Ambika (अम्बिका) was the daughter of King of
Kashi and wife of
Vichitravirya, King of
Hastinapur. Along with her sisters
Amba and
Ambalika, she was taken by force by
Bhishma from their
Swayamvara. (Bhishma challenged the assembled Kings and Princes and defeated them.) He presented them to
Satyavati for marriage to Vichitravirya.After Vichitravirya's death his mother Satyavati sent for her first born,
Rishi Veda Vyasa. According to his mother's wishes, both the wives of Vichitravirya to grant them each a son. When Vyasa visited Ambika, she saw his very dreadful and forbidding appearance with burning eyes. In her frightened state, she closed her eyes and dared not open them. Hence her son,
Dhritarashtra, the father of the
Kauravas, was born blind.
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[Hindu] A feminine personification of Parvati in Hindu mythology. An astonishingly beautiful woman she lured demons to their deaths. She announced to them that she would not bed with anyone who had not bested her in battle, and when they approached to fight her she killed their retinue with a supersonic hum, then transformed herself into the fearsome Kali and slew them.