1) Character in the Ramayana 
Manthara (मंथरा; lit: `humpbacked`) in the Hindu epic Ramayana is the maid who convinced Queen Kaikeyi that the throne of maharaja belonged to her son Bharata, and that her step-son—crown-prince Rama (the hero of the Ramayana)—should be exiled from the kingdom. ==Appearance== Manthara is said to be hunch-backed and ugly in appearan.....