द्रुपदdrupada

द्रुपद (drupada) is a Sanskrit word meaning a wooden pillar, post, or column, name of a king of the Panchalas, name of a sacred formula, a wooden column or post, a wooden pillar or post, the name of a king. Its 10 recorded definitions are grouped into 4 contexts, among them King Drupada of Pañcālas, A wooden pillar or post, Polysemy of Drupada (pillar, king, verse).

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King Drupada of Pañcālas

5 definitions

name of a king of the Panchalas

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Name of a king

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

The name of a king

— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

king of the Panchalas, son of Prishata, and father of Dhrishtadyumna, Shikhandin, and Draupadi

द्रुपद (drupada) [Printed book page 269-2]
Drupada, king of the Pāñcālas, son of Pṛṣata, father of

Dhṛṣṭadyumna, Śikhaṇḍin, Draupadī, etc. § 11 (Parva-

saṅgr.): I, 2, 391, 536.—§ 83 (Adivaṃśāvatāraṇa): I, 63,

2453 (father of Śikhaṇḍin, cf. § 573).—§ 130 (Aṃśāvat.):

I, 67, 2715 (has been born from the Maruts).—§ 132 (do.):

I, 67, 2791 (Draupadī was born in the race of D. from

a portion of Śrī).—§ 201: D. (Yajñasena, v. 5174, Saumaki,

v. 5192), son of Pṛṣata, the friend of Bharadvāja, used every

day to come to the hermitage to play and study together with

Droṇa. After the death of Pṛṣata, D. became king of the

northern Pāñcālas. About the same time Bharadvāja also

ascended to heaven: I, 130, 5109, 5111.—§ 201 (Droṇa):

I, 130, 5133.—§ 202 (do.): I, 131, 5134, (5137), 5194,

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5195, 5206 (rebuked Droṇa for calling him his friend).—

§ 207 (do.): I, 133, 5298.—§ 209 (Drupadaśāsana): I,

138, 5446 (Pāñcālarājaṃ), 5448 (nagaraṃ D°sya), 5457,

5459, 5499 (nagaraṃ D°sya), 5500 (sambandhī Kuruvīraṇāṃ),

5502 (Yajñasenaṃ), 5503, (5510), 5513 (assisted by his

pupils, Droṇa vanquished D., but restored half his kingdom

to him. D. thenceforth resided in Kāmpilya).—§ 216

(Caitrarathap.): I, 165, 6323 (Dhṛṣṭadyumnasya cotpattim

utpattiñ ca Śikhaṇḍinaḥ | ayonijatvaṃ Kṛṣṇāyā D°sya mahā-

makhe, all. to §§ 218 and 573).—§ 217 (do.): I, 166, 6333

(son of Pṛṣata), 6335, 6341, (6342), 6345, 6348, 6349 (brief

repetition of §§ 201—8).—§ 218 (Draupadīsambhava): I,

167, 6356, 6368, 6369, 6389, 6406, 6407 (°sya mahāmakhe;

in order to get a son who might slay Droṇa, D. held a

sacrifice, where Dhṛṣṭadyumna arose from the sacrificial

fire, and Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī) from the centre of the vedi).—

§ 219 (Caitrarathap.): I, 168, 6420 (nagarīṃ…D°sya,

i.e. Kāmpilya).—§ 220 (do.): I, 169, 6434 (°sya kule jajñe,

sc. Draupadī).—§§ 231—6 (Svayaṃvarap.): I, 184, 6929

(°sya niveśane), 6931 (Yajñasenasya duhitā); 185, 6945 (rājñā

dakṣiṇa-Pāñcālān D°enābhirakṣitān), 6947 (°kṣayaṃ),

(6955), 6956, 6958, 6980 (°sya putraḥ, i.e. Dhṛṣṭadyumna);

188, 7057; 189, 7072, 7073; 191, †7134 (kanyā D°sya,

i.e. Draupadī); 192, †7168 (at the svayaṃvara of Draupadī,

D. (Yajñasenaḥ, v. 6952), who wished to bestow his daughter

on Arjuna, caused a bow to be made which only Arjuna could

bend. Arjuna then won Draupadī).—§ 237 (Vaivāhikap.):

I, 193, †7187, †7191 (Pāṇḍur hi rājā D°sya hi rājñaḥ sakhā),

†7192, †7194 (purodhā D°sya), †7196, †7199; 194, †7203,

†7211 (°sya niveśane), †7217 (°sya putraḥ, i.e. Dhṛṣṭadyumna);

