Hidimbi

Hiḍimbaa
Bheema and Hidimbaa, painting by Raja Ravi Varma
AffiliationRakshasa, Devi
AbodeKamyaka Forest
TextsMahabharata
Genealogy
SiblingsHidimba
ConsortBhima
ChildrenGhatotkacha

Hiḍimbaa (Sanskrit: हिडिम्बा, IAST: Hiḍimbā), or Hiḍimbi, is the rakshasi wife of the Pandava Bhima and the mother of Ghatotkacha in the Mahābhārata. She meets Bhima in the 9th sub-parva (Hidimva-vadha Parva) of the Adi Parva. She is also referred to as Bhuṭanadevī or Pallavī.