MahabharataDraupadi
Draupadi: who Draupadi is in the Mahabharata, in plain words.
The wife of the five Pandavas, born from the sacrificial fire. Her humiliation in the dice game and her vow to wash her hair in the blood of Dushasana is the emotional centre of the epic. She is strong, outspoken and respected.
See the whole story in eighteen books and the other characters.
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A retelling in our own words of a story told in many ways across India and Asia. Tellers differ on many episodes. It is not a scholarly translation.