# द्रुपद (drupada)

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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).

- **SLP1:** `drupada`  **IAST:** drupada  **Devanagari:** द्रुपद
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drupada
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/drupada/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** द्रुपाद (drupāda), द्रुपदा (drupadā)

## Meanings by context

### King Drupada of Pañcālas (5 definitions)
- name of a king of the Panchalas  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > द्रु (dru) — पद (—pada) m. N. of a king of the Pañcālas (son of Pṛṣata and father of Dhṛṣṭa-dyumna, of Śikhaṇḍin or Śikhaṇḍinī, and of Kṛṣṇā, the wife of the Pāṇḍu princes, hence called Draupadī), Mahābhārata (Title); Harivaṃśa (Title); Purāṇas (Literary category) [ ID=97891 ]
- Name of a king  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > द्रुपद (drupada) [Printed book page 349-06 ] द्रुपद (drupada) m. Name of a king. (See App. II.) [ ID=17866 ]
- The name of a king  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > द्रुपद (drupada) [Printed book page 0424-b ] द्रुपद (drupada) drupada, m. The name of a king, Man. 1, 2453. [ ID=6835 ]
- king of the Panchalas, son of Prishata, and father of Dhrishtadyumna, Shikhandin, and Draupadi  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > 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, Page270-a+ 63 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, 44 α, 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).— Page270-b+ 63 § 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; 57 ξ, 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, 80 ε, 2856 ( sahāmatyaṃ ); 82, 2872 ( sutā D°rājasya, i.e. Draupadī), 2891 (do.); 83 θ, 2950.—§ 570 (Sainyaniryānap.): V, 151 α, 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); 194 γ, 7599; 196 η, 7624, 7632.—§ 576 (Bhagavadgītāp.): VI, 25 θ, 833, (κ), 847.—§ 578 (Bhīṣmavadhap.): VI, 45 15, 1723, 1724 (fights with Jayadratha); 49, 2003 ( °syātmajaḥ, i.e. Dhṛṣṭadyumna), 2023 ( Pāñcālyaṃ ), 2025 ( sainyāni D°sya, vanquished by Bhīṣma); 50 ν, 2060, (π), 2079.— § 579 (do.): VI, 53 7, 2232 ( Virāṭa-D°au, attacked by Droṇa). —§ 580 (do.): VI, 56 ζ, 2414; 59 13, 2629 ( Pāñcālarājaḥ ).— § 582 (do.): VI, 69 α, 3065 ( saha putreṇa ); 71 ε, 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, 89 ν, 3947.—§ 586 (do.): VI, 99 ζ, 4512; 103 μ, 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; 110 ζ, 5098, 5108 (Virāṭa and D. fight with Aśvatthāman); 111, 5161, 5164, 5166 (do.); 116, 5432 ( °sya rathaṃ ); 118 ϕ, 5559, 5564 ( °ānīke ); 119 χ, 5578, ω, 5587.—§ 589 (Droṇābhiṣekap.): VII, 8, 227 ( °syātmajaḥ, i.e. Dhṛṣṭadyumna); 10 κ, 367 ( utsaṅga iva saṃvṛddhaṃ D°sya, sc. Śikhaṇḍin).—§ 590 (do.): VII, 14, 534, 535, 536 (fights with Bhagadatta), (α), 577; 16 δ, 650.—§ 592 (Saṃśaptakavadhap.): VII, 20, 816 ( °sya sutaḥ, i.e. Dhṛṣṭadyumna); 23 ο, 961 ( Pāñcālyaḥ, description of his horses); 25, 1081 (fights with Bālhīka).—§ 593 (Abhimanyuvadhap.): VII, 35 δ, 1508; 42 π, 1743; 43 ρ, 1770.—§ 597 (Pratijñāp.): VII, 83 α, 2950.—§ 598 (Jaya- drathavadhap.): VII, 85 δ, 3050.—§ 599 (do.): VII, 114 ψ, 4503; 124 λλ, 5002; 125, 5091, 5094 (attacked Droṇa).— § 600 (Ghaṭotkacavadhap.): VII, 153 α, 6627; 154 β, 6651; 155 ε, 6726; 156 θ, 6764, 6910 (father of Suratha); 157, Page271-a+ 60 6922 ( °syātmajān ), 6963 ( °vāhinī ); 158 χ, 7010 ( °sya tathā putrā D°ś ca ); 165, 7368 (fights with Vṛṣasena); 168, 7524, 7530, 7532, 7534, 7537 (defeated by Vṛṣasena).— § 601 (Droṇavadhap.): VII, 184 α, 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 ); 17 θ, 762 ( °syātmajāḥ ).—§ 618 (Jalapradānikap.): XI, 11 ι, 300 (do.).—§ 619 (Strīvilāpap.): XI, 16 α, 447; 25 κ, 722 ( pātitaṃ ), 724.—§ 620 (Śrāddhap.): XI, 26 β, 788 (his body is burnt).—§ 630 (Rājadh.): XII, 27 β, 799 (sc. hate ).— § 637 (do.): XII, 42 γ, 1490 (his śrāddha is performed).— § 789 (Putradarśanap.): XV, 32 θ, 875 (among the dead warriors who, summoned by Vyāsa, arose from the Gaṅgā).— § 795 (Svargārohaṇap.): XVIII, 1 δ, 25; 4, 137 (Śrī was born in Drupada's race [as Draupadī]); 5 λ, 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 ]
- A son of Prishata, father of Draupadi, and king of the Panchalas  
  *The Purana Index*
  > द्रुपद (drupada) [Printed book page 2-142 ] Drupada — a son of Pṛṣata and father of Draupadī, Dhṛṣṭadyumna and others; king of the Pāñcālas; 1 stationed by Jarāsandha at the northern gate of Mathurā; 2 stationed at the southern gate during the siege of Gomanta; 3 had been bound by the young Pāṇḍavas; 4 in the svayamvara he held, Arjuna hit the mark in the form of a fish and won Drau- padī; 5 joined the Pāṇḍavas in the Kurukṣetra battle; 6 went to Syamantapañcaka for solar eclipse. 7 Page2-143+ 42 [ Footnote: 1) Bhā. IX. 22. 2; X. 52. 11 [8]. Vā. 99. 210; Vi. IV. 19. 73.] [ Footnote: 2) Bhā. X. 50. 11 [7].] [ Footnote: 3) Ib. X. 52. 11 [8].] [ Footnote: 4) Ib. X. [56 (V) 2].] [ Footnote: 5) Ib. I. 15. 7.] [ Footnote: 6) Ib. X. 78 [(95 V) 10].] [ Footnote: 7) Ib. X. 82. 25.] [ ID=6409 ]

