Sages & Others
Kadru
कद्रू
Mother of Serpents
Who was Kadru?
Kadru (कद्रू): Mother of Serpents, one of the sages and supporting figures in the Mahabharata. Wife of Kashyapa and mother of the thousand nagas.
Quick Facts
| Sanskrit name | कद्रू |
|---|---|
| Title / Epithet | Mother of Serpents |
| Faction | Sages & Others |
| Key traits | cunning, ambitious, ruthless |
| Featured in | 1 story |
About Kadru
Wife of Kashyapa and mother of the thousand nagas. By a deceitful wager over the color of the divine horse Uchchaihshravas she enslaved her sister Vinata, setting bird and serpent at eternal enmity.
In Their Words
Look again at the horse's tail, sister - and remember our wager.
Kadru
Traits
- cunning
- ambitious
- ruthless
Story Appearances
Places in Kadru's Story
Drawn from the story Kadru appears in.
Related Characters
Others counted among the Sages & Others.