Kunti

Kunti
Kunti along with her husband Pandu
Information
Family	Shurasena (biological father) Kunti-Bhoja (adoptive father)
Spouse(s)	Pandu
Children	Karna, Yudhishthira, Bhima and Arjuna

In Mahabharata, Kunti (Sanskrit: कुन्ती Kuntī) or Pritha was the daughter of Shurasena, and the foster daughter of his cousin Kuntibhoja. She is the sister of Krishna Vasudeva. She was married to king Pandu of Hastinapur and was the mother of Karna and the Pandava brothers Yudhishthira, Bhima, Arjuna. She is often regarded as a female protagonist of Mahabharata along with her daughter-in-law.

Kunti was the biological daughter of the Shurasena, a Yadava chief. Her birth name was Pritha. Kunti was the sister of Vasudeva, the father of Krishna and shared close relationship with Krishna. Her father gave Kunti to his childless cousin Kuntibhoja.

Once Sage Durvasa visited Kuntibhoja. He was extremely pleased by the services and comforts offered by Kunti, and offered her a boon to invoke any god to bear a child. Curious, Kunti invoked the mantra and accidentally bore Karna from Surya, the solar deity. Afraid of being an unwed mother, she placed the baby in a basket and set him afloat on a river. This child was later found and adopted by a charioteer Adhiratha and his wife Radha.

Kuntibhoja organized Kunti's swayamvara. Kunti chose King Pandu of Hastinapur, making her the Queen of Hastinapur.