Yasomati


Lady Yasomati was an ancient Indian queen consort as the chief wife of King Prabhakaravardhana of Thanesar.

Name

Yasomati is also known as Yasovati, and as Yasomati Devi. Since "s" in the common English spelling of her name is pronounced as "sh" in "fish", her name is also spelled as Yashomati.

Biography

According to a theory, Yasomati was a daughter of King Yashodharman of Malwa and a sister of King Shiladitya of Malwa.
Yasomati married Prabhakaravardhana, and she bore him three children:
Yasomati burnt herself to death, and this is sometimes considered sati, although sati is a term usually used for the widows who died by self-immolation, whilst Yasomati killed herself before her husbandʻs death. Poet Bāṇabhaṭṭa mentioned in Harshacharita that Yasomati distributed her jewellery to the other members of the royal court shortly before she killed herself.
Bhandi — nephew of Yasomati — was a companion of Harsha.