Aug 11, 2025
Women in Mahabharata - Rohini Pragjyotishya
She is the representative-leader of the 16100 women who were liberated from Narakasura's harem by Krishna and Satyabhama.
When Krishna decides to marry all these women when their original families refused to house them, Rohini is the one who performs the actual wedding rituals with Krishna, as a representative of the entire group.
She is also the only one from this group of women who is mentioned by name, and hence there is a greater chance that she alone (and maybe a few others) entered a real, working relationship with Krishna.
(However, some commentators identify her with Jambavati instead.)
