Women in Mahabharata - Padmavati Sraigali
She is the queen-consort of Srigala Vaasudeva, the king of Karavirapura.
After Jarasandha tries to burn Krishna and Balarama alive on the Gomanta hill and the brothers escape, Damaghosha, Shishupala's father and Chedi's monarch, deserts Jarasandha and encourages Krishna to seek an alliance with Srigala, who is, albeit one of Jarasandha's allies on the southern front.
Srigala also holds the epithet of Vaasudeva, which was granted to warriors who had mastered the use of the weapons in the categories of the sudarshana chakra, the kaumudaki gada and the sharnga bow. He seemingly held some resentment that Krishna, still being somewhat of a newer face in the political scene, was already using his patronymic to bypass the requirement of this epithet [although Krishna had managed to acquire these weapons before fighting Srigala himself].
However, once they reach Karavira, Srigala attacks Krishna and Balarama and is then murdered by Krishna.
Padmavati, after this, negotiates with Krishna on behalf of her minor son Sakradeva and manages to put him on the throne, with Krishna's approval. She herself remains as his regent until adulthood.
