Ambalika

In the epic Mahabharata, Ambalika is the daughter of Kashya, the King of Kashi, and wife of Vichitravirya, the King of Hastinapur. She was mother of Pandu.

Ambika

In the epic Mahabharata, Ambika is the daughter of Kashya, the King of Kashi, and wife of Vichitravirya, the king of Hastinapura. She was also the mother of Dhritarashtra and stepmother of Pandu and grandmother to the Kauravas.

Along with her sisters, Amba and  Ambika, Ambika was taken by force by Bhishma from their Swayamvara.

The latter having challenged and defeated the assembled royalty. He presented them to Satyavati for marriage to Vichitravirya. Ambika and her sister spent seven years in their husband's company. Later Vichitravirya was affected with phthisis (tuberculosis) and died from the disease.

After the death of Pandu, Ambika accompanied her mother-in-law Satyavati and sister Ambalika to the forest and spent the rest of her days in spiritual retreat.