195, 7230, 7233, 7234, (7239), (7244), (7249); 196, (7258)

(D., who wished to bestow his daughter on Arjuna, tries to

ascertain who has won her. Yudhiṣṭhira tells who they are,

and asks for Draupadī as wife for all the five Pāṇḍavas in

common).—§ 238 (Pañcendrop.): I, 197, †7316 (Vyāsa

told D. the history of the five Indras).—§ 239 (do.): I, 197,

7326, †7328 (Svayambhū had destined Draupadī to become

the common wife of the five Pāṇḍavas).—§ 240 (Vaivāhikap.):

I, 198, (†7329), †7343; 199, 7347, 7348 (Draupadī is

married to the five Pāṇḍavas).—§ 241 (Vidurāgamanap.): I,

200, 7378, 7379 (°syātmajān), 7385, 7389; 201, 7400,

7414; 202, 7434; 204, 7462, 7464, 7468.—§ 243 (do.):

I, 205, 7508, 7512; 206, 7526, 7531 (°sya ca putrāṇāṃ),

7532.—§ 244 (Rājyalābhap.): I, 207, (7545), 7550, (7551),

7554.—§ 248 (Arjunavanavāsap.): I, 214, 7800 (°syātmajāṃ,

i.e. Draupadī).—§ 289 (Arghāharaṇap.): II, 37, 1344.—

§ 290 (Śiśupālavadhap.): II, 44α, 1538.—§ 294 (Dyūtap.):

II, 48, 1705 (°sya sutaiḥ), 1716 (°aś ca sahātmajaiḥ).—§ 299

(do.): II, 71, 2384 (°syātmajāṃ, i.e. Draupadī).—§ 311

(Āraṇyakap.): III, 4, †234 (do.).—§ 317 (Arjunābhi-

gamanap.): III, 12, 574 (°sya puraṃ, i.e. Kāmpilya).—

§ 325 (Draupadīparitāpav.): III, 27, 1022 (°sya kule jātāṃ

snuṣāṃ Pāṇḍoḥ, i.e. Draupadī).—§ 342 (Indralokābhiga-

manap.): III, 51, 1983 (°sya putrā Dhṛṣṭadyumnapurogamāḥ).

—§ 423 (Gandhamādanapr.): III, 144, 10998 (°rājena pitrā

dattā, sc. Draupadī).—§ 515 (Karṇadigvijaya): III, 254,

15237 (°sya puraṃ, i.e. Kāmpilya, attacked by Karṇa),

15239 (paid tribute to Duryodhana).—§ 522 (Draupadī-

haraṇap.): III, 266, †15606 (apatyam asmi D°sya rājñaḥ,

says Draupadī).—§ 525 (Rāmopākhyānap.): III, 273,

15863 (°sya sutā, i.e. Draupadī).—§ 549 (Pāṇḍavapr.): IV,

4, 84 (Dhaumya, etc., went to the abode of D.).—§ 551

(Kīcakavadhap.): IV, 20, 614 (°sya duhitā, i.e. Draupadī).—

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§ 552 (Goharaṇap.): IV, 36, 1181 (°sya sutāṃ, i.e.

Draupadī).—§ 554 (Sainyodyogap.): V, 1, †3, †5 (sutāh

sarve D°sya); 4, (64); 5, 102; 6, (109), 127 (sends his

purohita to Hāstinapura).—§ 555 (do.): V, 19, 580 (°sya

…senā, joined the Pāṇḍavas).—§ 556 (Sañjayayānap.):

V, 20, 603 (°sya purohitaḥ).—§ 561 (Yānasandhip.): V,

48, †1843 (Virāṭa-D°au mahārathau), †1844; 57ξ, 2236

(Pāñcālyo daśabhis tanayair vṛtaḥ | Satyajitpramukhair vīrair

Dhṛṣṭadyumnapurogamaiḥ | D°o vardhayan mānaṃ Śikhaṇḍi-

paripālitaḥ, had joined the Pāṇḍavas with one akṣauhiṇī of

troops), (ο), 2262; 64, 2480.—§ 562 (Bhagavadyānap.): V,

80ε, 2856 (sahāmatyaṃ); 82, 2872 (sutā D°rājasya, i.e.

