This is the fourth part of the series “Relationships in Mahabharata”. I will recommend to go through the previous parts of this series before reading this one. Paternal Aunts are Sisters of someone’s father and also termed as Bua, Fufi
etc. in Hindi language. It’s strange to note that when there are most characters
in Mahabharata are someone’s Maternal Uncle (Mamu) but most of the Maternal
Uncles are either never married or don’t have any children. So most of the
female characters in Mahabharata are Married and have at least one child which brings
Maternal Uncles into picture but most of the Maternal Uncles are either never
married or don’t have any child listed in Mahabharata. This makes those females
listed out from the Paternal Aunts list. Hence this makes the number of characters
in Mahabharata as Paternal Aunts as least among the four parts we discussed so
far. Listed below are some of the Paternal Aunts.
S.No
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Bua
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Of
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Details
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1.
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Dushala
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Lakshman Kumara and Lakshmana
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Dushala is the only daughter of Dhritarastra and only Sister of one
hundred Kauravas. It seems in Mahabharata apart from Duryodhana either no one
had any children or no name been mentioned for any other children of Kauravas.
So being only sister of Duryodhan, Dushala becomes the Paternal Aunt of his
Son Laxman Kumara and daughter known as Laxmanna. It’s been mentioned that as Bheema
killed all Kauravas so Abhimanyu killed all sons of Kauravas. In any way
Dushala was Paternal Aunt (Bua) of All sons of Kauravas including Laxman
Kumara and Laxmanna.
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2.
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Kunti and Srutakriti
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Krishna, Balarama and Subhadra
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Kunti, Sutrakriti are biological sisters of Vasudeva, father of Balarama,
Krishna and Subhadra. This makes Kunti and Sutakriti as Paternal Aunts (Bua)
of Balrama, Krishna and Subhadra. Subhadra is also married to Arjuna, one of
Kunti’s sons. So Kunti was paternal Aunt of Subhadra before her marriage and
became Mother in Law after Subhadra’s marriage.
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3.
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Shubhadra
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Pradyumna and his 9 Brothers
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Subhadra being the only sister of Krishna and Balarama becomes
Paternal Aunt (Bua) of their respective children. Krishna has lot of children
from his different wives and Subhadra was Bua for all of them. As we had
focused only on children of Krishna with Rukmini only, so all the ten sons
are Pradyumna, Charudeshna, Sudeshna,
Charudeha, Sucharu, Charugupta, Bhadracharu,
Charuchandra, Vicharu, and Charu.
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4.
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Shubhadra
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Nisatha, Ulmuka and Vatsala
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As already mentioned above Subhadra is the Paternal Aunt (Bua) of Nisatha,
Ulmuka and Vatsala, the three children of Balarama and Rewati.
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5.
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Gandhari
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Uluka (उलूक)and
Vrikaashur
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Shakuni who is the brother of Gandhari had two sons named Uluka and
Vrikaashur. There are not many details been provided about Shakuni’s sons in
Mahabharata. Whereas Shakuni who was one of the main villain of Mahabharata
and Gandhari who married to Dhritarashtra and had one hundred sons known as
Karuvas are the main characters in Mahabharata.
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6.
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Rukmini
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Charumati, Rukmavati
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Rukmini who is married to Krishna had a brother named Rukmi. Rukmi
had two daughters named Rukmavati and Charumati. This relation makes Rukmini
as there paternal aunt. Some text mentions Rukmavati is married to Rukmini and
Krishna’s eldest son Pradyumna. Rukmi along with Balarama are the only two
persons who did not participated in Kurukshetra war.
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7.
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Karenumati
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Children of Dhristaketu
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Dristaketu and Karenumati were children of Shishupal (शिशुपाल). Karenumati was wedded
to Nakula (One Of The Panadava). Dhristaketu was an army-general in the army
of Pandavas in Kurukshetra/Mahabharata War. It’s mentioned in some of the
text in Mahabharata that Dhristaketu and his children were slain in battle
but no name been provided for Dhristaketu’s children. Name or No Name if Dhristaketu had any child
then Karenumati was there Paternal Aunt (Bua).
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