"What, O Kunti, am I to give thee? Tell me what is in thy heart."

"There is an ancient exhortation naming five maidens as pratah-smaraniya, urging that they be invoked daily at dawn:"

"Sanskrit transliteration IAST: Ahalya Draupadi Kunti Tara Mandodari tatha Panchakanya smaranityam mahapataka nashaka"

"Ahalya and Draupadi – are ayonijasambhava, “not-of-woman-born”. Of the five kanyas, none quite measure up to the stan…"

"Mahari dance tradition in which the Oriya verse goes: Pancha bhuta khiti op tejo maruta Byomo Pancha sati nirjyasa gy…"

"Five elements, earth, water, fire, wind, [[ether are in essence the five satis. This the wise know as Ahalya, Draupad…"

"They [nine women in Hindu mythology] are Ahalya, Draupadi, Tara, Kunti, Mandodari, Sita, Savitri, Parvati, Damayanti,…"

"In spite of several plus points to their credit – like the wisdom, courage, and sagacity of Draupadi, Tara and Damaya…"

"The large-eyed daughter of Kuntibhoja, Pritha by name, was endued with beauty and every accomplishment. Of rigid vows…"

"The wise have declared that a Kshatriya must be endued with physical strength, otherwise he is no Kshatriya."