Ulūpī or Uloopi, in the Hindu

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 epic Mahabharata

Mahabharata

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, was one of Arjuna

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Arjuna in Indian mythology is the greatest warrior on earth and is one of the Pandavas, the heroes of the Hindu epic Mahābhārata. Arjuna, whose name means 'bright', 'shining', 'white' or 'silver' Arjuna (Devanagari: अर्जुन, Thai: อรชุน, Orachun, Tamil: Arjunan, Indonesian and Javanese: Harjuna,...

's wives. While Arjuna was in Manipur

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, the widow Naga

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 princess became infatuated with him. She caused him to be abducted after he had been intoxicated with potent concoctions and had him conveyed to her realm in the netherworld. There, Ulūpī induced an unwilling Arjuna to take her for a wife. She was the mother of Iravan

Iravan

Iravan , also known as Iravat and Iravant, is a minor character from the Hindu epic of Mahabharata. The son of Pandava prince Arjuna and the Naga princess Ulupi, Iravan is the central god of the cult of Kuttantavar —which is also the name commonly given to him in that cult—and plays a major role...

. She later restored Arjuna to the lamenting Chitrāngadā

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, one of Arjuna's other wives. She played a major part in the upbringing of Arjuna and Chitrangada's son, Babruvahana

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. She was also able to restore Arjuna to life after he was slain in battle by Babruvahana.
When Arjuna was given a curse by the Vasus, Bhishma

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's brothers, after he killed Bhishma in the Kurukshetra

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war, she redeemed Arjuna from the curse.