Puranic encyclopaedia
by Vettam Mani | 1975 | 609,556 words | ISBN-10: 0842608222
This page describes the Story of Sudeshna included the Puranic encyclopaedia by Vettam Mani that was translated into English in 1975. The Puranas have for centuries profoundly influenced Indian life and Culture and are defined by their characteristic features (panca-lakshana, literally, ‘the five characteristics of a Purana’).
Story of Sudeṣṇā
The wife of Virāṭa, the King of Matsya.
General information.
It is mentioned in Mahābhārata, Virāṭa Parva, Chapter 9, Verse 6, that this Sudeṣṇā, the daughter of the King of Kekaya, had the name Citrā also.
Other details.
(i) During the pseudonymity, Pāñcālī lived with Sudeṣṇā in the guise of Sairandhrī. (Mahābhārata Virāṭa Parva, Chapter 9).
(ii) Sudeṣṇā agreed to the request of Kīcaka to get Sairandhrī for him, as he was fascinated by her beauty. (Mahābhārata Virāṭa Parva, Chapter 14, Verse 6).
(iii) Sudeṣṇā sent Kīcaka to the house of Sairandhrī. (Mahābhārata Virāṭa Parva, Chapter 15).
(iv) Draupadī consoled Sudeṣṇā who was miserable at the death of Kīcaka. (Mahābhārata Virāṭa Parva, Chapter 16, Verse 48).
(v) Sudeṣṇā asked Draupadī to go away from the palace. (Mahābhārata Virāṭa Parva, Chapter 24, Verse 3).
(vi) In connection with the marriage of her daughter Uttarā, Sudeṣṇā went to Upaplavya with Draupadī. (Mahābhārata Virāṭa Parva, Chapter 72, Verse 30).