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Re-Reading of the Indian epic The Mahabharata from the Lens of Female and Marginalised Characters

Author(s) Mr. Chandan Prasad Jena
Country India
Abstract A country’s culture is enriched by its literature along with other things. And ancient epics, mythological texts are also a crucial part of it. India has two such Sanskrit epics among many other excellent works by other renowned poets – The Mahabharata and The Ramayana. Of these Mahabharata is the tale of a war between the Kauravas and the Pandavas who were cousins on the question of empire. But it is also a saga of multiple stories – stories of exclusion, of deprivation and oppression, of domination and treachery. The very grand range of the Mahabharata provides scope for reading it from a diverse perspective – be it from a gender perspective, a caste based analysis or a materialistic interpretation. While it gives us heroes in the fringe like Eklavya and Karna whose destinies were decided by their caste backgrounds, it also gives us strong female characters like Kunti and Draupadi. It further gives us interesting characters like Amba/Shikhandi which brought forth the fluidity of human sexuality. The multiplicity of characters and their stories rendered The Mahabharata a peculiar complexity. This paper will relook at Mahabharata from one of the many possible perspectives. It will look at The Mahabharata from a feminist perspective with special emphasis on the character of Draupadi. It will try to trace the feminist assertion and subversion in the epic through her role and her engagement with the male characters. This paper will try to situate this narrative in the larger tradition of multiple readings of The Mahabharata.
Keywords Keywords: Epics, Culture, Feminism, The Mahabharata
Field Sociology > Linguistic / Literature
Published In Volume 8, Issue 1, January-February 2026
Published On 2026-02-24
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2026.v08i01.69774
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