One of King Pandu's two wives. By union with various demigods, she became the mother of Karna, Yudhishthira, Bhima, and Arjuna.

Daughter of the Yadava prince, sura king of the Surasenas, whose capital was Mathura, on the Yamuna. She was sister of Vasudeva, and was given by he... more

A nickname of Arjuna of the Bhagavad Gita.

Kunti (Sanskrit: कुंती) is the mother of the eldest three of the Pandava brothers from the Indian epic Mahabharata. Her story is also told within the Srimad Bhagavatam, wherein she speaks on the philosophy of devotion of Krishna, known as Bhakti yoga. Kunti is thus held as a figure of great importance within many Hindu traditions and especially with worshippers of Krishna (Vaishnavas).