Sughada

Sughada in the Hindu epic Mahabharata was wife of Dhritrashtra and mother of Yuyutsu. Born as a Vaishya woman,.[1] She was lady in waiting to Gandhari. She was married to Dhritrashtra under the fear that Gandhari couldn't produce any children, her son was as old as Duryodhana and the rest of the 99 Kuru brothers and Dushala. Eventually, her son was the only son of Dhritarashtra who survived the Kurukshetra war. After the war, he took charge as the King of Indraprastha.

References

  1. ↑ "Mahabharata Text".
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