#manasvini

Manasvini ~ The Hope of Aryavarta

Born as an incarnation of Devi Lakshmi and darling Princess of Magadha, she's the daughter of Divakara and Uma, the parents who performed twelve years of penance to just hold her in their arms. She's the embodiment of compassion and resilience; raised in a turbulent Magadha that's on the verge of a civil uprising, she's grown up between revolutionaries and decaying power and yet manages to learn, absorb and only dream and give the world what it deserves the most in these testing times- hope.

Anagha ~ The Scholar and Revolutionary

Brought up by scholars and teachers, Anagha was raised amid education and radical ideas, and watched kings and kingdoms take shape from a young age. She has had a close-knit bond with Pandu and Drupada since they were young. Though politics and circumstances may have separated the three over time, she laid the foundations for prosperous kingdoms and radical kings who changed the course of history through their rule and lineage.

Dharini ~ The Goddess's Companion

Dharini began her journey as a princess who lost her kingdom to Jarasandha, became a prisoner of war and later was assigned as Manasvini's attendant. A girl who began as an attendant, in the background as the shadow of the goddess, slowly grew into the companion Manasvini entrusted her life to. As she steps out of the shadows and steps up for herself, her journey is about self-discovery, love, and resilience.

Dhriti ~ The Forgotten Goddess

Her story sounds stranger than fiction. A goddess (Devi Lakshmi), who's Shakuni's daughter (an incarnation of Dwapara) and the wife of Krishna, is too outlandish and almost sounds like a fanfiction brought to life. Still, she was lost between the pages of the epic known as Gandhari, the daughter of the King of Gandhara. In the Manasviniverse, she bridges the gap between the world I have built and the epic as we know it.

The women have always been the pillars of the world I have built, and with the Manasviniverse, I have expanded a world I have always loved. The story of Manasvini and these women ties into the lesser-explored political conflicts of the epic, and is my attempt to not just experiment with my writing but also give voices to women who otherwise would never get to tell their tale.