Manthara

A servant with no title, no lineage and no cult, who is nonetheless the first cause of the longest story in the tradition. She is exactly the kind of figure a registry built outward from famous names will never reach, which is the argument for censusing a tradition by its plot rather than by its pantheon.

Relations

• servant of: Kaikeyi
• incited: Kaikeyi

Sources

• Reference treatments of Manthara and of Kaikeyi's boons.