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Uttara (Virata's daughter)

Also called: Uttaraa

Daughter of King Virata, wife of Abhimanyu and mother of Parikshit; she weeps with Subhadra and Draupadi for Abhimanyu and pleads with Krishna for her stillborn son.

Sources: Mahabharata, Drona Parva, section 78, tr. K. M. Ganguli; Mahabharata, Ashvamedhika Parva, sections 66 to 70, tr. K. M. Ganguli; Srimad Bhagavatam 1.8 (Bhaktivedanta Book Trust) · see Uttara (Virata's daughter)'s web

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The child born still
From the epics · as his widow · 2 tellings

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Mahabharata, Drona Parva, section 78, tr. K. M. Ganguli Primary text (translation)
Mahabharata, Ashvamedhika Parva, sections 66 to 70, tr. K. M. Ganguli Primary text (translation)
Srimad Bhagavatam 1.8 (Bhaktivedanta Book Trust) Primary text (translation)