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Pramila of the land of women

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An Amazon queen married Arjuna, but only in retellings.

The Ashvamedha horse enters a kingdom of women ruled by Queen Pramila, who falls for Arjuna and marries him. Not in the Sanskrit Mahabharata; found in Jaimini and Kannada Jaimini Bharata (Lakshmisha). In north-east lore, Pramila's land (Meghalaya) was cursed by Parvati to lack men until Arjuna arrived.

Who: Pramila, Arjuna

Bound to

Who revives Arjuna? Assamese and Manipuri versions mirror

Places: Meghalaya

Where this comes from

• modern-popular · Devdutt Pattanaik, The march of Yudhishthira's horse
• modern-popular · Fried Eye: Mythology and North East India

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