[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c7.3071 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.3071 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.3071 - **Language:** English ### [c7.3071](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.3071) 6) \*Kuntī widowed.\* During a winter when the forest was fragrant with flowers, Pāṇḍu forgot all about the Sage’s curse and indulged in sexual joys with Mādrī, and immediately he expired. Kuntī and Mādrī competed with each other to end their life in the funeral pyre of their husband. But, as the sages and other relations insisted that one of them should live to bring up the children, Mādrī alone ended her life, and Kuntī returned to Hastināpura with the five children. (Ādi Parva, Chapter 125). - [Previous: c7.3070](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.3070) - [Next: c7.3072](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.3072) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7) ## Cites (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.3071](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.3071) · Pramāṇa