Draupadī), 2891 (do.); 83θ, 2950.—§ 570 (Sainyaniryānap.):

V, 151α, 5100, 5113 (śvaśuraḥ), 5144; 153, 5189 (Virāṭa-

Drupadābhyāñ ca saputrābhyāṃ), 5192, 5199; 157, 5324

(among the commanders of the divisions of Yudhiṣṭhira's

army), 5336.—§ 571 (Ulūkadūtāgamanap.): V, 160, 5479;

161, 5539 (saputrasya); 162, 5585 (do.); 163, 5683, 5696.

—§ 572 (Rathātirathasaṅkhyānap.): V, 170, 5886 (Virāṭa-

Drupadau, are mahārathas); 171, 5916 (father of Satyajit).

—§ 573 (Ambopākhyānap.): V, 187, 7383 (°sya kule jātā,

sc. Ambā); 188, 7390, 7391, 7397 (patnī D°rājasya), 7399,

7401, 7402, 7403, 7404; 189, 7409, (7413), 7418, 7429;

190, 7434, 7438, 7444, 7445; 191, †7461 (Yajñasenaḥ),

7478 (Śikhaṇḍī sā D°syātmajā); 192, 7497, 7500 (Pāñcāla-

rājaṃ), 7504, 7509, 7511, 7512, 7514, 7527 (°sya sutā

…Śikhaṇḍinī), 7546, 7549, 7551 (°sya kule jātā Śikhaṇḍī,

sc. Ambā; being yet childless, D. had worshipped Śiva, who

promised that D. should have a daughter who afterwards

would become a son. Then Śikhaṇḍin (who was the reborn

Ambā) was born as a female, but afterwards became a male);

194γ, 7599; 196η, 7624, 7632.—§ 576 (Bhagavadgītāp.):

VI, 25θ, 833, (κ), 847.—§ 578 (Bhīṣmavadhap.): VI, 45¹⁵,

1723, 1724 (fights with Jayadratha); 49, 2003 (°syātmajaḥ,

i.e. Dhṛṣṭadyumna), 2023 (Pāñcālyaṃ), 2025 (sainyāni

D°sya, vanquished by Bhīṣma); 50ν, 2060, (π), 2079.—

§ 579 (do.): VI, 53⁷, 2232 (Virāṭa-D°au, attacked by Droṇa).

—§ 580 (do.): VI, 56ζ, 2414; 59¹³, 2629 (Pāñcālarājaḥ).—

§ 582 (do.): VI, 69α, 3065 (saha putreṇa); 71ε, 3140.—

§ 583 (do.): VI, 75, 3282; 77, †3376 (°sya putraḥ, i.e.

Dhṛṣṭadyumna), †3379 (°sya putraṃ, do.), (⁶), 3383, 3384,

3385 (vanquished by Droṇa).—§ 584 (do.): VI, 82, 3624

(°syātmajaḥ, i.e. Dhṛṣṭadyumna); 85, †3774 (°sya putra,

i.e. Śikhaṇḍin), †3778 (°sya putraḥ, do.).—§ 585 (do.):

VI, 89ν, 3947.—§ 586 (do.): VI, 99ζ, 4512; 103μ, 4685,

4686, 4690, 4692 (fights with Bhīṣma); 104, 4745, 4751,

4752; 107, 4966 (so C., but read with B. Draupadaḥ,

i.e. Śikhaṇḍin).—§ 587 (do.): VI, 108, 5001; 110ζ, 5098,

5108 (Virāṭa and D. fight with Aśvatthāman); 111, 5161,

5164, 5166 (do.); 116, 5432 (°sya rathaṃ); 118ϕ, 5559, 5564

(°ānīke); 119χ, 5578, ω, 5587.—§ 589 (Droṇābhiṣekap.):

VII, 8, 227 (°syātmajaḥ, i.e. Dhṛṣṭadyumna); 10κ, 367

(utsaṅga iva saṃvṛddhaṃ D°sya, sc. Śikhaṇḍin).—§ 590 (do.):

VII, 14, 534, 535, 536 (fights with Bhagadatta), (α), 577;

16δ, 650.—§ 592 (Saṃśaptakavadhap.): VII, 20, 816 (°sya

sutaḥ, i.e. Dhṛṣṭadyumna); 23ο, 961 (Pāñcālyaḥ, description

of his horses); 25, 1081 (fights with Bālhīka).—§ 593

(Abhimanyuvadhap.): VII, 35δ, 1508; 42π, 1743; 43ρ,

1770.—§ 597 (Pratijñāp.): VII, 83α, 2950.—§ 598 (Jaya-

drathavadhap.): VII, 85δ, 3050.—§ 599 (do.): VII, 114ψ,

4503; 124λλ, 5002; 125, 5091, 5094 (attacked Droṇa).—

§ 600 (Ghaṭotkacavadhap.): VII, 153α, 6627; 154β, 6651;

