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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 .
Mahaprasthanika parva describes the journey of Draupadi and Pandava brothers through India, then in the Himalayas towards Mount Sumeru. Draupadi is the first one to die on the way (shown).
Dhrishtadyumna hosted his sister Draupadi's svayamvara and told its rules to the kings and princes. When a young Brahmin won Draupadi in front of all the princes and nobility, Dhrishtadyumna secretly followed the Brahmin and his sister, only to discover that the Brahmin was in fact Arjuna, one of the five Pandava brothers.
A map of the ancient Indian kingdoms. The Dasarna kingdom was one of the many kingdoms ruled by Yadava kings in ancient central and western India. It lay to the south of the Chedi and Panchala kingdoms, in northern Madhya Pradesh. The Panchala prince Sikhandi married a princess from Dasarna. Sikhandi was alleged to be 'one of the neuter-gender'.
After Drupada and Virata are killed by Drona, Bhima and Dhrishtadyumna fight him. Because Drona has the Brahmanda astra, Krishna tells Yudhishthira that Drona would give up his arms if his son Ashwatthama were dead. Yudhishthira lies to Drona.
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Draupadi (Sanskrit: द्रौपदी, romanized: draupadī, lit. 'Daughter of Drupada'), also referred to as Krishnā, Panchali, and Yajnaseni, is the main female protagonist of the ancient Indian epic Mahabharata, and the wife of the five Pandava brothers—Yudhishthira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula, and Sahadeva. [1]
Drona forms two divisions of the army and challenges the kings on the battlefield. Drupada and Virata confront him, but Drona kills three of Drupada’s grandsons and vanquishes the Chedis, Kaikeyas, Srinjayas, and Matsyas. He then cuts the bows of both Drupada and Virata, sending them to the abode of Yama (the god of death).