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Draupadi

Also called: Panchali, Krishnaa

Wife of the Pandavas. The Sun's copper vessel stays full each day until she has eaten. Chhath tradition in Bihar and Jharkhand says she kept the Chhath fast for the Pandavas.

Sources: The Mahabharata, tr. K. M. Ganguli (1883-96), sections read for the Vedic layer; Wikipedia: Chhath · see Draupadi's web

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Yudhishthira praises the Sun and receives the copper vessel
Festival story · as holder of the vessel · 4 tellings

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The Mahabharata, tr. K. M. Ganguli (1883-96), sections read for the Vedic layer § vana.3 Primary text (translation)
Wikipedia: Chhath Encyclopedia