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SUDEṢṆĀ I. The wife of Virāṭa, the King of Matsya.
1) General information. It is mentioned in Mahābhārata, Virāṭa Parva, Chapter 9, Verse 6, that this Sudeṣṇā, the daughter of the King of Kekaya, had the name Citrā also.
2) Other details.
(i) During the pseudonymity, Pāñcālī lived with Sudeṣṇā in the guise of Sairandhrī. (M.B. Virāṭa Parva, Chapter 9).
(ii) Sudeṣṇā agreed to the request of Kīcaka to get Sairandhrī for him, as he was fascinated by her beauty. (M.B. Virāṭa Parva, Chapter 14, Verse 6).
(iii) Sudeṣṇā sent Kīcaka to the house of Sairandhrī. (M.B. Virāṭa Parva, Chapter 15).
(iv) Draupadī consoled Sudeṣṇā who was miserable at the death of Kīcaka. (M.B. Virāṭa Parva, Chapter 16, Verse 48).
(v) Sudeṣṇā asked Draupadī to go away from the palace. (M.B. Virāṭa Parva, Chapter 24, Verse 3).
(vi) In connection with the marriage of her daughter Uttarā, Sudeṣṇā went to Upaplavya with Draupadī. (M.B. Virāṭa Parva, Chapter 72, Verse 30).