Daughter of King ययाति . A lady recluse she always wore deer-hide as her garment and went on observing a व्रत called मृगव्रत : ययाति gave this daughter in marriage to गालव . [mh-5-145-12 ] Mahābhārata • Udyoga parva . माधवी bore a son named वसुमान् alias वसुमनस् to हर्यश्व , King of अयोध्या . She got of दिवोदास , King of काशी , another son named प्रतर्दन ; of the King of उशीनर she got a son named शिबि . Besides these she got a son named अष्टक of विश्वामित्र . (See under Gālava) . When the accrued merit of ययाति was exhausted and he fell down from heaven माधवी consented to part with half of her stock of merit to ययाति . (See under Yayāti) .

A follower of सुब्रह्मण्य . [mh-9-46-7 ] Mahābhārata • Śalya parva .