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through Vyasa's Niyoga; blind, hence
referred to as Prajnachakshus (one to whom
the mind alone is the eye); marries Gandhari
and begets a hundred sons, Duryodhana,
Dussasana, Vikarna and others; has EU
Vaisya wife also, who bears to him the son
Yuyutsu. Called also Ambikasuta, Ambikeya
(son of Ambika) and Maharajan, Rajan (king).
DRAUPADEYA.-Any one of the five sons
of Draupadi; all of them are murdered
by Asvatthaman in a nocturnal attack on the
sleeping camp of the Pandava forces.
DRAUPADI. The queen of the Pandavas;
daughter of king Drupada (hence Draupadi);
her name is Krishna; also called Panchali,
because she is the daughter of the
Panchala king; Parshati, since she was the
grand-daughter of Prishata; and Yajnaseni,
daughter of Yajnasena, which is another
name of Drupada.
military
DRONA. A Brahmin; master of the
Dhanurveda, the
science; the
preceptor of the sons of Dhritarashtra and
Pandu, of Karna, and of Dhrishtadyumna ;
hence referred to simply as Acharya. He was
a partial incarnation of Brihaspati, the
preceptor of the Devas. Also referred to as
Bharadvaja (son of Bharadvaja).
DRUPADA.-King of
the
belongs to the Somaka line;
Sikhandi, Dhrishtadyumna and Draupadi;
father-in-law of the five Pandavas. Other
names: Parshata (son of Prishata), Yajnasena,
Panchalya, Saumaki (grandson of Somaka).
Panchalas;
father of
INDEX
through Vyasa's Niyoga; blind, hence
referred to as Prajnachakshus (one to whom
the mind alone is the eye); marries Gandhari
and begets a hundred sons, Duryodhana,
Dussasana, Vikarna and others; has EU
Vaisya wife also, who bears to him the son
Yuyutsu. Called also Ambikasuta, Ambikeya
(son of Ambika) and Maharajan, Rajan (king).
DRAUPADEYA.-Any one of the five sons
of Draupadi; all of them are murdered
by Asvatthaman in a nocturnal attack on the
sleeping camp of the Pandava forces.
DRAUPADI. The queen of the Pandavas;
daughter of king Drupada (hence Draupadi);
her name is Krishna; also called Panchali,
because she is the daughter of the
Panchala king; Parshati, since she was the
grand-daughter of Prishata; and Yajnaseni,
daughter of Yajnasena, which is another
name of Drupada.
military
DRONA. A Brahmin; master of the
Dhanurveda, the
science; the
preceptor of the sons of Dhritarashtra and
Pandu, of Karna, and of Dhrishtadyumna ;
hence referred to simply as Acharya. He was
a partial incarnation of Brihaspati, the
preceptor of the Devas. Also referred to as
Bharadvaja (son of Bharadvaja).
DRUPADA.-King of
the
belongs to the Somaka line;
Sikhandi, Dhrishtadyumna and Draupadi;
father-in-law of the five Pandavas. Other
names: Parshata (son of Prishata), Yajnasena,
Panchalya, Saumaki (grandson of Somaka).
Panchalas;
father of