{| Doubts and Discussions about Mahabharata |} - Page 11

As a reward for her devotion she was 'blessed' (?) with five husbands in her next birth.

Yeah, I heard this in Mangayarkarasi's discourse... "Pennin Perumai".

There is one ACK Bhanumati, probably recent, that takes off from the story of Vajranam (shown in Ramanand Sagar's Shri Krishna) that shows that Bhanu - son of Krishna/Satyabhama - had a daughter Bhanumati, who was captured by a mayavi asura friend of Vajranam (who Krishna killed in battle). Krishna, Arjun & Pradhyumna fought and killed that asura, and liberated the princess. However, since she was considered tainted for swayamvara purposes, Narada suggested that she marry Sahadev 🤔 (Personally, I consider this story very unlikely, as it happened after the war, and Sahadev, who was approximately Krishna's age, would have been like a granduncle for her, similar to Arjun. The whole Vajranam story seems invented)

The only Pandava who might have had not a direct relationship, but a friendship w/ Bhanumati's family would have been Bhima. Bhanumati had a sister Jalandhara, who was a great admirer of Bhima, and would address him as Raja Vrikodara. She once acted as an intermediary to arrange a meeting b/w Bhanumati & Krishna. Probably, since her sister was married to Duryodhan, her family was probably prevented from allowing her to marry Bhima, who was Duryodhan's greatest enemy.

Since Bhanumati was married to Duryodhan, Jalandhar could not marry Bhima, since her kingdom was already allied w/ the Kauravas. Bhima's wife - Valandhara - was different.

Jalandhara - I got from a book from Subhas Mukherjee - who's who in Mahabharata.