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  Women as great custodians of continuity rather than agents of conflict Madravati in the Mahābhārata 1. Introduction & Significance Madravati ( मद्रावती ) is a minor but structurally important character in the Mahābhārata . She is remembered primarily as the wife of King Parikshit and the mother of King Janamejaya , the royal patron to whom the Mahābhārata is narrated by the sage Vaishampayana. Although Madravati has no independent narrative episodes , her significance lies in dynastic continuity : she links the Pandava lineage after the Kurukshetra war and enables the framing narrative of the epic itself. 2. Brief Biography Madravati was a queen of the Kuru dynasty . She married King Parikshit , the grandson of Arjuna and son of Abhimanyu. She was the mother of King Janamejaya , who later conducted the Sarpa Satra (snake sacrifice) and listened to the first complete recitation of the Mahābhārata . In the Bhāgav...

  Women as great custodians of continuity rather than agents of conflict Madravati in the Mahābhārata 1. Introduction & Significance Madravati ( मद्रावती ) is a minor but structurally important character in the Mahābhārata . She is remembered primarily as the wife of King Parikshit and the mother of King Janamejaya , the royal patron to whom the Mahābhārata is narrated by the sage Vaishampayana. Although Madravati has no independent narrative episodes , her significance lies in dynastic continuity : she links the Pandava lineage after the Kurukshetra war and enables the framing narrative of the epic itself. 2. Brief Biography Madravati was a queen of the Kuru dynasty . She married King Parikshit , the grandson of Arjuna and son of Abhimanyu. She was the mother of King Janamejaya , who later conducted the Sarpa Satra (snake sacrifice) and listened to the first complete recitation of the Mahābhārata . In the Bhāgav...