Shikhandi (Sanskrit: शिखण्डी, Śikhaṇḍī) is an androgynous character in the Hindu epic Mahabharata. He is born as female named Shikandini to Drupada, the king of Panchala, however later transforms into a male. He is the brother of Draupadi, the female protagonist of the epic and common wife of the Pandavas.