SUDEṢṆĀ I The wife of Virāṭa, the King of Matsya.
1)
General information. It is mentioned in
[Mahābhārata, Virāṭa Parva, Chapter 9, Verse 6] , that this Sudeṣṇā, the daughter of the King of Kekaya, had the name Citrā also.
2)
Other details.(i) During the pseudonymity, Pāñcālī lived with Sudeṣṇā in the guise of Sairandhrī.
[M.B. Virāṭa Parva, Chapter 9] .
(ii) Sudeṣṇā agreed to the request of Kīcaka to get Sairandhrī for him, as he was fascinated by her beauty.
[M.B. Virāṭa Parva, Chapter 14, Verse 6] .
(iii) Sudeṣṇā sent Kīcaka to the house of Sairandhrī.
[M.B. Virāṭa Parva, Chapter 15] .
(iv) Draupadī consoled Sudeṣṇā who was miserable at the death of Kīcaka.
[M.B. Virāṭa Parva, Chapter 16, Verse 48] .
(v) Sudeṣṇā asked Draupadī to go away from the palace.
[M.B. Virāṭa Parva, Chapter 24, Verse 3] .
(vi) In connection with the marriage of her daughter Uttarā, Sudeṣṇā went to Upaplavya with Draupadī.
[M.B. Virāṭa Parva, Chapter 72, Verse 30] .
SUDEṢṆĀ II The wife of the King Bali. Five sons named Aṅga, Vaṅga, Kaliṅga, Puṇḍra and Suhma were born to the hermit Dīrghatamas by this queen Sudeṣṇā.
[M.B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 98: 30] ;
[Bhāgavata, Skandha 9] ;
[Harivaṁśa 1, 39] .