155ε, 6726; 156θ, 6764, 6910 (father of Suratha); 157,

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6922 (°syātmajān), 6963 (°vāhinī); 158χ, 7010 (°sya tathā

putrā D°ś ca); 165, 7368 (fights with Vṛṣasena); 168,

7524, 7530, 7532, 7534, 7537 (defeated by Vṛṣasena).—

§ 601 (Droṇavadhap.): VII, 184α, 8368.—§ 602 (do.):

VII, 186, 8487, 8488 (°sya pautrāḥ), 8489 (°pautrāṇāṃ),

8491, 8492, 8493, 8496, 8499 (is slain by Droṇa), 8500 (°sya

naptṛṣu), 8508 (°sya kule jātaḥ, sc. Dhṛṣṭadyumna); 191,

8756 (ya iṣṭvā manujendreṇa D°ena mahāmakhe | labdho Droṇa-

vināśāya samiddhād dhavyavāhanāt, i.e. Dhṛṣṭadyumna, all.

to § 218); 192, 8831 (sainyair D°sya).—§ 604 (Karṇap.):

VIII, 6, 156 (has been slain).—§ 605 (do.): VIII, 26,

1060 (°syātmajaḥ, i.e. Śikhaṇḍin), 1074 (°syātmaje, do.).—

§ 608 (do.): VIII, 85, †4306 (°sutavariṣṭhāḥ pañca Śaineya-

ṣaṣṭā D°duhitṛputrāḥ pañca).—§ 616 (Sauptikap.): X, 8,

385 (°sya ca putrāṇaṃ pautrāṇām suhṛdām api, are slain by

Aśvatthāman).—§ 617 (Aiṣīkap.): X, 10, 544 (°syātmajaiḥ);

17θ, 762 (°syātmajāḥ).—§ 618 (Jalapradānikap.): XI, 11ι,

300 (do.).—§ 619 (Strīvilāpap.): XI, 16α, 447; 25κ, 722

(pātitaṃ), 724.—§ 620 (Śrāddhap.): XI, 26β, 788 (his

body is burnt).—§ 630 (Rājadh.): XII, 27β, 799 (sc. hate).—

§ 637 (do.): XII, 42γ, 1490 (his śrāddha is performed).—

§ 789 (Putradarśanap.): XV, 32θ, 875 (among the dead

warriors who, summoned by Vyāsa, arose from the Gaṅgā).—

§ 795 (Svargārohaṇap.): XVIII, 1δ, 25; 4, 137 (Śrī was

born in Drupada's race [as Draupadī]); 5λ, 148, 162 (among

those who after death entered the deities).

Cf. also the following synonyms:—

Dhṛṣṭadyumnapitṛ (“the father of Dhṛṣṭa-

dyumna”), q.v.

Pāñcāla, Pāñcālanṛpa, Pāñcālapati, Pāñcāla-

rāja, Pāñcālya, q.v.

Pārṣata (“son of Pṛṣata”), Pṛṣatātmaja (do.),

q.v.

Saumaki, q.v.

Yajñasena: I, 5174 (disciple of Agniveśa), 5452,

5453, 5502 (D°), 6416, 6931 (°sya duhitā Drupadasya, i.e.

Draupadī), 6935 (°sya ca sutāṃ, do.), 6952, 7236, †7334,

7524, 7525, 7538; II, 126 (Saumakiḥ, C. has by error

Jajñasenaḥ), 1268, 1607, 1886, †2523 (Saumakiḥ), 2556 (sutā

…Y°sya, i.e. Draupadī); III, †12581, 14828 (°sya

duhitā, i.e. Draupadī); IV, 2352; V, 7461 (D°); VI, 720

(Pāñcālyaḥ); VII, 7525, 7526; VIII, 36 (°sya putreṇa…

Śikhaṇḍinā).

[ID=3703]

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

A son of Prishata, father of Draupadi, and king of the Panchalas

— The Purana Index

A wooden pillar or post

2 definitions

A wooden pillar, post, or column

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

A wooden pillar or post.

— The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects

Polysemy of Drupada (pillar, king, verse)

2 definitions

1. A wooden column or post. 2. Name of a king of the Panchalas.

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A wooden pillar or post. 2. The name of a king.

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

A sacred formula or verse (drupadā)

1 definition

Name of a sacred formula

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 8 works: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), The Purana Index, The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.