Kripa’s sister. See Kripa for details.

After growing up in Shantanu’s palace, she was married to Drona. Their son was Ashwathama as per Mahabharata Adiparva Chapter 130. She wept when Drona died in Kurukshetra as per Mahabharata Sriparva Chapter 23 verse 33. She was also known as Sharadwati, gautami.