Vrushali, also spelled Vrishali, is a Hindu female first name. The name is mentioned in the ancientMahabharata epic as the wife of famed warrior Karna. Very little known is known about Vrushali, except that she was from the charioteer caste and chosen by Karna's adoptive father Adhiratha, also of the same caste. According to the Udyoga Parva Bhagavatayana, in shloka #1011, where Karna declines Lord Krishna's offer to defect fromDuryodhana's camp, the warrior states : Naama vai vasusheneti kaarayaamaasa maadhava I Bhaaryaashchoda mama praapte yauvane tatparichhaat II Unfortunately, M.N. Dutt's Mahabharata translation has been incorrectly rephrased as "On attaining my youth too did I marry wives according to his choice." Grammatically speaking however, the word "bhaaryaa" in Sanskrit means "the wife" or "one of the wives". In addition, in the Stree Parva's Jalapradanikaparva, when Gandhari laments the massacre on the battlefield, she devotes four lengthier shlokas (#10, #11, #12, and #14) to one sole woman whom she identifies as Karna's wife, albeit with no name. Gandhari does state the names of the couple's two sons, Vrishasena and Sushena.

Karna's first wife's name is Vrushali.

Vrushali was Satyasen's sister. She belonged to Charioteer Clan. Karna's adoptive father Adhiratha wanted Karna to get married to her.

Vrushali went sati on Karna's pyre after his death. Duryodhana also mentions that Vrushali was not an ordinary person but of a very high character equivalent toKarna

Karna's second wife's name is Supriya.

Nothing much has been talked of Supriya in the great epic.

Even in the case of Vrushali, very little is known. According to the Udyoga Parva Bhagavatayana, in shloka #1011, where Karna declines Lord Krishna's offer to defect fromDuryodhana's camp, the warrior states :

Naama vai vasusheneti kaarayaamaasa maadhava I

Bhaaryaashchoda mama praapte yauvane tatparichhaat II

Unfortunately, M.N. Dutt's Mahabharata translation has been incorrectly rephrased as "On attaining my youth too did I marry wives according to his choice."

Grammatically speaking however, the word "bhaaryaa" in Sanskrit means "the wife" or "one of the wives".