabharata. It is identified to be located to the northwest of eastern Madra with Sagala as its capital.
It was close to Madra kingdom as both are mentioned together in many places. Saubha was its capital. Martikavati (alias Matika, Matrika, Matrikavati) also was mentioned as the capital of Salwa kingdom. The famous prince Satyavan was from Salwa. He married the Madra princess, Savitri, the daughter of Madra king Aswapati. Their history is a ...
The Madras were divided into Uttara-Madra ("northern Madra"), Dakṣiṇa-Madra ("southern Madra"), and Madra proper: [1] The Uttara Madrakas lived to the north of the Himavat, near the Uttara Kurus, possibly in the Kashmir Valley. The Madras proper lived in the Rachna Doab in the central Punjab, to the west of the Irāvatī river.
Saha means ‘with’ and deva is a Hindu term used for ‘deity’. [1] So literally, Sahadeva means ‘with the gods’ or ‘protected by the gods’. [2] [1] In southern India, he is regarded as a very accomplished astrologer, a face reader, and a master of all other forms of intuitive perception. He was known for his secretive nature ...