Wives of Karna

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The Mahabharata provides limited information about the marital life of Karna, one of the central figures in the epic. His wives are not named in the canonical text and are described as belonging to the Sūta (charioteer) community. In the Stri Parva, one of his wives, revealed to be the mother of his sons Vrishasena and Sushena, is briefly mentioned lamenting over Karna's death. Over time, various regional traditions and literary adaptations have invented narratives around Karna's marital life, often introducing named spouses through imaginative retellings. The Tamil play Karna Moksham depicts a princess named Ponnuruvi as his wife, while the Bengali retelling of the epic, Kashidasi Mahabharata, features a maiden named Padmavati as his queen. In modern literature, particularly in Shivaji Sawant’s Marathi novel Mrityunjay, Karna is portrayed as being married to two women—Vrushali and Supriya.

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