Mahabharata
महाभारत
The Sanskrit epic centred on the Kuru dynasty, dharma, kinship, and war.
Sørensen, An Index to the Names in the Mahabharata
Artistic representation · not a historical depiction
Epic character · Gandhara and Pan-Indian
Gandhari
गान्धारी
Woman of Gandhara
Sanskrit · Pan-Indian
A queen and mother whose grief becomes an epic moral force.
ResolveGriefMoral force
The story behind the name
Who is behind this name?
- Character
- Gandhari
- Source
- Mahabharata
- Role
- Queen of Hastinapura and mother of the Kauravas
Gandhari, named for Gandhara, is the wife of Dhritarashtra and mother of the Kauravas in the Mahabharata.
A queen and mother whose grief becomes an epic moral force.
Interpretations and spellings may vary across editions, languages, regions, and living traditions.
Source trail
Where this story appears
Sanskrit · Devanagari
Editorial method
Source reviewed.
Entries keep common spellings beside scholarly transliterations and native scripts. The archive grows source by source and never presents itself as exhaustive.