Mandodari

Hindu · mortal · heroic age · mortal

She is counted among the panchakanya, the five women of the invocation recited for good fortune, along with Ahalya — also added in this batch — Draupadi, Sita and Tara. The corpus held Draupadi and Sita, and until now neither of the other two. The list itself is a census note rather than a claim on this record, because the treatment consulted does not give it.