Madri (माद्री) means "of the Madra kingdom." **The Madra princess who became Pandu's second wife in the Mahabharata** — **mother of the youngest Pandavas Nakula and Sahadeva** (begotten by the Ashvini twin gods through Kunti's mantra). **When Pandu died from an embrace forbidden by a sage's curse, Madri performed sati on his pyre**, blaming herself for his death. **Among the most tragic figures in Indian epic literature.**
Featured throughout the Mahabharata.
Madri reduces to eight — the number of Pandu's second queen.