'''Ambika''' (अम्बिका) inggih punika putrinipun [[Kasya]], Raja [[Kasi]] kaliyan Ratu [[Wicitrawirya]]-Raja [[Hastinapura]]<ref name="internet1">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambika_%28Mahabharata%29], Dipun undhuh tanggal 29 September 2012.</ref><ref name="internet2">[http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambika], Dipun undhuh tanggal 29 September 2012.</ref><ref name="internet3">[http://www.wayangpedia.com/category/enziklopedia/a], Dipun undhuh tanggal 3 November 2012.</ref>. Ambika /a-mbi-ka/ minangka asma tiyang èstri, saking [[basa Sangskreta]] ingkang gadhah makna "ibu"<ref name="internet4">[http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Ambika], Dipun undhuh tanggal 3 November 2012.</ref>. Panjenenganipun dipunbekta kanthi peksa déning [[Bisma]] saking [[Sayembara|swayamwara]], kados déné rayi-rayinipun ([[Amba]] saha [[Ambalika]])<ref name="internet1" />. Wosing swayamwara utawi sayembara punika Bisma nantang saha ngalahaken para raja kaliyan pangéran ingkang sampun sami kempal<ref name="internet2" /><ref name="internet3" />. Bisma maringaken Ambika, Amba lan Ambalika dhumateng Setyawati supados dipungarwa Wicitrawirya<ref name="internet1" /><ref name="internet2" /><ref name="internet3" />. Ananging Wicitrawirya séda wonten ing yuswa énggal saha sadèrèngipun paring putra dhumateng Ambika<ref name="internet2" /><ref name="internet3" />.
Saksampunipun Wicitrawirya séda, ibunipun Bisma, nun inggih Setyawati, paring panyuwun dhumateng Resi Wyasa (Begawan Byasa) supados paring keturunan dhumateng Dinasti Kuru. Kados déné ingkang dipunajap Satyawati, Sang Begawan paring satunggal putra dhumateng garwanipun Wicitrawirya punika<ref name="internet1" /><ref name="internet2" /><ref name="internet3" />.
