Supriya: Unknown Ardhangini of Karna (Karna Series 3)

Chapter 1: Simple Supriya

          Devi (Sutanuka) Supriya

[Second most neglected yet adored Karna wife whose relationship to her husband was complicated. She was believed to be a Sudra or Sut Kanya but in reality she was also a Princess of Kalinga. She was the illegitimate child of King of Kalinga Chitrangad and Apsara Rambha as well as the sister of Princess Bhanu or Bhanumati, wife of Duryodhan. She was married to Karna and had fostered eight sons with him, they were Chitrasen (in one scripture he was her biological child), Banasen, Satyasen, Shatrunjay, Dpitvatva, Sushen and youngest Prasen along with cursed Sudama (first adopted son of Karna and Padma) who died at Swayambar of Draupadi. She for several times had to sacrifice her marital bliss for her beloved elder sister Padmavati and accepted a secluded lonely life along her foster sons. She gave birth to the youngest son of Karna, Vrishaketu but never took the credit and gave the entire responsibility to her elder sister Padmavati. She went Sati at the pyre of Karna and lost all her sons at the epic war of Mahabharata. Including her stepson Vrishasen too. She loved her baby sister Uruvi as her own and respected her elder Padmavati as her mentor, teacher and mother. For her self-sacrifice she was later called as Mahasati Supriya by the reincarnated form of Lord Vishnu, Lord Krishna and Tridev or God Trinity, Lord Shiva, Lord Vishnu and Lord Brahma Dev.

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                    Aum Namah Shivay

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