Good Woman or Evil Woman?

In the Mahābhārata, when Draupadī’s eldest husband, Yudiṣṭhira, loses her and her family their freedom in a dice match to his enemies, her mother-in-law, Kuntī, gives her this advice: “Good women are never worried about the future… Your great virtue will protect you and you will soon gain prosperity...

The International Journal of the Humanities: Annual Review

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