Ali- wife of Arjun

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Posted: 11 years ago
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just found this a tamil legend from Devdutt pattnaik article

in Tamil retellings of the Mahabharata, Arjuna married totally seven women. One of them was a warrior woman called Ali who refused to marry him but Arjuna was so besotted that he sought Krishna's help. Krishna turned him into a snake and he slipped into Ali's bed at night and frightened her to become his wife. Some say he forced her to be his wife as he managed to spend the night in bed with her in the form of a snake. This clandestinely erotic folktale alludes to Pisacha-vivah, or the marriage by way of ghosts, that is condemned in the Puranas.


aham aham what a desperation

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Posted: 11 years ago
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really! ali seems like foreign origin name.

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