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Drupada ( Sanskrit: द्रुपद, lit. 'firm footed or pillar' [1] ), also known as Yajnasena ( Sanskrit: यज्ञसेन, lit. 'he whose army is sacrificial', IAST: Yajñasena ), [2] is the king of the southern part of Panchala Kingdom, in the Hindu epic Mahabharata. He is the father of Draupadi, the epic's lead female character.
Drupada (Sanskrit: द्रुपद, lit. firm-footed or pillar), also known as Yajnasena (Sanskrit: यज्ञसेन, lit. father of Draupadi ), was the son of King Prishata and was the Panchala king. His capital was known as Kampilya. Conflict with Drona. Drupada, son of King Prishata, and Drona study together under the tutelage of Rishi Bhardwaja, Drona's father.
Sharath Komarraju. Drupada is one of the minor but significant characters in the Mahabharata. He is the king of Panchala for the entire timeline of the story, and he is one of the key enemies of the Kuru dynasty.
Drupada. King of the Pañchāla province in Bharata. He was a staunch ally of the Pāṇḍavas, respected as the senior most king among their allies. He formed an enmity with Droṇa after the latter had come to him for charity and had been refused. Droṇa finally killed him in the Kurukṣetra war.
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Dynasty. Kuru dynasty by marriage. Draupadi ( Sanskrit: द्रौपदी, romanized :draupadī, lit. 'Daughter of Drupada '), also referred to as Krishnā, Panchali, and Yajnaseni, is the main female protagonist of the Hindu epic Mahabharata, and the wife of the five Pandava brothers— Yudhishthira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula, and Sahadeva. [1]
Jan 28, 2019 · Other details. (1) Drupada was present at the marriage of Abhimanyu, celebrated at the city of Upaplavya (Mahābhārata Virāṭa Parva, Chapter 72, Stanza 17). (2) Drupada gave the Pāṇḍavas an akṣauhiṇī, (division 21870 elephants, 21870 chariots, 65610 horses, 109350 footmen) of army for the battle of Bhārata.
pillar; coloum; monument. the king of the Pāñcālas, who was the son of Pŗşata, and the father of Dhŗşţadyumna, Śikhand i, and Draupadī, and the father-in-law of the five Pānd avas through their marriage to Draupadī.
