Across
- 2. Mother of Karna who abandoned him at birth and later revealed the truth before the great war
- 4. Foster mother whose love for Krishna became a symbol of unconditional motherhood in Hindu tradition
- 8. Mother of Rama who accepted her son’s exile to preserve King Dasharatha’s honor and dharma
- 9. Divine mother of the Devas who is praised in the Vedas as protector of cosmic order
- 10. Mother of Vyasa whose decisions shaped the royal lineage in the Mahabharata
- 11. Queen who blindfolded herself for life and became mother to the hundred Kauravas
- 12. Second wife of Pandu who used Kunti’s divine mantra to become mother of Nakula and Sahadeva
Down
- 1. Mother who protected the unborn Parikshit after the destruction of the Kurukshetra war
- 3. Imprisoned mother of Krishna whose child was secretly carried across the Yamuna to safety
- 5. Mother of Abhimanyu whose unborn son learned battle strategy while in her womb
- 6. River goddess who drowned seven sons before raising Bhishma as the eighth child
- 7. Goddess who created Ganesha from her own body and restored him with an elephant head
- 9. Mother of Hanuman whose son became immortal through devotion and service to Rama
