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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description| Wife of Babruvahana in the epic Mahabharata}}<br />
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{{Infobox character <br />
| name = Kimveka<br />
| family = Advasena (father)<br />
| spouse = [[Babruvahana]]{{ref|Chitrangada later fixes her son Babruvahana's marriage with Kimveka for doing a such a job to save her}}<br />
| relatives = [[Arjuna]] (father in law) {{br}} [[Chitrāngadā]] (mother in law)<br />
| colour = #FFC569 <br />
| info-hdr = Information <br />
| affiliation = [[Manipur (Mahabharata)|Manipura Princess]]<br />
| home = [[Avanti Kingdom (Mahabharata)|Avanti Kingdom]] (by birth), [[Manipur (Mahabharata)|Manipura]] (by marriage)<br />
| image = The spouse of Babruvahan, described to the fairest of all.jpg <br />
| caption = An illustration of Kimveka<br />
| children = [[Aarusha]] (son), Krithika (daughter)<br />
}}<br />
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'''Kimveka''' is the wife of [[Babruvahana]], prince of Manipura {{ref|Babruvahana and Kimveka's story is fictional just like the story of Arjuna and Subhadra}} Kingdom and the son of [[Arjuna]] and his wife [[Chitrāngadā]]. She is the princess of [[Avanti Kingdom (Mahabharata)|Avanti Kingdom]] and the daughter of King Advasena.{{ref|Babruvahana rescues Kimveka from Duryodhana when he almost tried to kidnap her. This story tells about the love marriage of Arjuna and Subhadra}}When Kimveka and [[Babruvahana]] met each other they fell in love but to break their love, [[Duryodhana]] asked his younger brother [[Dushasana]] to kidnap Kimveka from the Kingdom of [[Avanti Kingdom (Mahabharata)|Avanti]] and bring her to [[Hastinapura]] to marry her.{{ref|Rishi Narada narrates the story of Babruvahana and Kimveka's marriage but how did it start}}Kimveka however writes a letter to [[Babruvahana]] and as so he kidnapped her. When [[Babruvahana]] showed his future daughter in law, Kimveka, [[Arjuna]] got very happy and fixed their marriage.<br />
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According to legend, of [[Vyasa|Ved Vyasa]], she is mentioned unnamed in some of the epics of [[Mahabharata]]. Basically, [[Babruvahana]] and Kimveka, met like [[Arjuna]] and [[Subhadra]] for the first time. Kimveka keeps on dreaming about him and finally [[Babruvahana]] kidnaps her, rescuing her from the [[Kaurava|Kauravas]].[[Arjuna]] happily fixes their marriage with happiness.{{efn|The popular stories in Shanti Parva have this story of Babruvahana and Kimveka}}<br />
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==Popular Stories in Mahabharata==<br />
This story of [[Shanti Parva]] narrates the meeting of [[Babruvahana]] before his marriage. [[Babruvahana]] was going to his chariot when he saw a beautiful girl, with a beautiful crown on her head. [[Babruvahana]] approached her. When she turned and saw him, Babruvahana was immensed with her beauty. The woman was from the [[Avanti Kingdom (Mahabharata)|Avanti Kingdom]] and her name was Kimveka.{{ref|In some sources, her meetingwith Babruvahana is not shown in Mahabharata but I the ShantiParva, <br />
becauseit describesa marriage of a king or queen}} [[Babruvahana]] however dreams about her and Kimveka dreams about [[Babruvahana]]. Suddenly, the purohits saw [[Babruvahana]] and Kimveka, and convey this message to the [[Kaurava]] brothers. When they come to know about, [[Arjuna]]'s son [[Babruvahana]] has a love on Kimveka, he asked his younger brother [[Dushasana]] to abduct her, if she doesn't listens, then she'll have to kidnapped from her Swayamvara, [[Duryodhana]] thought. <br />
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But the love for Kimveka and [[Babruvahana]] was unbreakable. She didn't want to marry another person when she chose [[Babruvahana]]. [[Duryodhana]] says to charioteer to take him to the kingdom of Avanti where Princess Kimveka lives. The King Advasena got shock and told [[Duryodhana]] to return to his kingdom but Duryodhana did not listen and kicked the guards and entered Kimveka's room. Kimveka got very scared and she was trembling after seeing [[Duryodhana]]. Kimveka screams for [[Babruvahana]]. When Babruvahana listens, he goes with his chariot and saw Duryodhana almost holding the hand of Kimveka. [[Babruvahana]]'s guards caught hold of Duryodhana and sent him to [[Hastinapura]]. [[Babruvahana]] hugged Kimveka immensely. [[Duryodhana]] returned empty hand without kidnapping Kimveka, then [[Shakuni]] asked him that why did he return empty hands?, [[Duryodhana]] explained him that [[Babruvahana]] sent him empty hands for almost kidnapping Kimveka. Hence, Kimveka and [[Babruvahana]]'s marriage was considered happily.<br />
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===Growing up of Aarusha and Krithika===<br />
After the birth of the two children, Aarusha (son) and Krithika (daughter), [[Babruvahana]] teaches Aarusha the skills of archery while Krithika used to listen to her mother. At the age of 10, Aarusha learnt archery from his grandfather, [[Arjuna]] and his father [[Babruvahana]]. He showed his tactics in the war, which his father and grandfather taught him. He killed Shrutasena, the son of [[Karna]] and Geeta. Therefore, Aarusha was not killed in any Kurukshetra War.<br />
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The another thing was [[Duryodhana]] wanted to kill Aarusha because now when he was angry on [[Pandavas]], he took his anger on Aarusha, thinking that he was his cousin brother [[Arjuna]]'s son [[Babruvahana]]'s son.<br />
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==History==<br />
Kimveka is never described directly in the [[Mahabharata]] but is relevant added in the other versions. She is described with a pretty fair face according to the quotes of [[Shanti Parva]]. The story of the Stri Parva mention they have a son named Aarusha, and a daughter, Krithika. Aarusha killed many warriors including Karna's son, Shrutasena. Krithika, the fair princess of Manipura used to listen stories from her paternal grandmother, [[Chitrāngadā]]. According to [[Vana Parva]], Kimveka is mentioned as a rebirth of [[Bagalamukhi]], a incarnation of [[Parvati]]. The princess of [[Avanti Kingdom (Mahabharata)|Avanti]], and she is married to Babruvahana. Bhanumati, is a incarnation of [[Sanjna|Saranyu]], or [[Dhanyamalini]], the second wife of [[Ravana]]. Kimveka and Bhanumati's story is not described together in the text but can be splitted in two parts as the wife of a pandava's son and a last wife of a kuru king's son.<br />
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