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Savitri is a princess who marries an exiled prince named Satyavan, who is prophesied to die early. She saves her husband from the god of death, Yama, persuading the deity to restore his life. [1] The oldest known version of the story of Savitri and Satyavan is found in Vana Parva (The Book of the Forest) of the Mahabharata.
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Uttarā (Sanskrit: उत्तरा, romanized: Uttarā) was the princess of Matsya, as described in the Hindu epic Mahabharata.She was the daughter of King Virata and Queen Sudeshna, at whose court the Pandavas spent a year in concealment during their exile.
The narrative of Princess Madhavi is found within the Galavacharita of the Mahabharata (Books 5, Chapters 104–121). This tale is recounted during Krishna's diplomatic mission to Duryodhana's court, where Krishna seeks to broker peace between Duryodhana and the Pandavas by urging Duryodhana to share his kingdom.
Amba (Sanskrit: अम्बा, romanized: Ambā) is a character in the Hindu epic Mahabharata.She is the eldest and most beautiful daughter of Kashya, the King of Kashi, and the sister of Ambika and Ambalika.
Kunti (Sanskrit: कुन्ती, [kun̪t̪iː], IAST: Kuntī), born Pritha (Sanskrit: पृथा, [pr̩t̪ʰaː], IAST: Pṛthā), was the queen of Kuru in the Hindu epic Mahabharata. Kunti was married to Pandu and is the mother of Karna, Yudhishthira, Bhima, and Arjuna. She is depicted to possess beauty, intelligence and shrewdness.
Sharmishtha is the daughter of Vrishaparvan, the daitya king, for whom the acharya Shukra is an adviser. She is a friend of Devayani, the daughter of Shukra. One day, the two go for a bath in a brook in a forest, accompanied by their retinue of maids, leaving their clothes on the bank of the stream.
Ulupi (Ulūpī), also known as Uluchi and Ulupika, is a Naga princess mentioned in the Hindu epic Mahabharata. Ulupi is the daughter of the king Kauravya, and is the second wife of Arjuna . She also finds a mention in the Vishnu Purana and the Bhagavata Purana .