### A wooden pillar or post (2 definitions)
- A wooden pillar, post, or column  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 502,1] द्रु (dru) — पद (—pada) n. a wooden pillar, a post (to which captives are tied), any pillar or column, Ṛg-veda (Title); Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā (Title); Atharva-veda (Title) [ ID=97890 ]
- A wooden pillar or post.  
  *The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects*
  > द्रुपद (drupada) [Printed book page 1-384 ] Dru-pada, a ‘wooden pillar’ or ‘post,’ is several times referred to in the Rigveda 1 and later. 2 Śunaḥśepa was bound to three posts for sacrifice. 3 Thieves, there is some evidence to show, were tied to posts as a penalty for stealing. 4 [ Footnote: 1) i. 24, 13; iv. 32, 23.] [ Footnote: 2) Av. vi. 63, 3; 115, 2; xix. 47, 9; Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā, xx. 20.] [ Footnote: 3) Rv. i. 24, 13.] [ Footnote: 4) Av. xix. 47, 9; 50, 1. Cf. vi. 63, 3 = 84, 4. See Zimmer, Altindisches Leben, 181, 182, and Taskara. n. 26.] [ ID=1402 ]

### 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*
  > द्रुपद (drupada) [Printed book page 127-3 ] द्रुपद (drupada) dru-padá, n. wooden column, post; m. N. of a king of the Pāñcālas; ā, f. N. of a verse in the TB. (II, vi, 6, 3). [ ID=9759 ]
- 1. A wooden pillar or post. 2. The name of a king.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > द्रुपद (drupada) [Printed book page 242 ] द्रुपद (drupada) n. a wooden pillar or post; m. N. of a king. [ ID=14816 ]

### A sacred formula or verse (drupadā) (1 definition)
- Name of a sacred formula  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3B) [Printed book page 502,2] द्रु (dru) — पदा (—padā) ( आ (ā) ), f. (with or scil. सावित्री (sāvitrī) or ऋच् (ṛc) ) N. of a sacred formula, Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa (Title); Viṣṇu-smṛti, Viṣṇu-sūtra, Vaiṣṇava-dharma-śāstra (Title) [ ID=97892 ]

## Sources

Definitions from 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, University of Cologne.

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