Yajnaseni: the story of Draupadi [1] is a 1984 Odia language novel by Pratibha Ray. The story revolves around Draupadi from the famous epic Mahabharatha. The word Yajnaseni means a woman born out of fire.

Jan 1, 2001 · What Yajnaseni brings to the world of Indian mythology is a retelling of the Mahabharata from a different perspective, narrated from the point of view of Draupadi, the main female character in the epic.

Starting off as a letter to Krishna, Draupadi looks back at her life on the verge of her death. Her birth was marked by a prophecy, she was born from the holy sacrificial fire – yajna and hence named Yajnaseni to avenge her father Drupad’s insult by Drona.

'Daughter of Drupada'), also referred to as Krishnā, Panchali, and Yajnaseni, is the main female protagonist of the ancient Indian epic Mahabharata, and the common wife of the five Pandava brothers—Yudhishthira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula, and Sahadeva. [1]

Sep 28, 2021 · The woman character of the epic ‘Draupadi’ has attracted all the womanist writers to judge it with a new approach and a new angle which has resulted in Pratibhaji’s one of the greatest literary work named ‘Yajnaseni’ as she has been deeply feeling in herself global awakening of women-race.

Sep 1, 1995 · Strange as it may appear, Draupadi, the most accomplished heroine of the Mahabharata, happens to be the most suffering, sacrificing, and yet the most misunderstood character from the epic.

Mar 14, 2013 · Yajnaseni is the bestseller of Orissa and her novels have gone into several editions. The author was presented the Bharatiya Jnanpith’s prestigious ninth Moortidevi Award in 1993 for...

Yajnaseni is Draupadi, princess of Panchal – Panchali, common wife to the five Pandavas, Queen of Indraprastha and perhaps the most misunderstood heroine from our mythology.