gāṃdhārī गांधारी – N. of the daughter of Subala, king of the Gāndhāras and wife of Dhṛtarāṣṭra.

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gāṃdhārī [gāṃdhārasyāpatyaṃ iñ] N. of the daughter of Subala, king of the Gāndhāras and wife of Dhṛtarāṣṭra. [She bore to her husband 100 sons-Duryodhana and his 99 brothers. As her husband was blind she always wore a scarf over her face (probably to reduce herself to his state). After the destruction of all the Kauravas, she and her husband lived with their nephew Yudhiṣṭhira].