Identify the character from the Mahabharata: She was the wife of Bhima and belonged to the Rakshasa clan?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Hidimba
The story comes from the Adi Parvan of the Mahabharata. While the Pandavas slept in the forest, a man-eating rakshasa sent his sister Hidimba to capture them. She fell in love with Bhima, who was keeping watch, and after Bhima killed her brother in a wrestling match, Yudhisthira agreed to their marriage. Hidimba, Bhima’s wife, later gave birth to a rakshasa boy named Ghatotkacha.
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