responsible for her misfortune, undertaking a penance, and is granted a boon by Shiva. She is reborn as Shikhandi, the child of King Drupada, and the sibling of the epic's female protagonist, Draupadi.

Etymology

Amba is a commonly used word in Sanskrit meaning mother, also with Vedic linkage as the mother of the Vedas.

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